Harveys Porter (Bottle)

Brewed by Harveys
Style: Porter
Lewes, England

Bottle, LCBO. Pitch oily black, decent sized brownish head. Nice aroma, lots of molasses, light chocolate, some roast. Good taste - acidic side of things but still milk chocolate and molasses. Dry. A solid porter, LCBO got one right here.

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.

Bottle. Poured a black color with an average rocky light brown head that diminished slowly with fair lacing. Moderate sweet prune malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth slick texture. Medium sweet malty flavor with a medium sweet finish of average duration. Complex sweet brew.

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.

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!

500ml bottle, 4.8% a/v Pours BLACK. Smallish brown head. Molasses, chocolate and slightly herbal. Taste is chocolate and molasses, with a very nice clean dry finish. Very well done.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on May 2 2008; eye: mahogany, clear, beige head that falls to leave a tiny ring, good lacing; nose: roasting, vanilla, light chocolate; mouth: roasted malt, light acridness, lightly lactic, dryness present throughout, a bit watery, chocolate milk, a bit of hops appears toward the finale, finale in roasted malt with a hint of vanilla, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body, creamy texture, not much carbonation, light astringency; overall: quite likable FFRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 2 mai 2008; œil : acajou, claire, mousse beige qui tombe pour laisser place à un petit anneau, bonne dentelle; nez : torréfaction, vanille, léger chocolat; bouche : malt torréfié, légère âcreté, légèrement lactique, sécheresse présent tout au long de la gorgée, un p’tit côté aqueux, lait au chocolat, un peu de houblon qui apparaît vers la fin, mélasse, finale en torréfaction avec une pointe de vanille, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, texture crémeuse, peu carbonatée, légère astringence; en résumé : bien aimé

500ml bottle bought at a deli in Petersfield, Hants. Dark brown with reddish undertones and a decent, frothy off-white head that left plenty of lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate, caramel and roasted malts. Full mouth feel, with more sweetness to start, bitter chocolate, coffee and spice. Decent bitter finish with a touch of raisin fruit. Very enjoyable.