Style Information

American Porters are distinguished from English Porters by having a more notable flavor and aroma. In particular, the hop presence should be much more notable in both aroma and flavor. The ABV range should be from 5% to 7%. The IBUs should range from 25-50. A little history from Wikipedia: "Porter was initially imported to the American colonies, but by the 18th century it was being commercially brewed, especially in New England and Pennsylvania. Because of high costs of importing barley, adjuncts were often employed including sugar, molasses, corn and licorice. As a result, American porter differentiated from the English and Irish versions. Philadelphia grew into a major beer brewing centre through the early 20th century. After the introduction of lagers in the United States in the 1850s, breweries began experimenting by brewing their porters with lager yeast rather than traditional top-fermenting yeast. Today, only Stegmaier and Yuengling continue to commercially produce “Pennsylvania porter” as it became known. In the 1970s and 1980s, craft brewers in the United States reintroduced American porter. Breweries such as Anchor of San Francisco and Sierra Nevada of Chico, California were catalysts."

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	Beer	Consumed
1.	Edmund Fitzgerald Porter by Great Lakes Brewing Company	190
2.	Porter by Founders Brewing Company	105
3.	Gorges Smoked Porter by Ithaca Beer Company	53
4.	Smoked Porter by Alaskan Brewing Co.	42
5.	Alpha Klaus Xmas Porter by Three Floyds Brewing LLC	37
6.	Black Butte Porter by Deschutes Brewery, Inc.	37
7.	Pogue's Run Porter by Flat12 Bierwerks	33
8.	Unchained Series - Imperial Pumpkin Porter by Summit Brewing Company	32
9.	Porter by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.	29
10.	Victory At Sea by Ballast Point Brewing Company	26

	Beer	Avg Score
1.	Gorilla Warfare Coffee Porter by Sixpoint Craft Ales	98
2.	Abominable by Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery	92
3.	The Devil Made Me Do It! Coffee Imperial Oatmeal Porter by Tyranena Brewing Company	89
4.	Porter by Founders Brewing Company	88
5.	Cutthroat Porter by Odell Brewing Company	88
6.	Black Butte XXI by Deschutes Brewery, Inc.	88
7.	H.E.R.O by DuClaw Brewing Co	88
8.	Parkway Java Porter by Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery	88
9.	Oak Aged Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter by Midnight Sun Brewing	87
10.	Smoke Jumper Smoked Imperial Porter by Left Hand Brewing Company	87