Beer Style: Porter Family
Gordon Strong’s Baltic Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlyGordon Strong used a variation of this recipe to win an NHC gold , blending it with a sweet blackberry mead to make a Blackberry Baltic Porter. The base beer is delicious on its own, and is a scaled up version of a Carnegie-style porter that won several medals on its own.
Oskar Blues Brewery’s Death by Coconut clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis porter is packed full of intense malt flavor and then infused with pure liquid cacao and loads of dried coconut. A balance of intensities!
Papa Don’s Brown (English) Porter By Christopher LaSpada
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBOS-winning homebrew recipe, brewed by Christopher LaSpada. Winner of New Jersey State Fair (Augusta, New Jersey: 340 entries)
Jolly Roger Double Mocha Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlyJolly Roger Double Mocha Porter by Dave Rawlins (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.062 FG = 1.016 IBU = 45 ABV = 6.0% Ingredients 11 lbs. (5.0 kg) Maris Otter pale malt 0.25 lbs. (0.11 kg) crystal malt (120 °L) 0.25 lbs. (0.11 kg) crystal malt (150 °L) 0.25 lbs. (0.11 kg) Weyermann Carafa®
Smoked Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlySmoked Porter (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.065 FG = 1.016 IBU = 31 SRM = 39 ABV = 6.5% Ingredients 7.7 lbs. (3.5 kg) American 2-row (2 °L) 2.6 lbs. (1.2 kg) beech smoked malt (8 °L) 14.1 oz. (0.4 kg) Munich malt (8 °L) 14.1 oz. (0.4 kg) crystal malt (40 °L)
Big Al Brewing Company’s Smoked Porter clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBig Al Brewing Company’s Smoked Porter clone (5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains) OG = 1.056 FG = 1.012 IBU = 44 SRM = 45 ABV = 5.8% Ingredients 3.3 lbs. (1.5 kg) Coopers, light, unhopped, liquid malt extract 1.5 lbs. (0.68 kg) dried malt extract 1 lb. (0.45 kg) 2-row pale malt 21 oz.
“The Bellhop” (Raspberry Porter)
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA middle-of-the-road porter, with raspberries. The flavor and aroma of porter dominate this brew, but both are rounded out with raspberry notes. A fruit beer that even a guy can enjoy, but one that also says, “Hey Ladies!”
Fourth Quarter Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA more highly-attenuated, less caramel-sweet version of a brown porter. A firm, but not overpowering, roast character takes center stage on this balanced, drinkable ale. A brown porter with the session beer sensibilities of a dark mild or dry stout. Invite a few buddies over — even the ones who “don’t like dark beers” — and this keg of porter will kick by the fourth quarter.
Paranthropus Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA robust porter with a nice balance between the sharp bite of black patent malt and hop bitterness. Chocolate notes mingle with English hops in the nose. This won first place in the dark beer category of the Austin ZEALOTS 2004 Homebrew Inquisition. Do not skip making the yeast starter as the beer will not attenuate properly without it.
1744 Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlyTerry Foster submits his re-constructed recipe of a 1744 London Porter written by William Ellis, which he states “may in fact be closer to authenticity than at first appears to be the case.”
Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery Justa Porter clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBarren Hill Tavern & Brewery Justa Porter clone Erin Wallace re-opened one of the oldest taverns in the United States two years ago, as a logical next step from her successes running some of the best craft beer bars in Philadelphia. You can’t visit Barren Hill without noticing a distinct Colonial American style, and the
Stockholm Syndrome Baltic Porter
FREEOne style that’s making a comeback here in the United States is Baltic porter. Although it can be brewed as a lager, many breweries have adapted to fermenting with ale yeast, which works well for this style.