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Styles · English Porter

Beer style · BJCP 2021 13C

English Porter

Brown British Beer

Published ranges These are the ranges the BJCP 2021 guidelines publish for this style.

Original gravity
1.040–1.052
Final gravity
1.008–1.014
Bitterness
18–35 IBU
Color
20–30 SRM (39–59 EBC)
Alcohol
4.0–5.4 % ABV

What it is

A moderate-strength dark ale that leans on chocolate and light coffee rather than the sharp burnt edge of a stout. Restrained English hopping and a medium body keep it drinkable rather than imposing.

Flavor

What a English Porter should taste like, on the three wheels the studio scores every recipe against. The shaded ring is the style’s range on each axis, from 0 at the center to 5 at the edge.

Hops

Room for earthy/woody, floral or herbal.

Malt

Grainy, chocolate and coffee/roast, with room for bready/biscuit, toasty, caramel, dark fruit, sweet/honey or nutty.

Fermentation

Clean and fruity esters.

Hops that suit it

The traditional choice

What English Porter has classically been brewed with.

Also right on character

Varieties whose loudest notes all sit on this style’s hop wheel, best fit first. How much to use is the recipe’s question; these are the ones that taste right.

Yeasts that suit it

Strains the lab made for beers like this one, whose fermentation character sits inside the style’s wheel. A strain sold by several labs is listed once; its page names the others.

And 107 more yeasts whose character fits. These are the 24 that fit best.

Style numbers, names and vital statistics are from the BJCP 2021 Beer Style Guidelines, where you will find the official descriptions. The descriptions and flavor wheels here are Beerwright’s own. Beerwright is not affiliated with or endorsed by the BJCP.