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Home » Beverages » Alcohol » Beer » Ale » Porter

Porter

Porter is a dark ale, brown to black in colour.

Compared to a stout, the alcohol level is lower, and the taste is lighter and slightly sweeter. Brown Porters tend be lighter than black ones.

A Porter uses dark-roasted malts, and is quite hoppy tasting.

History Notes

Porters were historically were up to 7% alcohol by volume.

They were a combination of beers at first. Eventually around 1730, Harwood Breweries in London began brewing to match this combination on purpose.

Porter was advertised as more nourishing than other beers.

A stout at first was a “stout porter”, with “stout” having the meaning of “sturdy, strong”, as in a “strong porter.”

This page first published: Sep 29, 2010 · Updated: May 9, 2018.

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