Beer Style: Porter
Stone Brewing Company’s Darth Porter clone
“Don’t be afraid to use a barrel that has already been through many uses. There is more to the barrel aging process than extracting wood and bourbon, brandy or wine flavors.”
— Mitch Steele
Charlotte’s Some Pig Porter
The dry-hogged porter will provide some smokiness to the chocolate profile of the beer.
Brewing Historical Porter with Brett
Historically, porter was transferred in oak casks, which very likely contributed Brettanomyces to the brew. Can that phenomenon be recreated?
Piatz’s Historic Porter
Steve 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
Five 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
Fredericksburg 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
Brown Malt
It 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
The magical combination of raspberries with the chocolate-y flavors of a porter…delicious.
Practical Porter
Porter 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
A homebrewer goes back in time to brew an authentic American Colonial-style ale. Recipe included!
Odell Brewing’s Cutthroat Porter clone
This 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
According 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.”
