Rounding turn 4, another English brew, Samuel Smith comes through again with their terrific Taddy Porter. I guess Taddy must refer to the old Samuel Smith Brewery in Tadcaster, eh? Yorkshire’s oldest Brewery, established in 1758!
Porters gained their name and notoriety from the beers drank by Porters in the fish, meat and produce markets. I think I’d want to booze it up too.
What I really enjoy are a lot of the stories of folks drinking in England before they clamped down on things – I guess Gin would be the worst of it. People would get loaded up on beer, Gin or whatever they enjoyed, and that’s the way they existed, at work and all day long in a half-inebriated state. When Gin became widely available, it nearly destroyed the working class there was so much drinking on the job, all day. For the longest time however, as long as the work got done, nobody made a fuss. Compare that to our strict workplace drinking rules today.
About halfway between a Golden Ale and a Stout, Taddy Porter rings in at 5% ABV with a small amount of head and lacing. Another of the beers produced in Samuel Smith’s famous stone Yorkshire squares, this is a beer that is open fermented, which accounts for a lot of the dark fruity esters so prevalent with their brews. Cheers!
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