Flag Porter 1825 Original

Brewed by Elgoods
Style: Porter
Wisbech, England

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.

Pours dark red-brown with a modest tan head. The aroma is a big malty molassas and pumpernickel and the flavor follows as expected, with the addition of somewhat sweet vinous notes and light-roasted italian espresso (think Illycafe) on the finish. Mouthfeel is thin, but soft and encouraging.

Overall, a very pleasant porter.

11.2 oz. Bottle: Dense, opaque black color with a thick beige-yellow head. Good initial start flows to chocolate and coffee. Ends smooth, with no bitter lingering. Lasting mouthfeel is watery at first, then pleasant in aftertase.

Quite an interesting beer. A nice traditional English porter with reserved roasted malt notes and very little hops. The yeast character is subtle and also very unique. It lends this otherwise ordinary porter a real sense of authenticity that makes this beer both fun to drink and think about.

Cool story and a very good beer. Nice dark ruby-brown pour. Not much head - but that’s ok. Nice roasted, malty nose. Some decent chocolate and sour mash - like a traditional porter I am finding out. A little oak and some mild hoppiness. Just a touch weak on the palate, but, altogether very nicely put together

Had a real good roasted malt aroma. Some smoked wood aroma also. Body was dark brown with red hue. Small ring tan head that was gone quick. Flavor had a decent roasted malt to it. Also some chocolate flavor. Little watery not full bodied. If it were this would be a great beer. Well mine wasn’t so a smooth medium bodied brew it was.

Pours a dark red-brown with dense medium off-white head that eventually vanishes, leaving behind a ring around the rim. Aroma is mostly roast grain with some chocolate and coffee showing. Flavor is solid old-school English porter: moderately roasty, moderately sweet, moderately hop-bitter, touches of toffee & caramel. Bitter roast grain takes center stage in the flavor, surrounded by a nice supporting cast of caramel, toffee, and modest hop bitter. Thick, full palate. Nicely done classic English porter.

Flag Porter pours to a deep brown to black color with a slight tan head, and a soft to moderate amount of carbonation. The nose on this beer is very aromatic with aromas of sweet and dark malts, a touch of roast, a hint of smoke, and some estery fruity aromas. The palate is soft, with more sweet malty flavors, some caramel, a bit of toffee, some black currant fruit, and a back drop of lactic sourness. This beer finishes with more sweet malty character up front, then ends with a slightly sour edge that balances out the malt sweetness. This is an authentic, historical example of what porter tasted like in the early to mid 19th century. Porters were actually old, stale beers, and that was a good thing. Brewers would store their porter in massive oak vats the size of buildings, and continue to add porter to the vats for aging and souring. They were very malty, so the aging, and lactic sourness that came with aging, was something a porter brewer was looking for. Flag Porter has captured that, and really takes you back to another time and place.