Here's a line of beer's that always looks interesting on the store shelves; St. Peter's. It's a brewery up and running in Suffolk England since 1996. It comes in a cute little squat bottle with an oval label. From what I understand, they produce lots of classic styles including stouts, porters, and bitters and then some fruit beers and even a gluten free. Today I'm giving the Old-Style Porter a try.
Now I will say this, porter is not one of my favorite styles, so it's not one I have a lot of experience with, and therefore don't know a whole lot about. I consulted Beer Advocate to find that porter is one of the first beers that was 'engineered' to suit the public's taste. In the late 1700's brewers made a dark, strong ale by blending three beers, including one old stale ale. Also, dark malts were added to hide imperfections and cloudiness in the beer.
So the results are a dark brown beer, light-ish in body and a solid acid character from the old stale beer. And based on these quick notes, St. Peter's seems to be right on target.
The Old-Style Porter is deep amber brown with quite a thin bubbly head. (seems appropriate considering it's 1/3 flat beer) It's nice and roasty, but easy to drink and medium bodied. The palate has lots of that roasty character, along with plenty of nice hoppieness, with strong bitter and acidic finish. A nice little beer. 7 out of 10.
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