St Peters English Porter

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From St Peters Brewery in England - www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/default.asp

The name Porter in porter ales is said to come from their being favored by river porters in London in the 1800's, generally a dark beer sharing a lot of heritage and technique with stouts.

St Peters Porter Ale is typical of the breed, a strong nose of malted barley very substantial to the smell. Carefully poured produces a small but dense cream head, the beer itself is very dark, but not cloudy. To taste, there is coffee like bitterness, followed by a malty almost sweet chocolate flavor. It is a very robust ale with lots of body, without having the density of a stout. Very nice aftertaste that leaves you satisfied, it would be hard to drink just one.