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Harveys Porter

Harveys Porter

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80
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A Porter brewed by
Harveys

Lewes, England

bottled
common

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1483.43/5.03.42/5.04.8%67.2English pint, Stem glass P  Stats

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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 Imperial-John (100), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 12, 2008  
Pitch dark black with small creamy tan head that thins quickly. Faint roasted nut and molasses aroma. Carbonated dark burnt roasted bittersweet chocolate. Light on flavour with a bittersweet burnt roast aftertaste.


Strangebrewer (42), Chatham, Ontario, Canada
0.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/102/52/101/52/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Pours dark ruby-brown with almost no head, aroma of burnt raisons. A bit flat, sweet, malty licorice and metallic. Finishes like bitter black coffee. Definetly not for me.


 PaulHegedus (120), Brampton, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/511/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Bottle. Pours black with a long lasting, permanent head. Served cellar temp. There are aromas of fresh gingerbread, homemade cookies, molasses, toffee: very spicy too, like winter baking fresh out of the oven. Mouthfeel is light, slightly watery. Flavour is less interesting than the aromas. I taste some molasses, raisin, chocolate.


Ported (62), Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Sep 30, 2008  
Dark brown, thin tan head. Fairly mild flavour, roated malts, hint of coffee, chocolate, brown sugar. Was hoping for some more punch. Very easy going.


 Sanchex (221), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
Sep 20, 2008  
I’ve had this before and remembered it being better. Aroma is a of roasted malts and molasses and taste is all molasses. I don’t get any coffee type flavours but just a hint of bitter chocolate. Somewhat astringent with thin body. Cheers!



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