Porter Appreciation Thread (2023)

This brings the yum.

 

I did get over this week and drank some Black Butte and Communist Porter. Black Butte was as good as every, but I was surprised at how good the Communist Porter (chocolate porter). It was really good.

Got to love the name also. Power to the People! or may be Porter for the People!

 

I’m quite certain that I have posted this one before on this thread, but oh well, I “appreciate “ it and I will probably post it here again!

 

Found another great Porter, deal-wise and taste-wise, in the back of the fridge: Einstök, “Icelandic Porter”!

 

Don’t have any porter right now but I will be looking for them soon as we cool down. I like

Bells
Great Lakes
Highland oatmeal….not available locally
DC Penn Porter…..is this still around? It was available here but not seen in years
NoDa coco loco…..really good beer, again not available here but my NC hook up can provide


I’m open to try most I see

Enjoy

 

Yes, yes it does…



It’s so rich and full, yet so drinkable and light; nice little bit of hops, so creamy and smooth.

 

This seems to be especially true in the northeast and east coast. I mean, everything hazy/pastry/smoothie is dominating shelves everywhere, but man, the last couple of years I lived in New York, it was becoming near impossible to find a lot of traditional beer styles. The beer market in the northeast is absolutely inundated by the hype beer styles over everything else. I was fortunate, though, in that porters were still pretty common. Bell's, Founder's, Great Lakes, (Edmund Fitzgerald being my personal favorite) and Yuengling's were still easy enough to find.

 

Was excited seeing and buying this for the first time in a long white. Far too long, really tasting great with the bitter hops, roast malt and coffee notes coming together in a way it took restraint to post this before finishing the beer.

Founders Porter

 

A longtime favorite local offering BA

p.s. I may have also posted this one over in the Impy Stout appreciation thread

 

If I could get Eddy Fitz, that would be the only porter I would really need, with an occasional Anchor porter thrown in for good measure.

 

Note sure why but every time I've had a Founders Porter it kicks my ass like it's twice the actual 6.5% ABV.

 

Yes, my nap went longer an hour today. Paired it with a grilled cheese sandwich, full for the day.

 

Agreed. I've been drinking Black Butte in Colorado, but I still prefer Eddy Fitz by a slight margin.

 

Great beer, but such a terrible label re-design. So generic looking

 

Been joining in the Black Butte party. Such a nice beer. Love how drinkable it is on a hot afternoon or on a cold evening.