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Harveys Porter

Harveys Porter

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A Porter brewed by
Harveys

Lewes, England

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1403.47/5.03.46/5.04.8%71.2 English pint, Stem glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Pasteurised bottle. Also available cask conditioned in March and, occasionally, bottle conditioned. Originally called 1859 Porter.
NOTE: Only ratings for the pasteurised bottle should be posted here. There is a separate listing for the cask and bottle conditioned (very rare) variants.
We have taken a porter recipe of 1859 from Henry Harvey’s brewing journal and reproduced it faithfully using pale ale malt, crystal malt, black malt, locally grown hops, our own spring water and yeast strain. We have subsequently bottled the beer in both pasteurised and bottle conditioned form. However, each March draught 1859 Porter is on sale for one month only as part of our programme of ‘Seasonal Brews’.

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 xnoxhatex (778), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 7, 2008  
Bottle from Tiffany’s in Kalamazoo, MI. Dark brown with medium tan creamy head. Aroma is sweet roasted/toasted malt, a little red fruit, not bad. Sweet red fruit and roasted malt, a little alc, nice roastiness, well rounded. Medium to thin body that is slightly chalky. Not half bad, a solid, sweet porter.


 Rune (1500), Tromsø, Norway
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 7, 2008  
275ml bottle celebrating TILs 2-0 over Strømsgodset. Ruby-black body under a thin, filmy layer. Dark malts, a bit burnt, to the nose. Dark fruits and bitter malts to the flavour. Flat carbonation. Watered palate - I had expected more from this one (Coutesy of Wivi-Ann, 06.07.2008).


 Svesse (1499), Hässelby, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
May 3, 2008  
(Bottle, Royal Oak, Borough, London, 23 April 2008, room temperature) Dark brown, almost black, with frothy pale brown head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of dark fruit and chocolate, hints of smoke. Roasted, malty taste with chocolate, lovely notes of cocoa and a short coffee bitterness in the finish. Fairly thin body, but great aroma and flavours. Classic english porter.


 GRM (792), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 2, 2008  
Brown bottle, 500 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on May 2 2008; eye: mahogany, clear, beige head that falls to leave a tiny ring, good lacing; nose: roasting, vanilla, light chocolate; mouth: roasted malt, light acridness, lightly lactic, dryness present throughout, a bit watery, chocolate milk, a bit of hops appears toward the finale, finale in roasted malt with a hint of vanilla, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body, creamy texture, not much carbonation, light astringency; overall: quite likable FFRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 2 mai 2008; œil : acajou, claire, mousse beige qui tombe pour laisser place à un petit anneau, bonne dentelle; nez : torréfaction, vanille, léger chocolat; bouche : malt torréfié, légère âcreté, légèrement lactique, sécheresse présent tout au long de la gorgée, un p’tit côté aqueux, lait au chocolat, un peu de houblon qui apparaît vers la fin, mélasse, finale en torréfaction avec une pointe de vanille, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, texture crémeuse, peu carbonatée, légère astringence; en résumé : bien aimé


 Viper666 (402), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 28, 2008  
Bouteille 500ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, de chocolat au lait (notes lactiques), de houblon herbeux et aux notes terreuses ainsi qu’avec des notes de café et de pain rôti. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture crémeuse et aux petites notes aqueuses. Léger goût de chocolat au lait (notes de lactose) accompagné d’un léger goût boisé ainsi que des petites notes fruitées (raisins) et de tabac de cigarette lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût moyennement amer de malt assez rôti (faibles notes brûlées) ainsi qu’un léger goût de chocolat noir et des notes de pain grillé et de mélasse (faibles traces de toffee) puis en finale l’on retrouve une amertume de houblon herbeux asséchant (thé) aux notes terreuses et également des notes de café. Post-goût long-moyen et plutôt sec, moyennement amer de rôti-brûlé, de houblon herbeux, léger de chocolat et avec des traces de café.




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