Harveys Georgian Dragon (Bottle)

Brewed by Harveys
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Lewes, England

Serve in English pint

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Bottle at Scopey’s Pre-CBC tune-up. Light brown color with a tiny head. The nose is very mellow caramel malt, pecan nuts and strawberry jam. The taste is light raisins, burnt brown sugar and pear. The finish is long and a bit salty. The body’s light, the carbonation soft. Overall, there’s not much to say really. I found it to be a pretty boring ESB.

Bottle at my Pre-CBC Tune-Up Tasting, big thanks to the legendary Duff for pulling these Harveys out of the bag.... It pours deep amber-ruby, with a thick white head. The nose is toffee, wood, leather, varnish and a touch of white sugar. The taste is leather, leaf, wood, grass and dust, with a dry finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Not too shabby at all.

Now I loved this on cask. It’s still pretty good in a bottle. White peppery hops are still there on the aroma. Syrupy fruity malt still there on the aroma. Almost whiskyish on the aroma. Jammy fruit in the mouth. But what is lacking is any kind of mouthfeel. The body is no existant. Then a jammy finish. Starts well but the bottling does this beer no favours.

50cl bottle picked up in Hastings. Ruby with a loose cream head; rich, buttery, toffee aroma; sweet, treacle toffee flavour. Nice & satisfying on a cold evening.

Bottle @ chriso. Pours a copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty yeasty caramel aroma. Fruity malty yeasty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

30th July 2011
ChrisOs ’Donkey Dork Lord’ Pre-GBBF Tasting. Clear dark amber beer, good off white head. Light dry palate. Bland dry malt - maybe a little toffee. Semi dry finish. Boring!

500ml bottle (ChrisO’s pre-GBBF2011 "Donkey Dork Lord" shindig)
Not much is jumping out of the glass. Simple malts, that’s all. Looks OK as a bitter. More malts in the mouth. Meh. Might be worth trying to grab the cask version of this, the pasteurised version was dead to me.

Bottle 500ml. @ chriso s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011.

Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, paper, pear, toffee, light roasted. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110730]

Bottled@The Chriso Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011 "Donkey Dork Lord Edition". Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some slight floral notes as well as mild nuttyness. Flavour is wood, some slight syrupy and nutty notes along with sweet maltyness. Quite bitter dry finish.

Bottle at Chriso’s. Warm caramel and cherry aroma with a strange fruitiness and fresh ripe pears. Flavor completely different with caramel maltiness and chocolate brownie. Nose is better.