Harvey's Porter

Porter

 

Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter Regular
Score
6.79
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 81
Brewed to Henry Harvey’s Porter recipe of 1859. Pale, crystal and black malts combine with a generous hop grist of Fuggles and Goldings. Full and rounded with roasted malts to the fore. It is conditioned in cask for four weeks before being released from the brewery cellars.

Harvey’s Porter was first in its class and overall runner-up at the 1995 GBBF at Olympia. In 1999 it was chosen as the ‘Ultimate Pizza Beer’ in the Beauty of Hops awards.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

500mL bottle. Pours nearly black with a beige head. Light roasted malts and nuts on the nose. Flavour has very dry roasted malts, pretty earthy, some husky roasted nuts. An iron-y mineral character developing more as it comes to temperature. Medium-bodied. Great, cozy English ale.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2025 at 22:48


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

nice light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, some smoke, and a light nuttiness. Flavour is slightly roasty, i’m getting a HUGE metallic taste i just cant shake, it lingers quite a bit. The finish is bitter, and smokey. As i get near the bottom of my glass, the metallic tatse seems to mellow a bit, but its still there. But now i can taste the roasty nuttiness in the flavour, a decent porter, without the metallic tatse, would have been awesome.

Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2025 at 09:35


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Аромат чисто Английского портера питкого. Весьма сильный жженый солод, немного черного шоколада но при этом зерна кофе есть хорошие, немного легких специй. Цвет темно коричневый. Пенка стоит долго весьма. Вкус уже хуже. Прежде всего слишком сильная горечь. Черный шоколад, и даже очень много но на фоне этого крутые зерна от кофе теряются. Послевкусие уже получше, много жженого солода. Есть даже намеки на патоку. В целом норм портер но больше не возьму.

Tried on 01 Feb 2025 at 11:30


7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

550ml bottle purchased from the Offie, Leicester, and drunk at home. Lovely colour, almost liquorice black with a good ring on khaki head. Roast malt, ash, some plummy character on the nose. Bittersweet with burnt malty character holding back the sweetness. Bitterness increases nearing the end of the sip with a slightly drying finish. Medium body, carbonation is low. Too low. All in all it’s a pretty lovely porter, and nice to bump up my low Harvey’s rates.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2024 at 21:24


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Som «Bridge House 1859 Porter» Delt med Rune på The International Brewing & Cider Festival 2024, Manchester. Luftig filmskum med litt farge. Aroma av søt lakris & svisker. Smaken skarpbrent malt. Knekk. Tørr avslutning.

Tried on 23 Mar 2024 at 12:38


16/03/1993. SWAN INN, Red Lion Street, MIDHURST, West Sussex, England (HARVEYS)

Tried on 16 Nov 2022 at 06:41


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

19/11/2021. Cask at the Harwich & Dovercourt Bay Winter Ale Festival 2021. Pours very dark brown with a small frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma of blackberry, blackcurrant, roasted malt, chocolate. Medium sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, very soft carbonation. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 18 Nov 2021 at 20:18


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500 ml bottle, as Harvey's Porter, from Seven Cellars. ABV is 4.8%. Black colour, large tan head. Aroma of moderately roasted malts, chocolate and mild coffee. Smooth flavour, medium dry, with the same elements as the aroma, a hint of prunes. Noticeable bittering hops.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2020 at 00:08


7

Bottle from Harveys Brewery Shop. Pours a pitch black colour with a thin creamy beige head. Aromas of roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, toffee, nuts and hints of coffee. Taste is the same notes as the aroma with an added grassy hop bitterness and a little liquorice. Thin to medium bodied with a lovely smooth mouthfeel and a long chocolate, roast and grassy hop finish. Nice porter.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2020 at 22:02


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Pours black, small tanned head. Smell is medium intense, roasty , pretty blank otherwise. Taste is full, very roasty, burnt, ashy, yet sharp , ashyness rises even more in the aftertaste. Burnt chocolate, higher bitterness than expected ( or prefered ). Decent porter though.

Tried on 17 Dec 2019 at 02:26