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Flag Porter 1825 Original

Percentile
88
overall
Brewed by Elgoods
Style: Porter

Wisbech, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4543.53/5.03.51/5.05%86.3English pint, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
Available in bottle
Contract brewed by Elgood for BrewLab/Darwin.
Full bodied porter, hopped with Kent’s hops.

Flag Porter is brewed from a traditional 19th century British recipe using yeast salvaged from a vessel which sank in the English Channel in 1825. In 1988, several bottles of the brew were raised from their resting place 60 feet deep in the Channel. They were in their original containers, with their wood stoppers and wax seals intact. When opened, however, they "tasted like old, wet boots" according to Dr. Keith Thomas, renowned brewer and microbiologist. When he examined the beer under a microscope, he found a small percentage of the yeast to be still living! After months of growing this yeast, he brewed a porter using an 1850 recipe. Adhering to the practises of porter brewers of the era, Dr. Thomas uses barley and hops grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
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 holdenn (1440), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/515/20
Oct 1, 2006  
12 oz bottle pours a brownish black with a thin fading head. Aromas were like the flavors roasted and chocolately. The flavors were pretty strong but it lacked the body to back it up. A nice hop bitterness came through to round it out as a good porter.


 after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/105/514/20
Sep 18, 2006  
12-oz., courtesy BitBucket. Fairly neutral aroma of some mild breadiness and a little bit of smoke. Nice forward roasty chocolatey flavors from the attack through the mid palate to the finish. Some hop bitterness on the finish but not enough to make a whole team. Medium body, light carb, clean and drinkable by porter standards. Nice stuff.


 JK (2949), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 9, 2006  
It is unfortunate they couldn’t do a better beer with such a cool story behind it. Aroma has some light fruit and roasted malt. The beer is brown and I can’t detect any sediment. Roasted grains in the flavor, and a very light aftertaste of the same that does last a long time.


 ross (1709), weddington, South Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Sep 8, 2006  
Bottle from Sean (wish I could play Children of Bodom) Smith. Thanks! Browish black color, not much of a head. Smell is coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, sweet sugars. Taste is similar, pretty rich, but in a way it becomes a little too thin. Its a nice beer, but I prefer american porters because of the bold thickness they bring to the table.


 shendrix (478), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/516/20
Sep 8, 2006  
A brew as dark as your ex-wife’s soul, which pours with the slightest bit of caramel head. Presents a tangy alcoholic nose with deeply roasted barley coming through. Tastes of barley and walnuts that have been roasted on an outdoor fire, with the mildest dark chocolate aftertastes. Almost a ghost of it in fact. Under-carbonated, but lovely and smooth. This brew fails to live up to its hype, but is certainly worth a try.


Caliber (9), Orlando, Florida, USA
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3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Aug 24, 2006  
Pours deep, deep brown almost black color. Head is almost non-existent and lightly clings to the glass. Aroma is sweet with caramel overtones and a bit of a chocolatey malt charcter, but there is an overly strong alcohol aroma. Palate is very thin with little carbonation leaving it feeling rather flat. This does make it very drinkable, however as it goes down quite smoothly. Flavor is slightly roasty with a hint of caramel malts. Luckily, the alcohol present in the aroma does not come through in the taste. While I prefer a more roasted flavor in a porter, this is one highly drinkable beer as the palate is rather thin and the flavor pretty mellow.


 CharlesDarwin (1835), Point Judith, Rhode Island, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 20, 2006  
12 Oz Bottle. Swift aroma of sugary caramels, mellowed. Iced tea sugars. Restrained roast, instead a gentle nut character, with edges of almond skins and light hazlenut oil. Pour of deep, deep clear mahogany, with a silky rim of lacy off-white. Flavor is a pan-fried toasted pecan, with some very distinct browned butter and almost artificial candied nut flavors. Fruity too, with effervescence. Everything light and a little thin. Palate derives dryness from oaken grain husk. A bright spritz. Almost root beer like. Alcohol tones absent. Certainly, a more drinkable porter. Long smack of chocolate pipe tobacco resins. First on, some yeasty dust.


 ajolly2 (125), USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/518/20
Aug 17, 2006  
Quality porter (or so I think; I haven’t had many). The backstory to this beer is almost as good as its taste. Try it; you won’t be disappointed.



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