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Harveys Porter (Bottle)

Percentile
82
overall
Brewed by Harveys
Style: Porter

Lewes, England

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1623.42/5.03.39/5.04.8%72.1English pint, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
Pasteurised bottle. Also available cask conditioned in March and, occasionally, bottle conditioned. Originally called 1859 Porter.
NOTE: Only ratings for the pasteurised bottle should be posted here. There is a separate listing for the cask and bottle conditioned (very rare) variants.
We have taken a porter recipe of 1859 from Henry Harvey’s brewing journal and reproduced it faithfully using pale ale malt, crystal malt, black malt, locally grown hops, our own spring water and yeast strain. We have subsequently bottled the beer in both pasteurised and bottle conditioned form. However, each March draught 1859 Porter is on sale for one month only as part of our programme of ‘Seasonal Brews’.
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 MaiBockAddict (1499), Good Beer Bar Deprived, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/514/20
Sep 20, 2005  
0.5l bottle. Very dark brown, tan head. Malty roasty chocolate aroma. Smoth thick malty flavors with plenty of roast, gobs of body. Malty roasty finish.


 OhioDad (2491), Hilliard, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/105/514/20
Sep 14, 2005  
1pt bottle labeled Harvey’s Tom Paine Old Porter - Pours black with a creamy tan head that laces and lingers pretty well. Aroma is of molasses and brown sugar and a touch of caramel. Flavor is similar with some smoky notes as well. Not as strong of a flavor as other porters that I have liked more. Palate is very nice. A creamy mouth coating drink this one is easy to put down in a hurry. Not bad.. Just not great!


 Murphy (1759), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 30, 2005  
Pours oily black. Thin head, but strong lacing. Taste is molassis, wood, and hints of smoke. Finish is watery but retains the dark sweet molassis feel, with touches of roasted bitterness. Really not a bad porter at all, but the body could use a little bit more muscle.


 Hunsell (400), Amsterdam, Netherlands
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 23, 2005  
Almost black with a small brown head. Very sweet aroma of malts, chocolate, and ’Haagse hopjes’, Dutch liquorice. Roasted flavor, some dark chocolate coming through, coffee. Too thin, unfortunately.


 Cornfield (4928), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/515/20
Apr 22, 2005  
Bottle with the a.k.a. of Tom Paine’s Original Porter: This pours out almost black, but remains brown with a dark brown, slender head. The aroma is bitter chocolate with deep roasted malts and traces of coffee. Very smooth in the mouth, the flavor is roasted malt and dark, burnt chocolate, and some woodiness. It finishes on a dry coffee note. Very satisfying.


 austinpowers (2828), New York, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 14, 2005  
Molasses and lots of chocolate malt define this sweet, figgy brew. Very little hops, but light roastiness is noticeable. A sweet, syrupy maltfest.


 jimhilt (1674), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 16, 2005  
Pours with a one-finger light tan head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Deep amber color almost black. Good carbonation and light-medium bodied. Nose is chocolate. Starts with a sweetish molasses flavor, finish is slightly bitter chocolate. $4.25 for a 500ml bottle from Colonial Spirits Acton, MA..


 noelcb (271), Toledo, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/514/20
Feb 13, 2005  
Beautiful cola-brown. Healthy, long-lasting brown head, easily adjusted by pour. Toasty, smoky, molasses hiits first with malty finish. Good hop balance, bitter, grapefruity finish. Maltiness lingers - five minutes later you know you’ve had a Porter.



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