Style: American Porter
All StylesStyle Profile based on 1,560 recipes
BU:GU
0.53
Hops
4.3 g/L
Mash pH
5.44
Description
A substantial, malty dark beer with a complex and flavorful dark malt character. History: A stronger, more aggressive version of pre-prohibition porters and/or English porters developed in the modern craft beer era. Historical versions existed, particularly on the US East Coast, some of which are still being produced (see the Historical Beer, Pre-Prohibition Porter). This style describes the modern craft version. Style Comparison: More bitter and often stronger with more dark malt qualities and dryness than English Porters or Pre-Prohibition Porters. Less strong and assertive than American Stouts.
Examples: Anchor Porter, Boulevard Bully! Porter, Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Founders Porter, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Smuttynose Robust Porter, Sierra Nevada Porter
- 94% Pale (75%)
- 86% Roast (8%)
- 81% Crystal (9%)
- 46% Toast (11%)
- 23% Oats (7%)
% of American Porter recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
g/L · median with IQR range
- 20% East Kent Goldings
- 18% Cascade
- 16% Willamette
- 14% Fuggles
- 10% Southern Brewer
- 9% Magnum (GR)
- 8% Chinook
- 7% Northern Brewer (GR)
- 6% Columbus
- 5% Nugget
% of American Porter recipes using each hop
g/L · median with IQR range
dated American Porter recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
- 22% American - Chocolate
- 17% Chocolate Malt
- 13% Flaked Oats
- 12% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 11% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 10% Black (Patent) Malt
- 9% American - Roasted Barley
- 8% American - Pale 2-Row
- 8% United Kingdom - Black Patent
- 7% American - Black Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
- 18% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 12% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 5% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
- 4% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 3% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
- 3% English Ale Yeast (WLP002) White Labs
- 2% British Ale Yeast (WLP005) White Labs
- 2% Darkness (A10) Imperial Yeast
- 2% Dry English Ale Yeast (WLP007) White Labs
- 2% London Ale Yeast (1028) Wyeast Labs
% of American Porter recipes using each strain
- 84% Single Infusion
- 15% Step Mash
- 2% Decoction
259 recipes with mash data
- 100 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 35 ppm Na⁺
- 60 ppm Cl⁻
- 50 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 265 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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