Recommend a Commercial Porter?

[beersteiner2345]

Holy buckets this one is great. Got it today (along with the Black Butte and the Anchor). This is the first one I have tried, but it is phenomenal!


Not sure which I am more happy about, that I have this great beer, or that I don't necessarily hate all porters! lol

 

[dantheman13]

I had Port Brewing's Baltic Porter last weekend, and quite enjoyed it. It was a very drinkable, light (for a porter) beer. it wasn't overly roasty or smokey, just a really clean, drinkable porter. I don't think that it was really in the style of a Baltic Porter, but I liked it nonetheless. Of course, I like smokey and roasty porters, as long as they aren't too much so. Stone makes a smoked vanilla porter that is really awesome, but I'm not sure how easy it is to find.

 

[beersteiner2345]

Stone is very easy to find here (since we're only 5 hours from the brewery. Will look).

Thanks! Man, this beer is warming to probably 60 degrees now and it is really opening up. Fantastic beer.

 

[dantheman13]

Stone is very easy to find here (since we're only 5 hours from the brewery. Will look).

Thanks! Man, this beer is warming to probably 60 degrees now and it is really opening up. Fantastic beer.

Unfortunately, the Vanilla one is hard to find.

 

[scrambledegg81]

Unfortunately, the Vanilla one is hard to find.

They have it on occasion as a special growler fill option at the brewery, but for actual commercial releases, I've never seen one on a shelf since I became a fan over 6 years ago (and I lived within a 10-minute drive from Stone for over 4 years...).

Edit: 1337th (leet) post. Woo-hoo!

 

[rocketk455]

If you can find Breckenridge's Vanilla Porter it is very good also Emperyean's Dark Side is great but probably even harder to find.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Summit Great Northern Porter is a good robust porter. I also really like Deschutes Black Butte. Sam'l Smith's Taddy Porter is another good one.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

If you can find Breckenridge's Vanilla Porter it is very good.

this too! man, is that a delicious beer!!

 

[beersteiner2345]

If you can find Breckenridge's Vanilla Porter it is very good also Emperyean's Dark Side is great but probably even harder to find.

Saw this for $6/6pk yesterday or $1.25 per bottle. Should have got some. Oh shucks, guess I have to go back now.

Can't today though... building my Son of Fermentation Chiller.:rockin:

 

[jsullivan02130]

+1 on Anchor Porter. Great beer. If you don't like it, you don't like porter.

Anchor makes an excellent porter as well.

 

[jturb]

I know you are on the West Coast so some of these beers you may not be able to get very easily but here are some of my favorites

Great Lakes Edmond Fitzgerald
Founders Porter
Anchor Porter
Smuttynose Robust Porter
Sierra Nevada Porter
Fuller's London Porter
Original Flag Porter
Sam Smith's Porter

I have also heard great things but not tried these
Alaskan Smoked Porter
Black Butte Porter

 

[nefarious_1_]

Another vote for Anchor Porter. Such a solid beer.

 

[1Mainebrew]

Geary's London Style Porter!

 

[beersteiner2345]

Second report: The Deschute's Black Butte Porter was very good. I like the Maui Coconut porter better, but this was still a very good beer.

Gonna pick up the Breckenridge Vanilla one tomorrow and have it and the Anchor one.

Dad gum kegs need to hurry up and carb already so I can stop buying beer.

 

[Vance71975]

So far I have only tried 6 different Porters. Some were OK, but most were way too roasty, almost smokey, flavored for me.

I love a good stout, and stouts are one of my favorite types of beers. I love them all too, Irish Dry, Oatmeal, Coffee, Imperial, you name it.

Here's what I have tried...
Firestone Walker Reserve Porter- I liked this one the best
Odell Cutthroat Porter-
BJs Brewhouse PM Porter
Sam Adams Honey Porter
Sierra Nevada Porter
Baltika #6

The only one of these I liked was the Firestone, the Odell, BJs and Sam were tolerable, but it was hard to finish a hole one.

So, do I just not like Porters, or have I just not found the right one yet? I would think they were extremely similar to a stout, which I love... but this just doesn't seem to be the case.

I have reviewed over 550 different beers. I love trying new things, but my experiences with these few porters leave me timid to try it, and always falling back on other styles that I enjoy more.

Any suggestions?

Black Butte By Dechutes Brewery is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Vance71975]

I know you are on the West Coast so some of these beers you may not be able to get very easily but here are some of my favorites

Great Lakes Edmond Fitzgerald
Founders Porter
Anchor Porter
Smuttynose Robust Porter
Sierra Nevada Porter
Fuller's London Porter
Original Flag Porter
Sam Smith's Porter

I have also heard great things but not tried these
Alaskan Smoked Porter
Black Butte Porter

Cant Go wrong with any on this list!

 

[McBrewskie]

Black butte, thread/

 

[BeerCutter]

Try Edmund Fitzgerald Porter by Great Lakes if you can. Great porter IMO.

+2 or 3 or whatever we're up to.

 

[E9BrewFrog]

Love the Anchor and Taddy

 

[Refly]

This is my vote and my favorite porter... brewed it a few months ago and didnt last long. The recipe is the 200 commercial clone book.

Best commercial example as far as I'm concerned and I did a clone as well (thanks J. Palmer!) with the same result - it didn't last long.

 

[Rocky_DTMC]

I know this is an old thread, but since Porter is my my favorite style I have to add a few of my all time favorites.

Uinta King's Peak Porter
Wasatch Polygamy Porter
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter
Flying Dog Scottish Porter

 

[mrgstiffler]

Anchor makes an excellent porter as well.

Surprised it too that many posts for someone to recommend the BEST porter...