Beer Styles  »  Porter

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Porter is said to have been popular with transportation workers of Central London, hence the name. Most traditional British brewing documentation from the 1700’s state that Porter was a blend of three different styles: an old ale (stale or soured), a new ale (brown or pale ale) and a weak one (mild ale), with various combinations of blending and staleness. The end result was also commonly known as "Entire Butt" or "Three Threads" and had a pleasing taste of neither new nor old. It was the first truly engineered beer, catering to the public's taste, playing a critical role in quenching the thirst of the UK’s Industrial Revolution and lending an arm in building the mega-breweries of today.

Porter saw a comeback during the homebrewing and micro-brewery revolution of the late 1970’s and early 80’s, in the US. Modern-day Porters are typically brewed using a pale malt base with the addition of black malt, crystal, chocolate or smoked brown malt. The addition of roasted malt is uncommon, but used occasionally. Some brewers will also age their beers after inoculation with live bacteria to create an authentic taste. Hop bitterness is moderate on the whole and color ranges from brown to black. Overall they remain very complex and interesting beers.

		Beer Name	Brewery	Style	ABV
	(0)	Cowboy Coffee Porter	Big Sky Brewing Co.	Brown Porter	6.2%
	(0)	Double Mocha Porter	Rogue Ales / Oregon Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	8.2%
	(0)	Wolaver's Alta Gracia Coffee Porter	Otter Creek Brewing Co.	Brown Porter	5.0%
	(0)	Pullman Porter	Boylan Bridge Brewpub	Brown Porter	6%
	(0)	Flashpoint Porter	Bear Republic	Robust Porter	6.0%
	(2)	Bell's Porter	Bell's Brewery, Inc.	Brown Porter	5.6%
	(1)	Baltic Thunder	Victory Brewing Co.	Baltic Porter	8.5%
	(0)	Mash House Brown Porter	Mash House Brewery	Brown Porter	5.4%
	(2)	Southern Tier Porter	Southern Tier Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	5.8%
	(0)	Coco Loco	NoDa Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	6.2%
	(0)	Butte Creek Porter	Mendocino Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	6.1%
	(0)	Rye Porter	Tommyknocker Brewery	Brown Porter	5.7%
	(0)	Superfly (Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter)	7venth / Seventh Sun Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	9%
	(0)	ExPorter	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	Baltic Porter	5.7%
	(0)	Narragansett Porter	Narragansett Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	7%
	(1)	Dark Star Porter	Bluegrass Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	5.6%
	(0)	Community Porter	Wedge Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	6.9%
	(0)	Kurofune Porter	Baird Brewing Co.	Baltic Porter	6.0%
	(0)	Deep Enders Dark Porter	Anderson Valley Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	5.5%
	(0)	Santa's Butt	Ridgeway Brewing Co.	Baltic Porter	6.0%