Beer Style: Porter Family
Piatz’s Historic Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlySteve Piatz of Eagan, Minnesota won 1st place in the 1999 AHA National Homebrew Competition in the Historic/Experimental category. This beer was an attempt to create the historic, wood-aged, stale porter from the glory days of the style in London.
— Steve Piatz
Porter Roundtable
Digital and Plus Members OnlyFive commercial brewers give their insights into brewing porter, showing that there is more than one way to brew this dark ale, full of roasty goodness.
Fredericksburg Brewing Co.’s Porter clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyFredericksburg Brewing Co.’s Porter clone (5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains) OG = 1.054 FG = 1.012 IBU = 15 SRM = 23 ABV = 5.5% Ingredients 3.3 lbs. (1.5 kg) golden malt extract syrup 2 lb. 10 oz. (1.18 kg) light dried malt extract 10 oz. (283 g) Hugh Baird Carastan malt (35 °L)
Brown Malt
FREEIt has been known as blown, porter and snap malt, but homebrewers know it as brown malt, if they know it at all. Its mellow roast character, cheeky bitterness and acrid finish has warmed the cockles of many an Englishman over the centuries. It was once a malt of choice for many dark brews, especially porters and stouts. However, improvements in malting technology — including the development of pale base malts with better yields and dark specialty malts with more color — led to its decline. And it almost faded into brewing history. Almost. Today, a few maltsters — including Crisp, Thomas Fawcett and Sons, Hugh Baird and Beeston — produce brown malt and many homebrewers are discovering what made this lightly-roasted malt so popular in the past. Brown malt is back.
Raspberry Porter
FREEThe magical combination of raspberries with the chocolate-y flavors of a porter…delicious.
Practical Porter
FREEPorter is a popular and flavorful style of homebrew. In this practical guide to brewing porter, learn about the flavors – chocolate, coffee, caramel and potentially many more – of porter and how to get them in your pint glass.
1776 Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA homebrewer goes back in time to brew an authentic American Colonial-style ale. Recipe included!
Odell Brewing’s Cutthroat Porter clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis London-style porter was named after Colorado’s state fish – the Cutthroat Trout – and features a warm, rich color and roasty malt flavors.
Dark Horse Brewing’s Thirsty Trout Porter clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAccording to Dark Horse’s website, “Thirsty Trout is a rich, robust American Porter that will have you yelling “CHOCOLATE!” after the first whiff. Dark brown in color with medium to heavy body and hints of light roast. Aromas of chocolate leave way to a full mouthfeel and somewhat sweet finish to make this porter a desirable companion.”
5 British Ale Clone Recipes
FREEWe got the scoop on five classic British ales and serve them up like bangers and mash. Try our clone recipes for Bass & Co.’ Pale Ale, Young’s Double Chocolate Stout, Newcastle Brown Ale, Young’s Special London and Fuller’s London Porter.
The 10 Easiest Beer Styles
FREEIt’s Brew Your Own’s Tenth Anniversary and we’re kicking off a year-long series of articles with our list of the 10 most approachable beer styles.
Perfect Porter
FREEPorter was born in London in 1722 and for years was the most popular pint in the working-class pubs. After nearly disappearing, the style was brought back in the 1970s and is enjoying a modern-day revival on both sides of the Atlantic. Tips, techniques and step-by-step recipes from Terry Foster, the man who literally wrote the book on porter.