Stouts or porters with tea

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  1. thehardwoodsessions

    thehardwoodsessions Initiate (0) Nov 20, 2014 Maryland

    Like the title says, I'm looking to make a collection of stouts/porters brewed with tea. The smoother the better. The closer to an earl grey the more beneficial to my research. Anything helps me out. Thanks!
     
    #1 thehardwoodsessions, Feb 25, 2015
  2. horsehockey

    horsehockey Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2014 Illinois

    Earl grey is a somewhat tropical flavored tea. It's flavored with the Bergamot orange. I can't imagine that flavor going well with the malty/roasty backbone of a stout or porter. Maybe I'm wrong..... it's happened before.
     
    #2 horsehockey, Feb 25, 2015
  3. JimmyTheDook

    JimmyTheDook Devotee (353) Oct 27, 2011 Texas

    BFM's Cuvee Alex Le Rouge, but I think it is made with black tea. I've never had it but I was eyeing it in the store a bit ago.
     
    #3 JimmyTheDook, Feb 25, 2015
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  4. papat444

    papat444 Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,961) Dec 28, 2006 Canada (QC)
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  5. klawburke

    klawburke Initiate (0) Mar 30, 2013 Massachusetts

    I had a bottle of this last summer. It was "Batch 2009," but I'm not sure what that means. Was it brewed in 2009? Anyway, from what I remember, I thought it was delicious and incredibly smooth. It's an imperial stout with black tea, and Earl Grey is black tea with bergamot, I think, so that's close.

    What kind of "research" is this? I'm going to be disappointed if it doesn't involve enjoying them.
     
    #5 klawburke, Feb 25, 2015
  6. PGD120

    PGD120 Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 New Jersey

    lapsang souchong. its sort of a unique tea, sometime people call it smoked tea. I think it lends it self nicely to a porter or stout. Actually wanted to try brewing it myself haha
     
    #6 PGD120, Feb 25, 2015
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  7. ribonucleic

    ribonucleic Initiate (0) Feb 3, 2015 Utah

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  8. PGD120

    PGD120 Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 New Jersey

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  9. rphx88

    rphx88 Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2014 Arizona

    I am interested in the Chai-Spiced IRS from Stone
     
    #9 rphx88, Feb 25, 2015
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  10. vurt

    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    Rogue made a barrel-aged porter with lapsang souchong tea in their Big Ass Barrel series of beers last year. Definitely one of the better Rogue beers I'd had in a long time. Can't remember if they ever bottled it.
     
    #10 vurt, Feb 25, 2015
  11. rphx88

    rphx88 Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2014 Arizona

    Oh I know its not a stout or porter but damn that green tea ipa from stone was bomb too!
     
    #11 rphx88, Feb 25, 2015
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  12. DammitMike

    DammitMike Devotee (387) Nov 28, 2014 Virginia

    Not a stout or porter exactly, but Flying Dog is releasing an "Earl Grey Black Wheat" beer as their next Brewhouse Rarity.
     
    #12 DammitMike, Feb 25, 2015
  13. Monkeyknife

    Monkeyknife Grand Pooh-Bah (5,873) Jan 8, 2007 Missouri
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    Wish I was a bigger fan of tea. I've never really liked the taste. Even the Stone Green Tea IPA was a job for me to finish.
     
    #13 Monkeyknife, Feb 26, 2015
  14. cyrushire

    cyrushire Initiate (0) May 25, 2012 Florida

    Sacred Cow/Devine Bovine from Red Brick uses Chai.
     
    #14 cyrushire, Feb 26, 2015
  15. cyrushire

    cyrushire Initiate (0) May 25, 2012 Florida

    I disliked this beer a lot. Not very stout like and had a peppery finish.
     
    #15 cyrushire, Feb 26, 2015
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