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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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 mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/515/20
Nov 6, 2009  
Bottle pours deep brownish and black with a creamy brown head. Slight boozy aroma but deep burnt sugar, plum and oak notes. Nice dryness on the tongue followed by coffee and tobacco flavors. Nice body and quenching too. Almost a smoked porter. VERY nice.


 thornecb (1737), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Pours deep ruby-tinged mahogany into an English pint. Mocha head with good retention pancakes as it recedes. Roasted chocolate aromas. Silky with nuts, chocolate and coffee upfront. Thinning out to a dry abrupt malt finish.


 sigma23 (217), , Maine, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 29, 2009  
pours black with small tan head. aroma is slight burnt malt, nutty, coffee, chocolate. drinks silky smooth with coffee and chocolate and some rich malt. finishes slightly bitter with coffee.


 troopie (851), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 21, 2009  
Bottle. Poured dark reddish brown with medium beige head. Medium malty and nutty aroma. Flavour is medium, coffee, malt, a little chocolate and a little walnut. Coffee and malt finish, with a bit of hop.


 gracefullypunk (272), Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 17, 2009  
Out of a bottle at Collins Pub. Pours a deep reddish brown with a small beige head and some lacing. Smells slightly funky, with aromas of nuts, toasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Palate is soft and almost creamy. Tastes almost creamy, too, as well as chocolatey, nutty, and with an ending of some bitter coffee.


 BeerGestapo (729), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 9, 2009  
Brewed in England.... Pours a hazy brown color with a foamy beige head and nice carbonation. Aroma of roasted malts and brown sugar. Taste is much of the same with the addition of some chocolate. Mouthfeel is kind of sticky, thin and finishes on the dry side. Pretty interesting !!!!


 DigitalMan (113), Idaho, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/510/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Decent sweet aroma, dark with small medium dark head. Flavor is weak but not bad in any way. Watery mouthfeel, though.


 Tejas (693), Dallas, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/514/20
Sep 19, 2009  
OK but not great. Weak thin palate. Sorta roasty and caramel flavors. Easy drinker. The story is the best thing about this beer.



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