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Harveys Porter (Bottle) 3.39 163

Harveys Porter (Bottle)

Percentile
82
overall
Brewed by Harveys
Style: Porter

Lewes, England

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1633.42/5.03.39/5.04.8%72.6English 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.


 Eructoblaster (1497), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Nov 4, 2007  
Pours a black opaque body with low carbonation and a thin, lasting beige creamy head. Good malty/hoppy aroma with roasted cereals hints. Its taste is sharp and well balanced. It ends with a long roasty/bitter finish. Well done Porter.


 tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Oct 28, 2007  
black color some very little amount of beige head, nose is choc, a little smoke some hops . really nice. flavor is choc, little coffee good dark malts well done good body. bottle at the lcbo


 daboskabouter (1470), Fergus, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 11, 2007  
Nearly opaque, dark black porter with a foamy dark tan head that lingers. The nose is brown sugar with some fresh fruit including, surprisingly, green apple. The body is carbonated very lightly, almost too lightly. Some bitter hops at the front turn into a sweet malty middle with a lingering hop bitterness into the end. This is a good, tasty porter, but leaves something desired. It could use more roastiness, but I’m not complaining at this point.


 robinvboyer (1433), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/102/510/20
Nov 11, 2007  
nice light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, some smoke, and a light nuttiness. Flavour is slightly roasty, i’m getting a HUGE metallic taste i just cant shake, it lingers quite a bit. The finish is bitter, and smokey. As i get near the bottom of my glass, the metallic tatse seems to mellow a bit, but its still there. But now i can taste the roasty nuttiness in the flavour, a decent porter, without the metallic tatse, would have been awesome.


 Dorqui (1361), Brescia, Italy
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 15, 2006    Updated: Sep 16, 2007
Bottled. Creamy and enough foamy head. Black and dense color, much gloomy. Rich and alcoholic scent: distinct notes of coffee, parched malt, burnt wood and bitter cocoa. Much balmy and pleasant aroma. Strong, alcoholic and solid taste. Not much prickly but dense, full and protract with a decided and very long bitter final.


 Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 9, 2006  
Bottle, from the Dodgy Deli on Cowley Rd. Brown highlighted black with a small but sticky layer of open tan foam. Soft coffee and molasses both in the aroma and flavor. A restrained touch of sourness that feels historically appropriate and adds some texture. A little more roast to the finish wouldn’t hurt, but all in all a very nice little porter. One of the nicest bottled porters I’ve had in the UK so far. I’m seriously kicking myself that I only bought one bottle of this when I had the chance. And now it’s gone. Forever.


 JohnnyJ (1344), Carlsbad, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 21, 2007  
Pours a dark brown with light tan head. Chocolate, roasty malt, caramel, oak, hops, and a bit of fruit. Finishes with a little metallic taste, but still pretty good. Mouthfeel is slightly thin.



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