Description: Porter is said to have been popular with transportation workers of Central London, hence the name. Most traditional British brewing documentation from the 1700’s state that Porter was a blend of three different styles: an old ale (stale or soured), a new ale (brown or pale ale) and a weak one (mild ale), with various combinations of blending and staleness. The end result was also commonly known as "Entire Butt" or "Three Threads" and had a pleasing taste of neither new nor old. It was the first truly engineered beer, catering to the public's taste, playing a critical role in quenching the thirst of the UK’s Industrial Revolution and lending an arm in building the mega-breweries of today. Porter saw a comeback during the homebrewing and micro-brewery revolution of the late 1970’s and early 80’s, in the US. Modern-day Porters are typically brewed using a pale malt base with the addition of black malt, crystal, chocolate or smoked brown malt. The addition of roasted malt is uncommon, but used occasionally. Some brewers will also age their beers after inoculation with live bacteria to create an authentic taste. Hop bitterness is moderate on the whole and color ranges from brown to black. Overall they remain very complex and interesting beers. Average alcohol by volume (abv) range: 4.0-7.0%   [ ? ]  View the Most Popular: English Porter

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	Name	Brewery	ABV%	rAvg	Revs
	Samuel Smith's The Famous Taddy Porter	Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)	5.00	4.18	1835
	Fuller's London Porter	Fuller Smith & Turner PLC	5.40	4.21	1589
	Old Engine Oil	Harviestoun Brewery Ltd.	6.00	4.14	998
	Samuel Adams Honey Porter	Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)	5.45	3.69	818
	Bully! Porter	Boulevard Brewing Co.	6.00	3.83	799
	Black Jack Porter	Left Hand Brewing Company	6.40	3.7	737
	Black Marlin Porter	Ballast Point Brewing Company	6.00	3.96	517
	St. Peter's Old-Style Porter	St. Peter's Brewery Co Ltd	5.10	3.84	450
	Coffee Porter	Meantime Brewing Company Limited	6.00	3.79	447
	General Washington's Tavern Porter	Yards Brewing Co.	7.00	3.84	393
	London Porter	Meantime Brewing Company Limited	6.50	4.03	327
	Santa's Butt	Ridgeway Brewing	6.00	3.42	321
	Mayflower Porter	Mayflower Brewing Company	5.50	4.17	321
	Arcadia London Porter	Arcadia Brewing Company	7.20	3.99	317
	People's Porter	Foothills Brewing Company	6.25	3.92	288
	Porter	Nøgne Ø - Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri A/S	7.00	4.07	287
	Steelhead Scotch Porter	Mad River Brewing Company	6.50	3.95	261
	God Jul	Nøgne Ø - Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri A/S	8.50	4.12	252
	Original Flag Porter	Darwin Brewery Ltd.	5.00	3.84	218
	Geary's London Porter	D.L. Geary Brewing Company	4.20	3.76	210
	Dark Star Porter	Bluegrass Brewing Co. - East St. Matthew's	5.60	3.63	187
	Mary's Maple Porter (Brewmaster's Series)	Brooklyn Brewery	7.20	3.68	186
	Entire Butt English Porter	Salopian Brewing Company Ltd	4.80	3.89	182
	Old Growler	Nethergate Brewery Co. Ltd.	5.50	3.83	172
	Benchwarmer Porter	Cooperstown Brewing Company	6.30	3.76	170
	Porter	St. George Brewing Company, The	5.00	4.05	160
	December 6th, 1855 EIP	Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project	6.00	4.16	159
	Short's Publican Porter (Imperial London Porter)	Short's Brewing Company	9.15	4.21	155
	Cygnus X-1	Flat Earth Brewing Company	6.50	3.8	150
	Zwet.Be	Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen	7.00	3.86	147
	Boxcar Pumpkin Porter	Starr Hill Brewery	5.20	3.29	138
	Contorter	Ale Asylum	4.80	3.79	136
	Sly Rye Porter	Yazoo Brewing Company	5.70	3.84	126
	Old Slug Porter	RCH Brewery	4.50	3.78	124
	Shipyard Longfellow Winter Ale	Shipyard Brewing Co.	5.80	3.89	110
	Manchester Star Ale	J.W. Lees & Co (Brewers) Ltd	7.30	3.97	110
	Saranac Maple Porter	Matt Brewing Company	5.30	3.58	105
	Old Engine Oil Engineer's Reserve Blackest Ale	Harviestoun Brewery Ltd.	9.00	4.25	104
	Saranac 4059' Porter	Matt Brewing Company	5.20	3.56	103
	James Squire Porter	Malt Shovel Brewery	5.00	3.55	93
	Rickard's Dark	Molson Coors Canada	4.80	3.02	92
	Midnight Sun	Williams Brothers Brewing Company	5.60	3.93	92
	Innis & Gunn Winter Beer 2012	Innis & Gunn	7.40	3.67	92
	Sleeman Fine Porter (68*)	Sleeman Breweries Ltd.	5.50	3.08	86
	Propeller London Style Porter	Propeller Brewery	5.00	3.87	82
	Chocolate Porter	Legend Brewing Co.	5.90	3.65	81
	Brown's Whiskey Porter	Brown's Brewing Company	5.75	4.09	79
	Longboat Chocolate Porter	Phillips Brewing Company	5.20	3.69	72
	Hambleton Nightmare (Extra Stout Porter)	Hambleton Ales	5.00	3.94	72
	Labatt Brewers Collection Porter	Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.	5.00	2.71	71
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