Harveys Porter (Bottle)

Brewed by Harveys
Style: Porter
Lewes, England

Bottled. Hmmmm beer my trustworthy friend…. How good is porter?! Dark and sweet this just keeps begs to be drunk with a smile. Black with fine brown lacy head. Sweet roasted malt nose just begs drinking. Sweet and syrupy it’s not unlike an imperial stout at first taste. Burnt malt woody flavour with a dry ashy finish.

Tom Paine bottle and fancied up in my Expedition snifter: I swear I had rated this but guess not.

Poured a deep muddled borwn with an initial huge frothy head and very nice lacing. The aroma has notes of prune and raisin, molasses, some coco and vanilla beans, earthy yeast esters and bready malts. The taste starts surprising twangy with lots of fruity and molasses flavor on top of a nice bitter background. Get some more milder malts in midesection before finishing off with a dash of smoke and coffee bitterness. The feel is strange, one hand it seems thin but then the palate is treated to some oily character, lively as well. A solid old-world porter.

500 mL bottle purchased from LCBO in Toronto for $3.70. Pours a black with a smal brown head that dissipates quickly. Roasted malt aroma, but not overly strong. First taste is very nice - thick and oatmealy. Stays a treat all the way down with its nice thick feel.

275ml bottle. Hard black with a wisp of head soon gone. Aroma starts with creamy coffee, first taste reveals a light roast with a sweet edge. Aroma starts to soften to a sweet liquorice, flavour stars to dullen a little and certainly become sweeter. Savour is the fading fruit finish that tempers the sweetness and leaves a little lingering chocolate in its wake.

Uber dark pour. Looks like a black stout with a thin tan head. Aroma of toffee, licorice, caramel and chocolate. Very dark choclat and coffee taste wtih a licorice aftertaste. A little to thick and the finish is too dry but rather good overall. A nice porter.

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.

Bouteille 500ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, de chocolat au lait (notes lactiques), de houblon herbeux et aux notes terreuses ainsi qu’avec des notes de café et de pain rôti. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture crémeuse et aux petites notes aqueuses. Léger goût de chocolat au lait (notes de lactose) accompagné d’un léger goût boisé ainsi que des petites notes fruitées (raisins) et de tabac de cigarette lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût moyennement amer de malt assez rôti (faibles notes brûlées) ainsi qu’un léger goût de chocolat noir et des notes de pain grillé et de mélasse (faibles traces de toffee) puis en finale l’on retrouve une amertume de houblon herbeux asséchant (thé) aux notes terreuses et également des notes de café. Post-goût long-moyen et plutôt sec, moyennement amer de rôti-brûlé, de houblon herbeux, léger de chocolat et avec des traces de café.

Bottle at home ... Deep solid black ... good thick off white head ... lots of roast malts ... slightly bitter roast malts ... quite fruity little souness ... some smooth silky bitter chocolate ...