Guest Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Have become fond of porter. Anyone have any recommendations? Here are mine Fullers London Porter Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout Left Hand Milk Stout Anyone have any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knock out johnny Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Are Guinness and beamish porters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I tasted a fab one a few years ago from the north of England. Had some kind of 1940's woman, lots of leg, on the label similar to the sort of image spainted on the nose of US WW2 bombers. Would love to know the name if anyone knows. Not sure what this is but it just went super hot on hotukdeals as apparently it is on offer in B&M. http://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/innis-and-gunn-fired-oak-scotch-ale-330ml-gift-box-314997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 20 minutes ago, knock out johnny said: Are Guinness and beamish porters? Guinness do a porter called Dublin Porter. Never tasted it myself but have heard good things about it. They also do their West Indies porter that you can buy in most supermarkets. Again, lots of people rate it. Edit: Here's a DM article about both. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2742570/Guinness-shows-bottle-new-beers-Brewing-giant-offer-two-creations-capitalise-booming-real-ale-market.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 28 minutes ago, The Masked Tulip said: I tasted a fab one a few years ago from the north of England. Had some kind of 1940's woman, lots of leg, on the label similar to the sort of image spainted on the nose of US WW2 bombers. Would love to know the name if anyone knows. Not sure what this is but it just went super hot on hotukdeals as apparently it is on offer in B&M. http://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/innis-and-gunn-fired-oak-scotch-ale-330ml-gift-box-314997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I suspect you had an offering from the 'Blue ball brewery', TMT. I tried and failed to attach a piccie, google it and you'll maybe see the Belles on the fonts you remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 9 minutes ago, The Knimbies who say No said: I suspect you had an offering from the 'Blue ball brewery', TMT. I tried and failed to attach a piccie, google it and you'll maybe see the Belles on the fonts you remember. Thanks but not it. IIRC the artwork had a similar pose to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Cat Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Not from the North, unless you count north of the Watford Gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Talk about beer "triggers" me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 6 minutes ago, Clarky Cat said: Not from the North, unless you count north of the Watford Gap. You are a star. Once I have had a few I will give you a big kiss. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePiltdownMan Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 @phantominvestor Even though it's cheap and cheerful I think Murphys is one of the best. I also like one called Celebration Ale which is a bit stronger. It's a Sainsburys own brand and brewed by the Black Sheep brewery but only available over the winter months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfk Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I can confirm that the Gunness porters are lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko2010 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Glad Porter is taking off. I've been drinking it for years. Some are revolting though and taste burnt. Another vote for Guinness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 What's the difference between stout and porter? I'd never heard of porter until recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Cat Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 1 hour ago, thecrashingisles said: What's the difference between stout and porter? I'd never heard of porter until recently. They're very similar. The general answer is that stout has unmalted, roasted barley in addition to the usual malt - so has a stronger roasted/coffee type flavour. However they exist on a continuum and some stouts are more like porters and vice-versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmellow Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Fullers Imperial Stout on cask at 10.6% Prob wont be able to find it in the UK though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I like bath ales dark side stout. I like it chilled like lager (heathen) to take the edge off it. It tastes great to me served like this. I normally buy a box of 12 for Christmas. And that reminds me. It's expensive but worth it IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I like the odd porter. Sam Smiths is probably my favourite. I find it hard to drink a lot - bit stodgy. Ive been to a couple of beerexes - or whatever they are called. No, I dont have a tin cup and beard. But you always get one man + dog brewery doing porters. And they always taste sh1t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This time Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I don't think it's technically a stout or a porter but Dark Island is fantastic. A very dark ale with hints of chocolate and spice. http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317-10001-35021-The+Orkney+Brewery+Dark+Island.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilf Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 On 12/4/2016 at 10:22 AM, spunko2010 said: Glad Porter is taking off. I've been drinking it for years. Some are revolting though and taste burnt. Another vote for Guinness That's my problem, I'm a massive fan of Guinness and Murphys, but a lot of Stouts and Porters are indeed revolting to the point I won't even try them (porters/stouts in general). Another great one is Youngs London Stout, very much in the Guinness style. Getting much harder to find Murphys these days, the one local pub that does it have decided not to carry on, I was in there last week and I think I might have had the dregs (certainly tasted like it). I suspect the replacement of Guinness won't be that successful as I think it's a storage a pouring problem rather than anything with the actual product. I used to drink Guinness all the time, but it's now pretty much banned by my Irish girlfriend. She is right to be fair, the quality of it really does vary from pub to pub and it does seem that it doesn't do well sitting in pipes too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirGaz Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 A couple of recommendations from me, Sadlers brewery's Mud City Stout is very nice and not too heavy. Box steam brewery's Funnel blower which is a dark vanilla stout and is totally gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 On 12/4/2016 at 11:44 AM, Clarky Cat said: They're very similar. The general answer is that stout has unmalted, roasted barley in addition to the usual malt - so has a stronger roasted/coffee type flavour. However they exist on a continuum and some stouts are more like porters and vice-versa. To expand on this, Porter is an older style of beer that dropped out of fashion for about 100 years until a fairly recent revival. Stout is a development from Porter, in fact the word Stout seems to have started as a description of the strength of the Porter (Stout Porter, Double Stout Porter (Guinness) etc), in the latter half of the 19th century the word Porter was dropped. Quite how similar the modern Porters are compared to their 18th/19th century predecessors I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikhail Liebenstein Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 On 04/12/2016 at 11:44 AM, Clarky Cat said: They're very similar. The general answer is that stout has unmalted, roasted barley in addition to the usual malt - so has a stronger roasted/coffee type flavour. However they exist on a continuum and some stouts are more like porters and vice-versa. Yes all driven by tax changes and economics of different brewing processes for malt versus roasted barley: . Good article here: https://www.beerconnoisseur.com/porter-versus-stout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Dame Shirley is my favourite and if you collect a hundred bottle labels you can redeem them for a free council house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longtermrenter Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Shepherd neame used to do a nice porter, they now do one for Sainsburys, don't know if it's the same recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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