About This Style

English Porter can be found in colors ranging from brown to black. These complex beers are brewed using a pale malt base and adding black malt, crystal, chocolate or smoked brown malt. Often the brew is aged with live bacteria. Hop bitterness is termed as moderate.

Food Pairing Notes: General (Chocolate, Dessert), Cuisine (Barbecue, Latin American), Meat (Beef, Shellfish, Smoked Meat, Grilled Meat), Cheese (earthy; Camembert, Fontina)