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Brewed by Elgoods
Style: Porter
Wisbech, England

bottled
common

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RATINGS: 521   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.51   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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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.


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
jayme9874 (756) - Hamburg, New York, USA - JAN 12, 2002
A slightly cloudy deep red.Medium off white head. Somewhat roasty nose with hints of chocolate and hops. Medium bodied, dry roasitness, bittersweet/light chocolate and coffee flavors throughout, creamy and lively mouthfeel. Enjoyable porter.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Ernest (5185) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - JAN 3, 2002
Head is initially average sized, creamy and rocky, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy dark brown with small visible particles. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted, dark chocolate, mild coffee, dark bread), lightly hoppy (pine), with notes of smoke, banana, and plum. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately bitter. Finish is moderately bitter, lightly sweet. Medium body, dry and creamy texture, lively carbonation, lightly astringent. Very nice, no major flaws...only the faint piney aroma and slight astringency keeps this from a higher score from me.

3.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
MrRain00 (37) - Columbus, Indiana, USA - DEC 29, 2001
This is a very nice beer but I was a little dissappointed considering the levity of the sunken vessel story on the bottle. I expected more. It’s still a great beer though. It’s very smooth!

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
Volgon (2716) - Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - DEC 13, 2001
Freaking awesome. Smokey flavor with a nutty (buttery) aftertaste. Try one today!

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
K-V-F-L (292) - LaVista, Nebraska, USA - OCT 17, 2001
Imagine Riesen, those hard German chocolates, and you’ll have a pretty good idea. Not balanced or strong enough to rank with the best porters, though.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Oakes (10191) - Gibsons, British Columbia, CANADA - AUG 17, 2001
light brown colour, a dusty, sooty malt aroma and palate, which is quite dry throughout. This beer, along with a couple of other traditional examples, uses the original ’brown malt’, which defined the original porter style, but disappeared until very recently.

4.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
THE BEER BARON (275) - Wisconsin, USA - AUG 3, 2001
Beautiful in color, taste is just right. I really like this Porter.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
The Friar99 (222) - Wisconsin, USA - AUG 3, 2001
Dark ruby color, excellent malty taste and aroma. This is what I call beer.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fraternie (754) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - JUN 11, 2001
Has potential, but doesn’t balance out the bite nearly well enough, a problem I have with many beers of this style.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
jstu9 (402) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 15, 2001
The story susposedly is this is brewed from yeast that was found in bottles from a sunken ship in the English Channel. A nice flavorlful Porter. Not the best Porter I’ve had. Not all that thick, but had some hops flavor in it as well.


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