Beer porter

Professional brewers call porter beer "dark horse" and rank among the most ancient varieties of foam drink, the recipe of which has survived to this day. Porter beer is classified as dark beer varieties. It is noteworthy that porter beer has a strong wine taste, and also features a clearly pronounced malt aroma. In the taste of beer porter combined bitterness and sweetness. Porter beer is made from dark malt.

In addition, burnt sugar is used in the process of making porter. Porter beer is fermented for 60 days, as a result, the strength of the drink is from

4. 5 to

9. 5%. However, the strength of special types of porter beer reaches 10%. Porter beer is especially popular in England. Residents of foggy Albion have long made porter beer. It is not surprising that the first brewer to establish the production of porter beer on an industrial scale was an Englishman and admirer of the drink Ralph Hawood.

It is worth noting that the porter beer recipe was invented as an alternative to classic ale. The authorities decided that a highly nutritious porter would be better for hard workers than ale. Some believe that the chemical composition of porter beer contains a fairly large amount of alcohol. We hasten to assure you that this statement is not true. Since porter is in accordance with the classic English beer recipes, the drink should contain about 5% alcohol.

There are several main varieties of porter beer, among which the following can be distinguished:



brown porter;

imperial as well as Baltic porter;

strong porter;

stout.



It is interesting that for the first time porter beer appeared on Russian territory during the reign of Peter the Great. Researchers claim that porter beer has been ubiquitous in the Russian Empire since the 19th century. A note was left about the popularity of porter beer in the statistical journal of Samuel Morwood, which dates back to 184

8.

According to Morwood's records, English porter beer, like other alcoholic beverages, can be found in abundance at public fairs. Over time, taverns called "Porterny" even began to appear in large cities. In these establishments, you could taste porter beer. Classic dark porter beer refers to drinks that are produced using the top fermentation method.

Pre-ground malt is mixed with water at 75S temperature. Then burnt sugar is added to the obtained mass. After about
1. 5 hours, the first wort is obtained, which is boiled with hops. As a result, a second wort is obtained, which is mixed with the first in different proportions. Porter beer goes through the fermentation and then post-fermentation stage, which lasts up to three days, then after a few more days the drink goes on sale. Beer exports intended for export purposes last about a year.