The Celebration Porter
Anspach & Hobday
- From:
- Anspach & Hobday
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Porter
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 0.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 04, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 21, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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The Celebration Porter was made to celebrate 11 years of Anspach & Hobday. The beer pulls together everything that’s recognisable about A&H beers, but still has its own identity and sense of occasion.
To this end, we’ve celebrated our roots as a Porter brewery, but were keen to take a different approach to the recipe. Inspired by our 1st birthday beer, The Three Threads, we included a large portion of amber malt in the grist, which gives a lovely toasty aroma and a bit of residual sweetness. As with a number of our other historically inspired beers, we also included Invert Sugar No. 2, which adds notes of dark fruit and burnt toffee. In terms of its historical reference, a recipe of this sort probably predates the sorts of Porters we are used to brewing, relying less on very highly kilned malts. This results in a beer that is more of a deep ruby red than a pitch black.
To this end, we’ve celebrated our roots as a Porter brewery, but were keen to take a different approach to the recipe. Inspired by our 1st birthday beer, The Three Threads, we included a large portion of amber malt in the grist, which gives a lovely toasty aroma and a bit of residual sweetness. As with a number of our other historically inspired beers, we also included Invert Sugar No. 2, which adds notes of dark fruit and burnt toffee. In terms of its historical reference, a recipe of this sort probably predates the sorts of Porters we are used to brewing, relying less on very highly kilned malts. This results in a beer that is more of a deep ruby red than a pitch black.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Spike from England
3.71/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
440ml can.
L: Clear, mahogany colour with a thin, tan head that reduces quickly to a smear with a few spots of lacing.
S: Clean, coffee & caramel.
T: Light & toasty, some residual sweetness and a bitter espresso finish.
F: Medium/light body, slightly thin mouthfeel saved by solid carbonation.
O: A delicate, fruity, toasty porter with a powerful, nicely bitter aftertaste.
Apr 04, 2026L: Clear, mahogany colour with a thin, tan head that reduces quickly to a smear with a few spots of lacing.
S: Clean, coffee & caramel.
T: Light & toasty, some residual sweetness and a bitter espresso finish.
F: Medium/light body, slightly thin mouthfeel saved by solid carbonation.
O: A delicate, fruity, toasty porter with a powerful, nicely bitter aftertaste.
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