Drinkable & smooth, didn’t like the aroma, not one of my favourites.
Rated 2 out of 5
15-11-2020
Lee –
Rated 5 out of 5
09-11-2020
Kevin –
Excellent, a rich and beautiful example
Rated 5 out of 5
07-11-2020
Thomas –
Rated 4 out of 5
06-11-2020
Callum –
Great Porter, can understand why it’s in the top 50 stouts/porters on RateBeer
Rated 4 out of 5
04-11-2020
Nathan –
Nice, dark and hoppy
Rated 5 out of 5
04-11-2020
Christopher –
Rated 4 out of 5
31-10-2020
Alex –
Rated 5 out of 5
31-10-2020
Campbell –
Very different from the Table Beer I had half an hour ago. This one is 6.0% with Simcoe hops.
Powerful nose with malt, raisin and hints of toffee&coffee. Black to look at, with very pale brown head, but transilluminates red.
Looks black and tastes black, with lots of malt and I can taste burnt caramel and liquorice. I can’t taste coffee or chocolate however.
Lots of condition in the mouthfeel, very lively.
Long bitter aftertaste.
You can’t drink this stuff fast; it needs to be sipped slowly. I’d like some more please!
Rated 4 out of 5
31-10-2020
Jans –
Lovely
Rated 4 out of 5
29-10-2020
A –
Rated 2 out of 5
27-10-2020
John –
If you like the taste of tar, this’ll be perfect for you. Otherwise probably best skipped.
Rated 5 out of 5
12-10-2020
Phillip –
A great hoppy porter from the kernel, a modern classic
Rated 4 out of 5
12-10-2020
Gareth –
Rated 5 out of 5
10-10-2020
Allan –
Rated 4 out of 5
07-10-2020
David –
Quite heady, but very tasty with a long, complex finish.
Rated 4 out of 5
03-10-2020
Stuart –
Rated 5 out of 5
28-09-2020
Matt –
Delicious chocolate and some coffee flavours. Complex.
Rated 5 out of 5
27-09-2020
Michal –
Rated 5 out of 5
26-09-2020
S –
Rated 3 out of 5
13-09-2020
Richard –
Fruity and bitter . Too hoppy for me . Tasted more like a black IPA than a true porter . Prefer their stout .
Rated 4 out of 5
11-09-2020
Ian –
A really good Porter. Dark and smooth. A hint of coffee.
Rated 4 out of 5
10-09-2020
Ross –
A decent Porter but a touch too hoppy for my taste
Rated 5 out of 5
09-09-2020
Adam –
Quite hard for a beer to be genuinely different without resorting to weird ingredients and novelty value. This beer, however, is outstanding and avoids any of that nonsense. A belting porter combined with hopping more in line with an IPA. One of the best dark beers I’ve tried in recent memory.
Rated 3 out of 5
09-09-2020
Neil –
Rated 4 out of 5
09-09-2020
Graham –
Rated 3 out of 5
08-09-2020
Diana –
OK stout from Kernel
Rated 4 out of 5
06-09-2020
Aoife –
Rated 5 out of 5
24-08-2020
Robin –
Rated 5 out of 5
20-08-2020
Darren –
One of my favourite beers. This ticks most of my boxes.
Rated 5 out of 5
17-08-2020
Sam –
Very nice porter, full of flavour
Rated 5 out of 5
12-08-2020
John –
Smooth dark rich and creamy porter
Rated 4 out of 5
08-08-2020
Ross –
Super drinkable porter!
Rated 3 out of 5
06-08-2020
Ken –
not a bad porter
Rated 3 out of 5
04-08-2020
luke –
quite chocolatly and velvety
Rated 5 out of 5
04-08-2020
darren –
Dam fine porter. Deep smell and I get fused light switches, that roasted metal. Then coffee and malt. Rich and smooth.
Rated 4 out of 5
31-07-2020
Christopher –
Yum. Nice porter. Good flavours.
Rated 4 out of 5
30-07-2020
Scott –
Rated 4 out of 5
23-07-2020
Graham –
Nice tasting porter.. nothing outstanding but very drinkable
Rated 3 out of 5
23-07-2020
Chris –
A very happy, chocolatey porter. Very drinkable and enjoyable.
Rated 4 out of 5
21-07-2020
Shaun –
Fantastic porter at a great price!
Rated 4 out of 5
20-07-2020
Campbell –
My bottle had Centennial and Ekuanot hops. I don’t know whether this is different from previous reviewers’.
It is the proper very dark brown colour with a pale cafe-au-lait colour head. I can smell bitterness, and fruitiness presumably from the hops.
Like them, I found the roastiness along with hints of coffee and bitter chocolate. There is also a hint of sweetness, presumably from the malt. Maybe that is what somebody meant by fruit and spice.
Long dark and bitter aftertaste. As I said earlier, I have catholic tastes, but this beer is good.
Rated 4 out of 5
15-07-2020
hariseldon38 –
How do they make such great beers at this price pint ?
Rated 4 out of 5
11-07-2020
Matt –
No-nonsense rich, roasty and hoppy porter. A real treat.
Rated 3 out of 5
10-07-2020
Edward –
Pretty tasty but too light & hoppy for a porter so it definitely loses a star or two against their excellent range of stouts…
Rated 4 out of 5
09-07-2020
Nick –
Nice smokey rich taste. Would buy again.
Rated 5 out of 5
25-06-2020
Caz –
loved this, will definitely be getting some more, its a bit special 🙂
Rated 4 out of 5
13-06-2020
Liz –
Rated 4 out of 5
11-06-2020
Tinm –
Quite a mean stout. Good – but maybe tastes a little strong for some.
Rated 5 out of 5
10-06-2020
James –
5
Rated 5 out of 5
07-06-2020
Craig –
Rated 4 out of 5
03-06-2020
David –
Rated 4 out of 5
02-06-2020
Iain –
Good porter from a trusty brewery.
Rated 4 out of 5
02-06-2020
Felix –
Instant classic
Rated 4 out of 5
31-05-2020
Simon –
Rated 4 out of 5
31-05-2020
Claire –
very nice, couldn’t drink a lot of this
Rated 4 out of 5
26-05-2020
Keith –
Lovely chocolate and coffee not too bitter being a porter.
Rated 3 out of 5
26-05-2020
Alan –
A tad too sickly sweet for me.
Rated 4 out of 5
23-05-2020
Peter –
Rated 4 out of 5
21-05-2020
Kathleen –
Interesting combo with a dark porter colour and lighter IPA flavour.
Rated 4 out of 5
19-05-2020
Jamie –
Lovely
Rated 5 out of 5
18-05-2020
Duncan –
Yet to find an average Kernel
Rated 4 out of 5
12-05-2020
Matthew –
Rated 4 out of 5
02-05-2020
Alexander –
Solid every day porter
Rated 4 out of 5
30-04-2020
Janos –
Rated 4 out of 5
23-04-2020
Baxter –
Rated 3 out of 5
16-04-2020
Ali –
Decent, but prefer Kernel’s lighter beers.
Rated 4 out of 5
08-04-2020
Ben –
Smokey and complex! Turkish delight, slight dark chocolate, bitterness, floral notes. Different and wonderul
Rated 4 out of 5
03-04-2020
Jonny –
Rated 5 out of 5
02-04-2020
Adam –
This has become one of my go to beers, don’t think you can get much better for the money. Lots of flavour in a dark but refreshing beer.
Rated 4 out of 5
24-03-2020
Dave –
nice
Rated 3 out of 5
21-03-2020
Shakeel –
Solid drink, goes down real well.
Rated 4 out of 5
21-03-2020
Mark –
Rated 4 out of 5
15-03-2020
Justyna –
Rated 5 out of 5
10-03-2020
Joshua –
How a porter should be. Very dark, not too heavy. Best drank at room temp
Rated 4 out of 5
07-03-2020
Wayne –
Nice and smooth with a chocolate/coffee aftertaste
Rated 5 out of 5
06-03-2020
Gareth –
Rated 5 out of 5
05-03-2020
Nick –
Rated 4 out of 5
23-02-2020
Kieran –
Rated 5 out of 5
22-02-2020
Matthew –
Gosh
Rated 5 out of 5
21-02-2020
Thiago –
It is an amazing porter.Perfect to pair with sweet foods. The high ABV is almost unperceivable.
Rated 3 out of 5
21-02-2020
robert –
exactly what it says on the tin or bottle, flavoursome , although could do with slightly more chocolate.
Rated 4 out of 5
20-02-2020
Jeff –
Quality Porter, coffee and chocolate notes and plenty of body
Rated 4 out of 5
20-02-2020
Thomas –
Can’t go wrong with the Kernel
Rated 4 out of 5
19-02-2020
Richard –
Absolutely cracking. Very simple, but effective.
Rated 4 out of 5
18-02-2020
Simon –
dark and chocolatey – good for cold rainy evening
Rated 4 out of 5
17-02-2020
Filip –
Very tasty, but was hoping for more defined coffee flavour undertones.
Rated 4 out of 5
07-02-2020
Gary –
Solid beer.
Rated 4 out of 5
06-02-2020
Mike –
Rated 4 out of 5
01-02-2020
Laura –
Good rich porter
Rated 5 out of 5
30-01-2020
Ryan –
Rated 5 out of 5
27-01-2020
Mark –
Great porter
Rated 4 out of 5
18-01-2020
Ian –
Kernel do not do bad beer. Fact.
Rated 4 out of 5
17-01-2020
Stuart –
Delicious!
Rated 3 out of 5
20-11-2019
Rory –
Quite light and bitter. Good, but not special
Rated 4 out of 5
06-10-2019
Jack –
Complex
Rated 5 out of 5
30-09-2019
Karl –
Rated 3 out of 5
19-09-2019
Fabio –
Could be better…
Rated 4 out of 5
16-09-2019
CHRISTOPHER –
Rated 5 out of 5
29-05-2019
Sam –
Rated 5 out of 5
10-05-2019
Gabriel –
Never fails to deliver. Black, rich but with some hop bitterness in the background. I would describe this as black IPA. Perfect!
Rated 4 out of 5
06-05-2019
Craig –
Coffee, chocolate and hops. Doesn’t sound like it should work but it does!
Rated 4 out of 5
06-02-2019
Thomas –
Can’t go wrong with this porter
Rated 4 out of 5
01-02-2019
Adam –
Decent porter from the kernel
Rated 4 out of 5
09-11-2018
Alex –
Rated 5 out of 5
07-11-2018
David –
Rated 4 out of 5
10-10-2018
Kevin –
Rated 4 out of 5
06-10-2018
Nigel –
An enjoyable bottle: a touch lighter than I expected but good flavour with malty toastiness, choc/coffee and even some fruity spice in there.
Could drink Kernel all day long. This is a great, smooth drink
Rated 5 out of 5
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Alfie –
Pretty bloody good
Rated 3 out of 5
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Martin –
Rated 5 out of 5
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Carly –
Rated 4 out of 5
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shelley –
Rated 3 out of 5
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Jake –
A great chocolate and coffee taste but leave a bitter aftertaste which ruins the original taste.
Rated 5 out of 5
30-11--0001
Jack –
Rated 5 out of 5
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Michael –
Kernel. Just wow. Bold roasty flavours, light berry notes, slight smoke on the finish(?) Excellent Porter
Rated 4 out of 5
30-11--0001
Nat –
Rated 3 out of 5
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Dan –
Very average as far as porters go
Rated 4 out of 5
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Brian –
Rated 4 out of 5
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Paul –
Rated 4 out of 5
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Andrew –
Rated 5 out of 5
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Andrew –
Rated 4 out of 5
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Antoine –
Rated 4 out of 5
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Sam –
Rated 5 out of 5
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William –
Top notch
Rated 3 out of 5
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Nick –
Rated 5 out of 5
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John –
One of my favourite porters. Quite smokey.
Rated 5 out of 5
30-11--0001
Rebecca –
Rated 5 out of 5
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Simon –
Rated 5 out of 5
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RIcardo –
Rated 3 out of 5
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Neil –
Is what it says on the bottle. Cheers
Rated 5 out of 5
30-11--0001
Matthew –
hops: Simcoe. Black pour, tanned creamy head with loads of retention; lovely looking. Aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, earthy and spicy hops. Wonderful smoothness and soft carbonation on the palate with flavours of roasted malts, dark chocolate, plums, blackberries, coffee, spice. Finish has a strong bitterness for this style, semi-dry and spicy. Rich and complex; wonderful beer.
Rated 3 out of 5
30-11--0001
Richard –
I often find Kernel beers to be at the hoppy/bitter end of whatever style they represent, and as such not my preference. This was a pleasant surprise: very 'classic' porter, well balanced. I'd drink it again, but a thin mouth feel and ultimately unremarkable flavour means I wouldn't buy it again, as there are better options available.
Rated 4 out of 5
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Rogier –
Rated 3 out of 5
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Andrew –
Rated 4 out of 5
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Michael –
Rated 4 out of 5
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Derek –
Rated 3 out of 5
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John –
Aroma of sweet cocoa and just a hint of tobacco. Pours a silky dark brown in the glass. Light, smooth and sweet, the taste at the start is mainly toffee. On the finish it ends on a robust flavour of bitter dark cocoa nibs, malts and sweet milk chocolate.
Rated 5 out of 5
30-11--0001
William –
Delicious choc tastes and lovely head on it, my favourite porter.
Rated 4 out of 5
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Keiron –
Rated 4 out of 5
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Chris –
Full flavoured stout
Lovely stuff
Rated 4 out of 5
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Gary –
Lovely porter, smooth a little bit happy with some coffee. Great.
Rated 4 out of 5
30-11--0001
Roger –
A pretty good porter
Rated 5 out of 5
30-11--0001
Adam –
Stunning – a proper porter! Exactly what you want from a porter.
James –
Martina –
Laurie –
Like –
Nice flavour dark drink
laurenejones96 –
My favourite brewery and porter. Roasty and hoppy
James –
Benjamin –
tonyg –
James –
Great dark, rich porter
Brian –
Functional, smooth, rich.
Ian –
Chris –
Enjoyable porter
Oliver –
Nice porter this.
barnaby –
Gareth –
Well made, clean
Sam –
A solid porter – Kernel are so consistent.
Simon –
TimmyElvis –
Drinkable & smooth, didn’t like the aroma, not one of my favourites.
Lee –
Kevin –
Excellent, a rich and beautiful example
Thomas –
Callum –
Great Porter, can understand why it’s in the top 50 stouts/porters on RateBeer
Nathan –
Nice, dark and hoppy
Christopher –
Alex –
Campbell –
Very different from the Table Beer I had half an hour ago. This one is 6.0% with Simcoe hops.
Powerful nose with malt, raisin and hints of toffee&coffee. Black to look at, with very pale brown head, but transilluminates red.
Looks black and tastes black, with lots of malt and I can taste burnt caramel and liquorice. I can’t taste coffee or chocolate however.
Lots of condition in the mouthfeel, very lively.
Long bitter aftertaste.
You can’t drink this stuff fast; it needs to be sipped slowly. I’d like some more please!
Jans –
Lovely
A –
John –
If you like the taste of tar, this’ll be perfect for you. Otherwise probably best skipped.
Phillip –
A great hoppy porter from the kernel, a modern classic
Gareth –
Allan –
David –
Quite heady, but very tasty with a long, complex finish.
Stuart –
Matt –
Delicious chocolate and some coffee flavours. Complex.
Michal –
S –
Richard –
Fruity and bitter . Too hoppy for me . Tasted more like a black IPA than a true porter . Prefer their stout .
Ian –
A really good Porter. Dark and smooth. A hint of coffee.
Ross –
A decent Porter but a touch too hoppy for my taste
Adam –
Quite hard for a beer to be genuinely different without resorting to weird ingredients and novelty value. This beer, however, is outstanding and avoids any of that nonsense. A belting porter combined with hopping more in line with an IPA. One of the best dark beers I’ve tried in recent memory.
Neil –
Graham –
Diana –
OK stout from Kernel
Aoife –
Robin –
Darren –
One of my favourite beers. This ticks most of my boxes.
Sam –
Very nice porter, full of flavour
John –
Smooth dark rich and creamy porter
Ross –
Super drinkable porter!
Ken –
not a bad porter
luke –
quite chocolatly and velvety
darren –
Dam fine porter. Deep smell and I get fused light switches, that roasted metal. Then coffee and malt. Rich and smooth.
Christopher –
Yum. Nice porter. Good flavours.
Scott –
Graham –
Nice tasting porter.. nothing outstanding but very drinkable
Chris –
A very happy, chocolatey porter. Very drinkable and enjoyable.
Shaun –
Fantastic porter at a great price!
Campbell –
My bottle had Centennial and Ekuanot hops. I don’t know whether this is different from previous reviewers’.
It is the proper very dark brown colour with a pale cafe-au-lait colour head. I can smell bitterness, and fruitiness presumably from the hops.
Like them, I found the roastiness along with hints of coffee and bitter chocolate. There is also a hint of sweetness, presumably from the malt. Maybe that is what somebody meant by fruit and spice.
Long dark and bitter aftertaste. As I said earlier, I have catholic tastes, but this beer is good.
hariseldon38 –
How do they make such great beers at this price pint ?
Matt –
No-nonsense rich, roasty and hoppy porter. A real treat.
Edward –
Pretty tasty but too light & hoppy for a porter so it definitely loses a star or two against their excellent range of stouts…
Nick –
Nice smokey rich taste. Would buy again.
Caz –
loved this, will definitely be getting some more, its a bit special 🙂
Liz –
Tinm –
Quite a mean stout. Good – but maybe tastes a little strong for some.
James –
5
Craig –
David –
Iain –
Good porter from a trusty brewery.
Felix –
Instant classic
Simon –
Claire –
very nice, couldn’t drink a lot of this
Keith –
Lovely chocolate and coffee not too bitter being a porter.
Alan –
A tad too sickly sweet for me.
Peter –
Kathleen –
Interesting combo with a dark porter colour and lighter IPA flavour.
Jamie –
Lovely
Duncan –
Yet to find an average Kernel
Matthew –
Alexander –
Solid every day porter
Janos –
Baxter –
Ali –
Decent, but prefer Kernel’s lighter beers.
Ben –
Smokey and complex! Turkish delight, slight dark chocolate, bitterness, floral notes. Different and wonderul
Jonny –
Adam –
This has become one of my go to beers, don’t think you can get much better for the money. Lots of flavour in a dark but refreshing beer.
Dave –
nice
Shakeel –
Solid drink, goes down real well.
Mark –
Justyna –
Joshua –
How a porter should be. Very dark, not too heavy. Best drank at room temp
Wayne –
Nice and smooth with a chocolate/coffee aftertaste
Gareth –
Nick –
Kieran –
Matthew –
Gosh
Thiago –
It is an amazing porter.Perfect to pair with sweet foods. The high ABV is almost unperceivable.
robert –
exactly what it says on the tin or bottle, flavoursome , although could do with slightly more chocolate.
Jeff –
Quality Porter, coffee and chocolate notes and plenty of body
Thomas –
Can’t go wrong with the Kernel
Richard –
Absolutely cracking. Very simple, but effective.
Simon –
dark and chocolatey – good for cold rainy evening
Filip –
Very tasty, but was hoping for more defined coffee flavour undertones.
Gary –
Solid beer.
Mike –
Laura –
Good rich porter
Ryan –
Mark –
Great porter
Ian –
Kernel do not do bad beer. Fact.
Stuart –
Delicious!
Rory –
Quite light and bitter. Good, but not special
Jack –
Complex
Karl –
Fabio –
Could be better…
CHRISTOPHER –
Sam –
Gabriel –
Never fails to deliver. Black, rich but with some hop bitterness in the background. I would describe this as black IPA. Perfect!
Craig –
Coffee, chocolate and hops. Doesn’t sound like it should work but it does!
Thomas –
Can’t go wrong with this porter
Adam –
Decent porter from the kernel
Alex –
David –
Kevin –
Nigel –
An enjoyable bottle: a touch lighter than I expected but good flavour with malty toastiness, choc/coffee and even some fruity spice in there.
Catherine –
Simon –
Simon Hogg –
Andrew –
Andy –
Chris –
Lee –
Adam –
Adrian –
Billy –
Charles –
Tom –
Phil –
Matthew –
David –
Carl –
Toby –
Geremy –
Fantastic porter, so many aromas and flavours!
Eddy –
Patryk –
Tim –
Chris –
joshua.a.barber –
Petri –
Strong roasted flavour. Bitter. Simply put, excellent porter.
Matt –
KIERON –
Stefan –
James –
Duncan –
Alexandra –
Could drink Kernel all day long. This is a great, smooth drink
Alfie –
Pretty bloody good
Martin –
Carly –
shelley –
Jake –
A great chocolate and coffee taste but leave a bitter aftertaste which ruins the original taste.
Jack –
Michael –
Kernel. Just wow. Bold roasty flavours, light berry notes, slight smoke on the finish(?) Excellent Porter
Nat –
Dan –
Very average as far as porters go
Brian –
Paul –
Andrew –
Andrew –
Antoine –
Sam –
William –
Top notch
Nick –
John –
One of my favourite porters. Quite smokey.
Rebecca –
Simon –
RIcardo –
Neil –
Is what it says on the bottle. Cheers
Matthew –
hops: Simcoe. Black pour, tanned creamy head with loads of retention; lovely looking. Aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, earthy and spicy hops. Wonderful smoothness and soft carbonation on the palate with flavours of roasted malts, dark chocolate, plums, blackberries, coffee, spice. Finish has a strong bitterness for this style, semi-dry and spicy. Rich and complex; wonderful beer.
Richard –
I often find Kernel beers to be at the hoppy/bitter end of whatever style they represent, and as such not my preference. This was a pleasant surprise: very 'classic' porter, well balanced. I'd drink it again, but a thin mouth feel and ultimately unremarkable flavour means I wouldn't buy it again, as there are better options available.
Rogier –
Andrew –
Michael –
Derek –
John –
Aroma of sweet cocoa and just a hint of tobacco. Pours a silky dark brown in the glass. Light, smooth and sweet, the taste at the start is mainly toffee. On the finish it ends on a robust flavour of bitter dark cocoa nibs, malts and sweet milk chocolate.
William –
Delicious choc tastes and lovely head on it, my favourite porter.
Keiron –
Chris –
Full flavoured stout
Lovely stuff
Gary –
Lovely porter, smooth a little bit happy with some coffee. Great.
Roger –
A pretty good porter
Adam –
Stunning – a proper porter! Exactly what you want from a porter.
David –