Light brown, ice-coffee-colored, longlasting foam. Fragrance is very sharp and peaty. Color is black but not thick black. Palate is like strikingly sour rye which could ideally be coarse but this is unfortunately raw, immature and unfinished. Surprisingly, this "smoked porter" is not really smokey. Aftertaste is bleedingly dry. Light-to-medium-bodied as for the texture. Mouthfeel is somewhat watery -- and definitely not full, not even close to it. Overall, a big disappointment.