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Flag Porter 1825 Original

Flag Porter 1825 Original - Porter

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 Percentile 
88
overall
Brewed by Elgoods
Style: Porter

Wisbech, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4533.53/5.03.51/5.05%86.3English pint, Stem glass
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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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 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Apr 3, 2006  
Bottle. Pours dark with a two finger thick beige head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, slight fruit. Flavor is roast, nutty, clight chocolate, and a slight hoppy bitter finish. Good body, good brew.


 BeerHawk (1175), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 27, 2006  
Bottle. Poured a deep black color with a tan head. Coffee and roast aroma with a hoppy background. The flavor was mainly caramel and coffee but had a nutty & chocolate undertone. Medium body with a coffee aftertaste.


 ratman197 (3137), Arvada, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 23, 2006  
330 ml bottle poured a clearvery dark brown with a minimal amber head. Aromas of bitter chocolate, roasted malt, and a bit of licorice. Palate was abit on the thin side, could use more body. Flavors of bakers chocolate, roasted malt and a hint of cola with acrisp, sweet finish.


roner77 (35), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/516/20
Mar 15, 2006  
Dark brown in color with a amberish glow. A beutiful looking beer with a smaller tan creamy head. The flavor is certainly lighter but is certainly wonderful. A very lite sweetness is present with hints of roasted malts and chocolate. Love this one


 GreatLibations (1440), Last Supper, Arizona, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/103/515/20
Mar 15, 2006    Updated: Feb 11, 2007
Dark brown in color with a shallow, semi creamy froth. Aroma of roasted chocolate and leather w/ a slight sour twitch. Medium nectar w/ ample residual effers. Semi dry and malty with flavors of roasted coffee bean, cocoa, leather, and molases. Finsh is long and bittered perfecty. Overall: It’s malty and moderately roasted w/ a nice old world rustic nature. Defined cocoa in the aroma and flavor.


 Braudog (3733), Dayton, Ohio, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/101/57/20
Mar 8, 2006  
My bottle says Darwin Brewing, but whatever: Pitch black but entirely ZERO head, ZERO carbonation. Chalky aroma. Odd woody (not in a good way) flavor, oily and milky. Didn’t dig it.


 dwyerpg (2519), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/101/58/103/515/20
Mar 1, 2006  
Nice chocolaty aroma, but a flat see-through brown appearance. Not heavy, but thankfully not as sweet as your average porter, making this an above-average porter, since I find most tough to finsih.


 xproudfoot (729), Paleolithic, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 27, 2006  
Bottle. Nice backstory on this one there. Aroms is first dark fruit, then molasses, then barleywincahol. Little tan head, thick brown brew. Damn tasty. Roast barley toast. Malt milkshakes. Manages to be refreshing with its roasts though I do feel a little warming/calorie intake... This is another definition of sessie. A little bit thin bodied, if I have any complaints about it, but you can view that as a proter you could drink into late spring and see it as a good thing...hey! There’s some black licorice in the finish.



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