EXMOOR BEAST STRONG ALE 500ML 6.6% PORTER

superb award winning Beer, with characteristics of Strong Porter. Porter is said to have been popular with transportation workers of Central London, hence the name. Most traditional British brewing documentation from the 1700?s state that Porter was a blend of three different styles: an old ale (stale or soured), a new ale (brown or pale ale) and a weak one (mild ale), with various combinations of blending and staleness. The end result was also commonly known as Entire Butt or Three Threads and had a pleasing taste of neither new nor old. It was the first truly engineered beer, catering to the publics taste, playing a critical role in quenching the thirst of the UK?s Industrial Revolution and lending an arm in building the mega-breweries of today. Porters of the late 1700?s were quite strong compared to today?s standards, easily surpassing 7% alcohol by volume. Some brewers made a stronger, more robust version, to be shipped across the North Sea, dubbed a Baltic Porter.