Comments on: Pet Peeves on Porters

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:26:33 +0000

Try the Samuel Smith Taddy Porter! IMHO the best porter.

Regards from Switzerland.
Dom

By: BurlingtonTom

BurlingtonTom — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:31:32 +0000

Two porters I thought had some balance between smoke and malt were Anchor Porter and Smuttynose Robust Porter. Give them a try. Most others are dominated by smoke.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:32:50 +0000

Jason - Fair comment… I’m looking for porters where, as you say, use the malts I want them to use; roasted malts in amounts that don’t control the beer and cover up the hop bitterness.

I also just want to clarify that the porters I did mention I don’t consider bad beer… just not what I want. (Stone makes excellent stuff)

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:35:32 +0000

I agree that it’s very hard to find a good commercial porter. However, you say you want malt, hops, yeast, and nothing else. The bad porters you mentioned DO have malt, hops, yeast, and nothing else. They’re just not the malts that you’d like them to use

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:32:18 +0000

I couldn’t find the Bell, but I did pick up the Southern Tier Porter - I’ll be having one as soon as I get home from work tonight!

By: KevBrews

KevBrews — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:02:42 +0000

Dammit, Eli beat me to it. Bell’s porter is my all-time favorite porter. Lots of rich chocolate and coffee flavors. I did a review of it a while back, which you can find here:
http://kevbrews.blogspot.com/2006/10/review-bells-porter.html

Funny, a friend of mine and I were just talking about this today and the two we mentioned were Bell’s and Southern Tier.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:10:43 +0000

I think I can get the Southern Tier… I’ll try it.

…And, thanks Eli.

By: Med

Med — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:44:46 +0000

Southern Tier Porter

http://www.southerntierbrewing.com/

By: Eli

Eli — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:28:11 +0000

I really like Bell’s Porter.

Nice new look, by the way!