Online Tasting: Porters (March 12-14)

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  1. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    You are invited to join the BeerAdvocate community on Friday, March 12th, Saturday, March 13th, and Sunday March 14th for an online tasting of "porters".

    Look, we all know that the style definitions of a porter are incredibly difficult to discern given the naming conventions used by craft breweries. As such, if a beer is labeled as a porter, its fair game for including in this tasting. A classic like Bells Porter? Great! An imperial porter with the candy aisle thrown in? Great! Barrel aged porter? Great! The only porter style we are not including this time around are baltic porters - these are tentatively going to be featured in their own tasting thread down the road. Beer Advocate lists the following porter styles that are all fair game for this tasting:
    This tasting will run from Friday March 12th through Sunday March 14th. I am not planning to have a separate tasting thread this time around.

    Regardless if the beer you end up drinking is completely new to you, an old favorite, or a cellar pull, stop in at any point on those two days and post what beer you're drinking. When posting in this thread include your thoughts, tasting notes, and/or a full review of it. Your notes and/or review can be as detailed as you wish, but some comments on the beer are required - this is a tasting after all! Posts accompanied by picture(s) are, as always, highly encouraged.

    Need suggestions for a beer to get for this thread? Post here and you'll get lots of helpful suggestions. And, if possible, try to support your local breweries when purchasing beers for this tasting thread.

    Finally, have an idea for a future online tasting that you would like to see? Go over to the Online Beer Tasting Idea Submission Thread and suggest an idea for a future tasting: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/online-beer-tastings-idea-submission-thread.476806/

    Looking ahead, the next tasting will be in honor of Orval day on March 20, 2021: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/orval-day-march-20-2021.655568/

    And then later this spring we will have a "bock(s)" tasting and that one will be hosted by the estimable Poo-bah @TongoRad in late April/early May.
     
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  2. larryi86

    larryi86 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,118) Apr 4, 2010 Delaware
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    Porter tasting next weekend and Orval day the weekend after that, definitely excited for some good beers I tend to over look!!!
     
    #2 larryi86, Mar 5, 2021
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  3. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,062) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    I have a new one for this tasting.

    Cheers!
     
    #3 Wasatch, Mar 5, 2021
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  4. jonphisher

    jonphisher Grand Pooh-Bah (3,850) Aug 9, 2015 New Jersey
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    Looking forward to revisiting some old favorites that I haven't had in a while. This will be a fun one.
     
    #4 jonphisher, Mar 5, 2021
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  5. keithmurray

    keithmurray Pooh-Bah (2,967) Oct 7, 2009 Connecticut
    Pooh-Bah

    I'm in
     
    #5 keithmurray, Mar 5, 2021
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  6. sulldaddy

    sulldaddy Grand Pooh-Bah (5,716) Apr 6, 2003 Connecticut
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    Already stockpiling for the weekend!
    Should be awesome fun!
     
    #6 sulldaddy, Mar 5, 2021
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  7. MNAle

    MNAle Initiate (0) Sep 6, 2011 Minnesota

    I plan on having a mix of widely available and local, of classic/traditional, and "enhanced" (i.e. barrel-aged, add-junk flavored, ... I haven't quite settled on which).

    I do know of a couple of classics I will definitely include, plus one from my cellar.

    Since most will be in the mid 5% abv, I'll likely have around 3 each day.
     
    #7 MNAle, Mar 5, 2021
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  8. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    Yesarooni!
     
    #8 Bitterbill, Mar 5, 2021
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  9. Giantspace

    Giantspace Grand Pooh-Bah (3,043) Dec 22, 2011 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    Work depending I can be in. I have just had two porters new to me brought back from NC. Oatmeal porter, not had one of these yet and a coconut porter. I have a VAS in the basement and maybe I can find one or two more not if the major porters.

    Enjoy
     
    #9 Giantspace, Mar 6, 2021
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  10. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    For Orval day, we should have a competition to see who can get the tallest head (note I avoided saying "the most head"). Every time I've had Orval, I poured it too aggressively and it was 75% head.
     
    #10 bbtkd, Mar 6, 2021
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  11. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    And oh what a sight it was to see!

    I once had a sub 1 year old Orval and I was shocked at how different it was to the aged versions I was so used to.
     
    #11 Bitterbill, Mar 6, 2021
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  12. larryi86

    larryi86 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,118) Apr 4, 2010 Delaware
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    Haha, sounds like a fun idea!
     
    #12 larryi86, Mar 6, 2021
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  13. zac16125

    zac16125 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,432) Jan 26, 2010 South Carolina
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    Oh, Porter won the vote? Surprised by that one, but the people have spoken!

    I don’t have a ton of porters in the cellar, mostly at the Funky Buddha adjunct laden sweet ones, tend to be real hit or miss with aging so not ideal cellar pulls but I have a couple fun ideas I could consider.

    Who’s busting the old school Olfabrikken?!? Man that was an awesome beer. Would be super impressed if that’s survived in anyone’s cellar cause it’s been a while since retirement of that one.

    Actually, I guess that’s a Baltic Porter so would be excluded. Curious as to why the decision to exclude those.
     
    #13 zac16125, Mar 6, 2021
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  14. Urk1127

    Urk1127 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,790) Jul 2, 2014 New Jersey
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    Everyone take a wild guess which porter I’ll be drinking. Hint. I drink it a LOT
     
    #14 Urk1127, Mar 6, 2021
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  15. bret27

    bret27 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,064) Mar 10, 2009 California
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    I believe it was because Baltic Porters are actually lagers.
     
    #15 bret27, Mar 6, 2021
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  16. NEBeerGoddess

    NEBeerGoddess Zealot (541) Dec 28, 2020 Connecticut

    @psweendogg, whatcha got lined up for us? I’m super stoked for Saturday!
     
    #16 NEBeerGoddess, Mar 6, 2021
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  17. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Yards Washington Porter?
     
    #17 TongoRad, Mar 6, 2021
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  18. jonphisher

    jonphisher Grand Pooh-Bah (3,850) Aug 9, 2015 New Jersey
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    That’s on my list for next weekend as an old favorite that I haven’t had in a while.
     
    #18 jonphisher, Mar 6, 2021
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  19. Urk1127

    Urk1127 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,790) Jul 2, 2014 New Jersey
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    Yes sir! My favorite of all time. It’s a must that that is the beer I choose for this
     
    #19 Urk1127, Mar 6, 2021
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  20. Providence

    Providence Pooh-Bah (2,652) Feb 24, 2010 Rhode Island
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    Pardon me while I go grab a four pack of Mayflower Porter.
     
    #20 Providence, Mar 6, 2021
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