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Harveys Porter (Bottle)

Percentile
82
overall
Brewed by Harveys
Style: Porter

Lewes, England

bottled
available

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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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 Magicdave6 (5501), London, Greater London, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 20, 2007  
Aroma is smokey meat, fried potatos with egg and dog breath. Taste is chestnuts, very nutty and sweet roasted beef, roasty finish. Interesting beer forsure.


 duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 24, 2002  
Deep brown to black colour. Raisiny, liqorice aroma, with a bit of roasty coffee flavours. Quite sweet, raisiny anise flavours, with a roasty malt finish, i liked it, but it was a little sweet.


 bu11zeye (5470), Frisco, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 8, 2007  
(Bottle) Pours a black body with a small beige head. Aroma of leather, toasted malt, dark fruit jam, and nuts. Flavor of lightly charred toast, sweet raisins, caramel, and plum.


 CaptainCougar (5457), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
May 18, 2006  
500ml bottle, probably a few years old: Pours a nearly opaque with dark brown edges and a thin, creamy tan head. Aroma of sweet toasty dark caramel malts with some aged dark fruitiness and a touch of nutty character and some cardboard. Body starts lightly sweet with some cookie dough and mild brown sugar along with some earthy hoppy bitterness. Finishes drier and slightly chalky with some sherry-like qualities. Probably pretty good if it were fresher.


 Bov (5451), Bienne, Switzerland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 30, 2001    Updated: Dec 15, 2005
very dark brown colour and practically no foam; gently roasted aroma of black chocolate, notes of mocha and prune; some sweetness and a rather thin body; moderately bitter with a long toasted coffeish finish - very subtle


 yngwie (4970), Kristiansand, Norway
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 26, 2006  
Bottled. Dark brown, almost black, with a very small, beige head. Lots of coffee and mocca in the aroma, as well as dark chocolate and a vague fruity note. Balanced flavor with roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and dried fruits. A bit thin body and a coffee-ish, roasted, dry, bitter finish. A light, quaffable porter. (060626)


 Cornfield (4938), 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.


 JPDIPSO (4906), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Dec 1, 2004  
Very dark brown color with a small tiny bubbled tan head. Lightly oily and silky feel. Fig pudding and treacle aromas. Treacle and mild earthy malt flavors. Light iron and thin port finish.



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