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Flag Porter 1825 Original

Flag Porter 1825 Original

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A Porter brewed by
Elgoods

Wisbech, England

bottled
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3893.54/5.03.54/5.05%81 English pint, Stem glass P  Stats

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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Modminks (6), lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
May 9, 2006  
My Favorite beer. I can’t say enough about Flag Porter’s delicousness. I pours a dark with a creamy head. The aroma is of old nuts and wheat. Tatste is like medium with a half bodied matlyness. It feels great going down much like Mackeson XXX Stout. I describe it like drinking milk sortof.


BostonBeerLover (2), Ohio, USA
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4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/520/20
Nov 4, 2004  
Fantastic Beer!!! Dark, almost black in color. Aroma is rich. The taste is as rich as the aroma yet you never feel full after drinking it. The best part of the beer is that it is a distinctive porter not a watered down stout.


iswain1914 (18), USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/519/20
Oct 15, 2007  
Hey guys....Just because this is not an IMPERIAL stout with 8-12% alcohol does not mean that it does not deserve nearly perfect scores. This is a damn near perfect porter. 2nd to Synebrychoff Porter from Finland.


 Skip (206), Indiana, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/519/20
Jul 4, 2006  
Skip’s favorite porter...wish I could find it on tap. As the beer warms to a proper temperature, the aroma of molasses overcomes a somewhat non-descript sweetness. Flavor is full and the mouthfeel is all that one can ask of a quality porter.


 austinpowers (2828), New York, New York, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Jul 25, 2002    Updated: Feb 26, 2005
Flag Porter is brewed from a traditional 19th century British recipe, fermented with original 1825 yeast salvaged from a sunken vessel in the English Channel. Several bottels of the brew were raised from some 60 feet in the Channel in their original condition with their wood stoppers and wax seals intact. When opened it ’tasted like old, wet boots’ according to Dr. Keith Thomas, brewer and microbiologist. But, when put under a microscope he found living yeast. After months of growing this yeast, he brewed a porter using an 1850 recipe. True to porters of this era Dr. Thomas uses barley and hops grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. .......................OK, that’s the story, so shouldn’t it be called ’1850 Porter’? Anyway, the beer is fantastic! Very flavorful, yet drinkable. Fuller than Yuengling’s Porter, and less fizzy, to boot. Who knew such an old beer recipe could taste so good. Dogfish Midas Touch could learn a thing or two from this brew.




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