Flag Porter 1825 Original

Port aroma, alcohol vapors waft out. Medium thin body. Molasses, roasted/burnt grains flavor. Baker’s chocolate comes out as it warms up.

2/17/07: Bottle.
Sweet flavor of coffee and malt. Medium brown – black body with an off white head. Flavor is bitter and slightly chalky.

Compared to some of today’s big porters this seems more like a historic note and that is not a bad thing. Full bodied and well made would like to have again. Bought this bottle at John’s Market Portland in 2004. Page 159 of Michael Jackon’s Great Beer Guide only 411 out of 500 Classic Brews to go.

Bottled. Reddish brown coloured. Notes of roasted malts, chocolate and coffee in the aroma and in the flavour. Rather light, though. Light to medium bodied. Some nice flavours and aromas present, but it needs more power to be really good..

rich chocolate aroma, light tan head,slight carbonation, with a smooth finish. I think i’ll try a second.

Nice. Black pour with a tiny beige head. Malty aroma, rich with coffee and nuttiness. Flavor is an exquisite balance between sweet and dry ... roasted malt and coffee bitterness coupled with a light, almost brown sugary sweetness. very well balanced. A little thin on the palate, but still excellent.

bottle from durty nelly’s in the noog. medium tan head with a dark brown color. smell of chocolate, coffee and caramel. taste of chocolate and caramel but a bit thin. not as full bodied as i would have liked but it was still a pretty good beer

dark brown with a small disappearing tan head. nice rich milk chocolate aroma. light chocolate flavor. bitter chocolate vanilla coffee finish. medium body. decent.