Harvey's Porter (Bottle)
Bottled: 275ml and 500ml. Also available on draught throughout March. Formerly Harvey's 1859 Porter (Bottle)
Porter is brewed to Henry Harvey’s recipe of 1859, this beer is an authentic recreation of a Victorian Porter. Pale, crystal and black malts combine with a generous hop grist of Fuggles and Goldings to produce a full, rounded palate with roasted malts to the fore.
Contains: Barley
Porter is brewed to Henry Harvey’s recipe of 1859, this beer is an authentic recreation of a Victorian Porter. Pale, crystal and black malts combine with a generous hop grist of Fuggles and Goldings to produce a full, rounded palate with roasted malts to the fore.
Contains: Barley
3.4
212 reviews
Lewes, England
Community reviews
Bottle bought at the Royal Oak. Smooth dry but not too sweetish beginning. Not too deep as it has only 4.8%. Round and smooth with a dry body and malty caramel aroma. Easy to drink, fresh and smooth, round smooth aftertaste. Nice though.
Aroma: intense chocolate, molasses, caramel, light toasted malts. Appearance: clear black, small, frothy, beige head. Taste: light bitter. Palate: bittersweet chocolate, soft carbonation, light body, turns lightly bitter in the finish. Overall: quite a nice Porter, very nice chocolate in aroma and palate. Bottle from brewery shop, Lewes.
Nicely presented 275ml bottle as ’Harveys Porter 1859’, 4.8% BB Dec 2015, seemingly filtered. Pretty much black, decent foamy tan head. Aroma is yeasty, treacle, smoke, light metallics, raisin. Body is medium, smooth, low carbonation. Taste is light malts, treacle, cola, very soft fruity tartness, finishes semisweet with a chocolatey linger. Nice enough thin porter. Not nearly as good as the cask version.
275ml bottle from the Harveys Brewery Shop. Sweet, malty, floral nose. Thin lacey tanned head. Flat body. Flavour is dark roasted malt with a floral hoppy bitterness. Notes of dark toffee and coffee in the dry finish.
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours deep reddish brown, nose is light roast malts, toffee, taste is dry toffee, light bitterness, hint of cardboard.
Pale clearish brown, thin ringed head. Soft soapy toffee. Lean smoke. Glint of sweetness but mostly peppery dark bitter.
Bottle, Ash’s Office Tasting
Bottle from Harvey’s Online.
Appearance - close to black with a thin head.
Nose - chocolate and savoury.
Taste - more savoury notes, tangy toffee, dry tangy chocolate/fruit.
Palate - medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a dry balanced finish.
Overall - good and interesting.
Bottle at Ashton McCobb’s. Pours dark brown, red chinks with a short-lived beige head. Aromas of light roast, light chocolate. Taste is dry, chocolate. Sweet finish.
50 cl bottle at home. Pours a proper black colour with just the vaguest hint of red. Nice off-white head. Aroma of roast malt, coffee, slightly nutty. Only the slightest of sweetness on the taste before a medium bitterness takes over. Taste of roast malt, berry fruit and nuttiness. Long, dry, bitter finish. Overall very nice indeed - a good example of a porter.
Torfig und schokoladig mit etwas an Röstmalzen, Kaffee, Kräutern und Blättern. An sich nicht schlecht, da schwer und vollmundig, jedoch keine Raketenwissenschaft. Zum Schluss sehr milde Säure.
Bottle from the Middle Farm Cider Center in Lewes-Firle. The beer pours out in a deep black colour with steady head and medium to smooth body. Aroma of woods, malt and leather. Taste of roasted malt, leather, coffee, torf, chocolate, straw and dark bread. Easy drinkable and very quaffable. Enjoyed it.
Bottled, 275ml at The Lord Nelson, Brighton. Black with tan head. There was an initial smokiness within the malts with a light treacle toffee character, smooth, light caramel, hints of damp coffee grounds. Reasonable.
Nice intensive malty aroma. Very dark brown to black color - clear. Nice head with great lacing - light brown. Roasted malt taste., long bitter finish. Creamy texture. Nice porter.
Bottle shared at Herr Schmitt’s gaff. Chestnut brown red coloured pour with a loose halo of off white head. Aroma is hedgerow hop grassy farmyard notes. Some choc sweet. Flavour is nutty choc some praline. Some rounded raisin. Medium sweet lowush body. Pretty well rounded.
Bottle shared at Garbage Night II - London. Picked up from the Royal Oak. Pours clear, light rd-brown with a frothy tan head. Toasty brown bread in the nose, aged berries, earth. Light-medium sweet flavor with dry, toasted brown bread, mellow bitter earth, dry toffee. Light bodied with average carbonation. Sweet, simple toasty malt finish, some toasty caramel, minimal bitterness. Very basic but drinkable enough.
Bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours deep brown with a small beige head. The nose is earthy, toasted brown sugar, roast, earth and dark fruits. The taste is toasty, earth, spent coffee grounds, dirt, milk choc and light peppery notes with a dry, earthy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Ok porter.
bottle from Noble Wines, Tunbridge Wells. Black, small beige head. Aroma of dark malts, coffee and chocolate. Medium-bodied, not too dry, pleasantly malty start with leaves a nice sweetness. Nutty flavours, also chocolate and hints of coffee. Dark delight.
A good wee porter. Slightly sweet, a touch of coffee with a great long lasting finish. A real pleasure to find this
Bottle @ Royal Oak.Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate and bread. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, bread, medium sweet, caramel and a little bitter.
Bottle @ Royal Oak, Borough, London. Almost black with a lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and a little coffee. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 051013
Bottle @ Royal Oak, Borough, London. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, licorice, caramel and hops.
Bottle. Pours a dark brown colour with a thin beige head, light malt aroma with a hint of coffee, the taste bitter with roasted malt with a crsip dry finish.
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!
50cl, English brew, from The Bottle Shop Canterbury, not complex dry Porter, malty/roasted and slightly spicy, balanced, clear, small head, nice brew
Bottle from Harveys brewery shop. Once again it’s the Harvey’s malt character that dominates this. Pours very dark brown/black with thin beige head. Nose is unusually caramel malt. Taste is caramel malt and roasted malt. Not getting much coffee or chocolate. They really should stop pasteurising these!!!
Bottle of 1859 Porter, I think the "best before" says FEB08 but it might be 03 or 05! Pours black and a bit oily with almost no head, treacle, toffee and a faint tartness on the nose, more treacle plus burnt caramel, a hint of milk chocolate, and roasted dark fruit on the palate. Burnt bitterness appears in the aftertaste along with a faint hint of coffee. Excellent for a 4.8% beer of its age.
Bottle from LCBO. Pours a very dark brown with a thin beige head and spotty lacing. Aroma is chocolatey cocoa and burnt malt. Medium-bodied and dry with roasted malt and chocolate flavours. The finish is sweet molasses and chocolate. Very good for style.
Smells sour. Black with a decent head. Sour dark chocolate powder flavours. Some roasted notes. It’s alright I suppose.
Good porter, full, roasty mouthful, nice balance,small hints of plum and/or raisin in there as well. Nice.
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.