Robust porter pours thick like full-bodied stout, as surfeit black chocolate creaminess, tart purple grape esters and raisin-browned prune usurp contrasting dry coffee sourness. Toasted hop sharpness extend frothy mocha richness. Mild hazelnut illusions sunk deep into complex wintry-spiced retreat. On second passing ’15: cocoa-dried chocolate richness gains sedate black licorice, bourbon and dark cherry illusions to counter distant hop-charred tobacco chaw bittering.

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