Online Beer Tastings - Idea Submission Thread (2016 - 2021)

Either works for me. I perhaps prefer the earlier date, but it is not a strong preference.

 

Thanks for doing so much work to figure this all out. Earlier date works for me also but can make either work,thanks

 

I vote earlier date.

 

Later date works better for me, 20/21 or 27/28.

 

Either weekend OK with me, earlier one preferred.

 

Porter's sound good to me, I will try to find a new one.

Cheers!

 

I expect I'll be tasting mostly "traditional" porters, both English and American styles. It's good to revisit old classics plus try a few new (or new-to-me) "classics" as well.

However, I am looking around for one or two that fall into the flavored/Imperial/barrel-aged categories... just to spice things up a bit. Quite a few of these kinds available, so narrowing it down to just one or two is the challenge.

 

I'm in.

I'm still in.

 

Going back to 2 days? I'm fine with that, just askin'.

 

I don't recall if this was already discussed, but given the poll choices, I'm assuming that the intention of the tasting is to not include stouts. If that's the case, it might be worth mentioning this clearly in the planning thread since stouts are porters. With labels like "session stout" and "imperial porter" muddying the waters, you can opt to use ABV as a cutoff rather than how a beer is labeled, but simply going by the name given by the brewer is going to be cleaner. Just giving you food for thought for your thread.

Won't overlap with NBS? Wait, what year is this?

 

Your side note is funnily relevant because the brewery is currently calling that beer a stout rather than a porter.

Does yours just say "black ale?" If it was up to me, I'd say that if a brewer or importer called a particular beer a "porter" at any point in time, then it qualifies for the thread.

BTW - This goes back many years, but the first time I ever did a side-by-side porter tasting, that beer was my favorite of the bunch. I don't buy it anymore though (partially due to price). Now I'm wishing I had one for the thread. If I go shopping again before the 12th (which isn't likely), I'll try to get one.

 

Well I don't think I'll be able to swing those dates but I'll pick up some porters in solidarity and optimism anyway!