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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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 FROTHINGSLOSH (1961), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Jan 14, 2009  
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with ruby highlights and a small khaki head. The aroma was malty, bitter, molasses and vanilla. The flavor was an odd yet enjoyable mixture of bitter and roasty maltiness with a strong undercurrent of creamy vanilla and malted milk. The mouthfeel was fairly full. Odd but solid.


cb23 (97), St. louis, Missouri, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jan 5, 2009  
Bottle. An average porter in my opinion. Very malty and sweat with a good sized head. Not too much hop flavor or aroma. Too expensive here in the states for what you get. Cool history though.


 Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/516/20
Dec 30, 2008  
Darwin-brewed bottle, John’s Grocery in Iowa City. Black with a little walnut glow, small tan head. Pungent green cocoa aroma, raw sugar, good maduro cigar tobacco. Lively underripe plum flavor, soft chocolate with a winey edge. Tons of flavor volume and presence on the palate, but not at all cloying. I wonder if this has become a better beer with Darwin brewing it now? This sample is certainly excellent.


 daknole (2805), Plantation, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 27, 2008  
Bottle. Dark brown pour. Chocolate, fruit and toasted malts on the nose. Flavor is roasted malts, dark fruit and chocolate. Pretty damn good.


 bubbleflubber (885), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 26, 2008  
Pours a burnt mahogany into the glass, with an almost non-existent head. Dark fruits and soft chocolates to the nose. Very well-integrated flavors, not rich, but containing roasts, dark esters, dark chocolate and hints of coffee. The mouthfeel is a bit creamy, albeit a tad thin for a complex top-shelf porter. Decently put together, and makes for a decent session brew, but just not anything over-the-top that makes it truly outstanding.


 alexsdad06 (1056), Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Bottled. Pours a dark brown with some garnet highlights and a small tan head. The aroma is roast, chocolate, and coffee. The flavor has much of the same roasted malt, chocolate, and coffee as the nose. I get a hint of dark fruits as well. The mouthfeel is a touch thin for my tastes. Everything is done well, there is just a little missing IMO.


 afireinside96 (807), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/102/514/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Poured a dark brown with reddish highlights into an English pint glass. A thin tan head resides on top that quickly becomes a collection of bubbles. Coffee, chocolate, fruit, and that distinctive "English malt smell" waft up from the glass. The taste is of coffee, dark fruit, and chocolate. Palate is a bit thin with low carbonation. The finish is short and has a touch of sour twang to it much like Guinness. Enjoyable, would be outstanding if the flavor was a bit more robust and had a richer palate.


 SuperDave70 (1157), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 19, 2008  
Deep red-brown pour with a ring of head. Light aroma of roasted malt and fruity sweetness. Flavor is a bit of malt, chocolate, coffee and fruit. A bit thin on the palate. The most interesting thing about this brew is the story behind it.



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