Flag Porter 1825 Original

Brewed by Elgoods
Style: Porter
Wisbech, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Picked this up on a recent trip to NY as a beer I had not seen around Ohio. Poured into a Shaker pint glass. Label is gold with a ship in black and some white lettering and accents. Says that this is brewed using a 19th century recipe and yeast recovered from a ship which sank in 1825. No freshness date. Appearance: Pours with 2+ fingers of medium to dark tan head. This settles slowly to a still puffy cap of foam leaving behind nice sticky lacing coverage. The beer itself is a dark mahogany; dark enough to be opaque in the center of the glass. No sediment remains in the bottle, I guess no one will be cultivating yeast from this beer in 185 years. Smell: Roasted barley and molasses with a slight hint of smokiness and peat. Just the slightest sourness in the end. Taste: Biscuit malt upfront with a slight butterscotch note and less roastiness than one would expect from the aroma. The smoke is here again, ever so slightly appearing a split second after the swallow. Finishes with an earthy, molasses sweetness and lingers well after the sip. Mouthfeel: Average to lower than average carbonation level, as is appropriate for this style. Body is very good, thick and viscous. Drinkability: An infinitely drinkable porter that seems to conform very well to the historical description of the mixed beer style. Not sure if this is available locally, but I would certainly revisit it.

Nice dark pour, looks stoutish. Taste is a little lighter than stout but still properly nasty in its own rite. Taste is a little of what I percieve to be old. Not bad overall. Some charcoal in there. Somewhat creamy palate with fine co2 sizzle.

4/6/12. 12oz bottle. Dark brown pour, lots of red under the light, with a small tan head that fades and laces a little. Light chocolate aroma with some cream and sourness. Nice, though somewhat light, chocolate and cream flavor with some coffee and a hint of sourness. Not too shabby.

12oz bottle. dark with amber highlights, thin lasting head. nice cocoa aroma. smooth creamy taste, chocolate and cocoa.

What a fascinating story behind this beer. It is truly wonderful to be experiencing and living history like this, drinking beer made from 187 year old yeast! The beer itself is mild, almost tasteless, but still perfectly satisfying.

Bottle from storminorman, thanks Norm. Pours a dark brown that is almost black. There seems to be a bit of fruit on the nose. Taste has some of the same dart fruit. If I had this blind there is no way I would even think this is a porter. This is a very nice surprise. I like how this works together in a way I was not expecting.

Yeast from a shipwreck is a new one. This is a nice traditional strength porter with a toasted malt aroma. It’s ashy bittersweet with a mild bitter aftertaste. Dark brown, not heady, medium body.

bottle poured into a pint glass a: dark brown, small offwhite head with fair retetnion. light lacing s: coffee, caramel, light toffee t: bitter chocolate mixed with slight roastyness. light caramel notes, well balanced. kind of bland m&d: crisp mouth, light to medium bodied. drinkable but better porters available

5.0% very dark colour with a good head, roasted malt aroma and a bitter roasted malt taste.

12oz bottle pours dark brown with a tab head. Nice porter, slight coffee taste . ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

This is a fantastic porter. Looks like cola, with a thin, tan head. Aromas of roasted grains and dark licorice. Tastes of smoky grains, dark chocolate notes, mild coffee, and dark licorice. Ends on a bittersweet chocolate note. Extremely smooth, and easy to drink. This is delicious.