Finally the nights are getting cooler and the scent of fall is in the air. As you can see from our front page the Pumpkin Ales are out in force. Not wanting to fall right into those, I cracked open one of my favorite cold weather styles, a good Porter. Tonight, I’m enjoying the Dead Reckoning Porter from Tröegs Brewing Company out of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Black lab on the bottle, funny name, ladies’ legs, yeah… I had to buy this one. The Old Leghumper is a 6.7% ABV Porter from Thirsty Dog Brewing Company, which has won Gold (2002) and Bronze (2000) medals in the World Beer Cup, in the Robust Porter category. With this in mind, this humorously named beer should be a standout Porter.
Considering Porters are not really my style, I decided to get adventurous and try the offering from Sierra Nevada. Sierra’s Porter, not to be confused with their Exporter, comes in at pleasant 5.6% ABV in a short 12oz bottle. I’ve had plenty of their brews before, so hopefully this is just as good.
I loved things that are smoked, whether it’s fish, beef, or drink. Smoking, or creating the taste of smoking adds a really pleasant element to the food or drink. This is especially true of darker beers, so doing a Smoked Porter just makes sense. While Stone may not be the only brewery doing this, it’s their beer that I have to drink today.
This review is pretty special in that it’s our very first homebrew review. Peter from Simply Beer was kind enough to send us a sample of his decadent homebrewed Peanut Butter Porter. When I first heard about this, it sounded absolutely delicious. A fan of peanut butter, I had to give this a try. The Peanut Butter Porter comes in at 10.5% ABV.
