Calling all PORTER lovers...what are your favorite 3?

I'm sick of IPA's having all the fun! What are your top porters?

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Sierra Nevada Porter
Bell's Porter

I kept my list to "regular" porters, feel free to add baltics + imperials. Gonzo Porter is one of my favorite beers of all time.

Rogue Mocha Porter (When I make a porter, this is what I make)
Pelican's Doryman's Dark (although they call it a Brown)
Golden Valley's Muddy Flats

Fuller's London (on draft)
Firestone Walker Reserve Porter
Anchor Porter

I like my buddys homebrewed porter best.

Fullers London in the bottle.. I can't get the draft But the bottled is amazing... there is definitly a nice roasted barley (coffee) taste..

Founder's Porter
Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
and
Hopefully the one I have fermenting right now!!

Alaskan Smoked Porter, especially with grilled food.

Grants Perfect Porter (RIP Bert)
Black Butte Porter
Rogue Mocha Porter


Still need to try Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald though

I need to find the Alaska Porter

jds said:

Alaskan Smoked Porter, especially with grilled food.

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^ This.

When is it released? I have 3 bottles of '08

Anchor Porter.
McMenamin's Black Rabbit.
Keg Licker

motobrewer said:

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Sierra Nevada Porter
Bell's Porter

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You got it on the nose. This is my current favorite 3 atm as well, but I need to try more.

motobrewer said:

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Bell's Porter

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I have yet to try these. I have heard so much about them and am very curious.

Full Sail used to make a porter seasonally. They haven't released it in several years (or I just haven't been able to find it.) Best beer I ever had. I'll clone it some day.

Limiting myself to robust porters:

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Anchor Porter
Founder's Porter

i need to try Founders. Anchor is a good one as well, but I like Sierra Nevada a bit more.

Bell's got lucky in that a local restaurant had it in bottles, and I decided to give it another shot. I bought a 6-er about 2 months ago, and wasn't terribly impressed. Had it again a week ago at said restaurant, and it was fantastic.

A local brewpub put their porter on cask recently (it's very good regardless), and it was awesome. A few micros here in WI make excellent porters as well (Sand Creek Badger Porter, and Central Waters Mudpuppy Porter)

If you're ever in the area of New England, Mayflower Porter hands down. Then Smuttynose Robust Porter. It's really hard to pick a third. But I think Mayflower Porter scored an A on BeerAdvocate.

Sean From NH

St. Peter's Old Style Porter
Fuller's London Porter

Żywiec Porter. Nothing else comes close.

Rouge Mocha Porter
Sierra Nevada Porter
Sam Adams Holiday Porter

sause said:

Żywiec Porter. Nothing else comes close.

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Made by heinekin. I use to like this and it's always a great choice when you don't want to spend money and wanted to get wasted off something decent.

Also, I guess I should list Black Boss in my top. Its in the same tier with Zywiec, just more molasses taste and only costs 1.99 a 550ml in Wisconsin.

Sean from New Hampshire said:

If you're ever in the area of New England, Mayflower Porter hands down. Then Smuttynose Robust Porter. It's really hard to pick a third. But I think Mayflower Porter scored an A on BeerAdvocate.

Sean From NH

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Yes, Mayflower is an EXCELLENT Porter
I have liked Anchor Porter for over 15 years now.
Fullers off the beer engine :rockin:

(512) Pecan Porter in Austin (draft only). We cant get a number of those other beers down here in Texas (Bells, Founders, etc.), unless in trade.

Pipeline Porter
Black Butte Porter
Pipeline Porter

I know, I listed it twice, its that good. Especially when I drop a shot of spiced rum in it. It is the best beer I think I have ever had then. Will be incorporating rum into my next HB porter/stout. If you have not tried the shot in it, you gotts to.

i hate spiced rum. that sounds awful.

who makes pipeline?

motobrewer said:

who makes pipeline?

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Kona Brewing

My top 2:
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald (actually one of my favorite beers overall)
Anchor Porter

Had a Thirsty Dog Old Leg Humper last night. Very, very tasty!

Fuller's London Porter is one of the best beers ever.
Deschutes Black Butte Porter is solid.
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter is interesting.

Sinebrychoff
Bell's
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tie for fourth: Sierra Nevada
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

Hopefully, my home-brewed porter will do 'em justice.

Also ran: Michelob's Porter. Right taste, if not right mouthfeel. Good price. Please don't hate me for liking it!

KOna Brewing Company Pipeline POrter

michelob porter???

strange and interesting. i'm not gonna lie, i didn't dislike their amber bock....

- Meantime London Porter
- Utenos Porter
- nothing else is even in the same ballpark as those two.

In my book Fullers has to be #1 because England invented the porter.

If you guys never tried the ones below you better get thee to a beer distributor. I don't see them listed in this thread.

Ølfabrikken Porter (Denmark)
Nogne Porter (Norway)

Anchor Porter
Sam Adams Holiday Porter
Smuttynose Robust Porter
Mayflower Porter
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Fullers London Porter
Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter
Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter
Long Trail Imperial Porter
Berkshire Drayman's Porter
Berkshire Coffeehouse Porter
Moat Mountain Vanilla Porter on beer engine

Edit: Just realized it was supposed to be your top 3 porters... Though I really like all the porters I listed I guess I'm going to go with SA Holiday Porter, Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter.. Oh who am I kidding, I can't pick just three!

God dang you are a bigger porter fanatic than I am!

I'll be looking for some of these! That Norsk porter sounds intriguing!

Bell's Porter
Edmund Fitzgerald
Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter

Another porter that was pretty good:
Flag 1825 Porter