Porter Appreciation Thread (2024)

Earlier this evening I enjoyed drinking a Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter:



I am not prepared to state this is the "best" Porter but it is indeed in the top 5/10 list of my favorite Porters.

Cheers!

 

I think that’s a very good way to put it. I haven’t had a porter that I definitely thought was the best, but Eddie Fitz is definitely my favorite. Cheers.

 

Cross posting my review (I’m assuming that’s ok?)

Best by 7/3/24. If that means seven months old, then this tasting will short the beer a bit.

Tulip glass. Pours black with a very slight tinge of reddish brown. One inch foamy head that disappears quickly. Light lacing.

Smell is licorice and toasted barley.

Taste is complex. Ripe pears, chocolate, red wine over a base of sweet toasty malt.

Quenching at the front, then light and a bit foamy, quickly drying, ends very dry. A bit more carbonation than seems to belong here (compared to other porters).

Very good.

 

Yards Brewing (Philadelphia, PA) - Washington's Porter

 

Brothers Kershner Brewing (Skippack, PA) - Drunken Village

a bourbon barrel aged coffee porter

 

FWIW my local Retail Beer Distributor gets periodic drops of this beer (in limited amount - a case?). More often than not the shelf where they place this beer is empty but when there is some of these beer there I will buy a few (4-5 bottles). I have cellared this beer and it ages very well.

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Bingo!

If you are going to make the trip specifically to purchase Zywiec Porter it would be wise to call first to see if they have the beer in stock.

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yes, when I was at the brewery last week they had mixed 4-packs of cans of Porter - their Pugsley Porter, Drunken Pugsly (Bourbon aged), Drunken Raspberry Pugsly, and the Drunken Village.

I've had the regular Pugsly Porter a few times in the past and enjoyed it.

Only drank the Drunken Village from this mixed pack so far - it was okay but I thought the coffee flavor was a little sharp and acidic in the taste.

 

Enjoying the 2021 version of Whiskey Butte Porter, courtesy of @muchloveforhops3 . Thanks Doug!
Getting the trademark BBP chocolate malt in the Aroma and Taste. The barrel lends the slightest touch of whiskey with a bit of flavor and heat and balances the sweet malt base nicely. Rated 3.92.
Cheers!
Tom

 

Top notch stuff right there, my favorite porter!

 

A pink Porter?

 

I picked up Deschutes Black Butte Porter yesterday for the first time in a least half of year. I'm always surprised how hoppy it is. I do enjoy it but that's not my ideal type of porter.

 

What do you like better? Which widely distributed (meaning: I can find it in Michigan) porter would you suggest comparing against Black Butte?

 

Unfortunately I do not have easy access to many quality porters these days. Anchor was my go to. Stone Smoked Porter is long ago dearly departed. I would pick up SS Taddy Porter if I could find it refrigerated near me.

 

Glad you mentioned this. Definitely a beer for grown-ups.