Porter
(has 2 batches)
Harvey's Brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.80
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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.
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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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home - 09/09/12. Dark mahogony brown with a very thin tan head that soon clears to the edge of the glass and forms a thin pond atop. Lightly roasted malt nose backed up with treacle toffee, grain, a little vanilla and some nuttiness. Taste matched the nose very well, a real treacle toffee flavour unlike any other I can recall in a porter, reminds me of Thorntons treacle toffee on bonfire night as a kid!!! Medium bodied, a little thickness in the mouthfeel as you swallow, moderate carbonation with a dry finish. I enjoyed this, a slightly different take on a porter!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2012
at 13:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Purchased at the LCBO, as a one time deal. Best before date on cap is written JUN08 (originally reviewed March 2008). This English porter pours a dark brown colour with very little red highlights. Its head is foamy, but turns into a creamy beige one that decides to stay a while, leaving beautiful lacing all around, thick and bubbly. The aromas are on the plum side, with touches of burn malt and coffee. The mouthfeel is kind of oily with a tiny sticking, but refreshing overall. I really like the fact that the plum is not as present in the taste. It is more like coffee bitterness, molasse syrupy and a little chocolate. Well-balanced, beautiful English porter.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2010
at 16:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Kolsvart och en relativt lätt porter med undantag för den närmast brända och torra smaken av träkol. Intressant.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2010
at 11:05
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Full pint served at the right drinking temperature at Charlies Pub, Copenhagen. Creamy, fawn coloured head with a solid stand. Pitch black body colour. Dark malty aroma with subdued roastiness. On the sweet side of bittersweet flavour, roasted and dry. Weak bitter twist to the ending. Easy to drink. Perhaps not in its best cask condition (Copenhagen, 26.03.2010).
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2010
at 11:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Near black with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with hard roasted malt, chocolate and coffe notes. Sweet aroma with hard roasted malt, dark chocolate and coffee notes. Finishtd sweet and roasted.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2010
at 03:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
scura schiuma media buona persistenza note tostate malatate caffe cioccolato leggero diacetile cosi anche in bocca corpo medio basso buon apersitenza buon amaro più da tostaure
Tried
on 18 Sep 2009
at 04:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a black color with a small tan head.Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor with some hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2009
at 09:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Ølfestival Valby - CBF09, Copenhagen, Denmark.Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, moderate hoppy, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090515]
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jul 2009
at 06:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle bought at a deli in Petersfield, Hants. Dark brown with reddish undertones and a decent, frothy off-white head that left plenty of lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate, caramel and roasted malts. Full mouth feel, with more sweetness to start, bitter chocolate, coffee and spice. Decent bitter finish with a touch of raisin fruit. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2009
at 16:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cl draft. Black body with off-white head. Aroma and flavour is malt with notes of coffee and chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jun 2009
at 06:37