"What's in your beer glass, Matt?"
Well, since you asked...
It's Sierra Nevada Porter.
Dark. Malty. Light flavor. No hint of hop aroma but good hop bittering, as the style dictates. Thick lacing from a creamy white foam head.
It contends with Anchor Porter for the title of best American porter, but I think that Sierra Nevada is a softer note, and more drinkable.
(And this better load this time-- Blogger's dropped it twice, already. . . )
posted by Matt G @ 11:38 PM
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What do you think of Deschutes Black Butte Porter?
Haven't tasted it, yet, I don't think...
Or have I?
Lemme look it up.
Yes... YES! I have tasted Deschutes Black Butte Porter, on tap in Oregon, no less, while on vacation with my family about 8 years ago. I seem to recall we got a 6-pack to take to the campsite the next year, as well.
We do like to travel through the Northwest. Pity we haven't done so in a few years. We plan to fix that, actually. :)
Lots of good brewpubs here in Portlandia...
Make mine a ziggenbock or shiner blonde.
Do you remember Grant's Imperial Stout? And the Grant's Spiced Christmas Ale of song and legend?
Uh, yeah.
But an Imperial Stout is (except for color) pretty darned far a cry from an easy-drinking porter!
Ziggenbock? [sniff] I suppose it takes all kinds. (It's not a true bock, and unlike old Shiner Bock, it doesn't have the historical chops to merit overlooking that fact.)
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