Drink Better Beer

Otter Creek Brewing – Stovepipe Porter

5.4 abv (not bad, esp. for a porter)

It’s refreshing to have a nice dark beer, since I’ve been drinking a lot of pale ales lately, as you can tell from my recent reviews. Porter is a very dark beer brewed with dark malts, the stout style was actually originally called a stout porter, because it is simply a strong porter. The porter originally got it’s name from it’s popularity with London’s street and river porters.

Stovepipe Porter has a dark almost black color with a roasted chocolaty flavor indicative of the style. It is a very smooth beer and if you’re a porter fan you’ll like this beer. According to their site:

“Stovepipe Porter is made in the traditional porter stlye, and is a favorite with all porter lovers. Ruby-black in color, Stovepipe Porter has a rich palate and a roasted, hoppy aroma. It is delicious on its own or with a meal, and tastes great with chocolate.”

Otter Creek Brewing is a Vermont company who is proud to brew in a very environmentally friendly manner, they also brew a line of Organic beer known as Wolaver’s Certified Organic Ales. They have an online brewery tour posted on their site, which provides a good look at the brewing process. According to their site: