There's plenty to read on this label. The beers full name seems to be "Nightmare Yorkshire Porter" and it's brewed by "Nick Stafford's Hambleton Ales" - there's even a subtitle "Legend of the White Horse" plus a blurb on the side about the damn white horse. In the UK it appears to be labeled as a stout. Did I ever tell you about the time when I could order a beer and I got a beer?

And it's not porter season either but I've getting all this angst that I shouldn't leave my beer around too long. Actually, I have a Burton Bridge porter souring test going on with a 2006 and 2007 being left in a window sill waiting for a 2008 LCBO offering to compare them to.

Anyway, what about this beer? Licorice and dry cocoa on the nose off of this mahogany ale with mocha foam and rim. A nice lighter take on the style with layers of roastiness as well as both milk and dark chocolate, twig hops, a good milky cream yeast and lots of soft water in the wash and swish. A long finish of cocoa with a bit of black rum keeking out. Moreish. Plenty of BAer respect.