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[Deerslyr]

Not a big fan of Porters... have only made them twice. But I support how any of our brethren pursuing this competition. I like how you got this up and pinned with sufficient time to get everyone notice of the competition. Keep up the good work BBM.

[MyaCullen]

I have the same problem, the porters I have made are just too borderline as stouts to enter in comp

[armagh]

I guess the fact that I've made exactly one in the last few years disqualifies me.

[MyaCullen]

I guess the fact that I've made exactly one in the last few years disqualifies me.

I could trybut I have one dark beer on tap nowhey, don't we have a guy named "Porter"?

[positiveContact]

i've made a few brown porters (basically the same recipe). search for my recipe if you want. I'm not sure how it would do in competition but I like it.

[MtnBrewer]

I was thinking about entering one for our club. Who's going to do the judging for Brews Bros?

[Deerslyr]

i've made a few brown porters (basically the same recipe). search for my recipe if you want. I'm not sure how it would do in competition but I like it.

There's only one way for you to find out how it would do in a competition...

[Jdtirado]

Interesting how everyone feels about Porters because as a noob I feel that why drink a Porter since you can have a stout. I porter feels a bit watered down...like a Pinot in wines.

[Jdtirado]

Cranky?

Who MTN cranky...never!

[MtnBrewer]

So is Mtn, and I'm sure several others.

I'd be disqualified if I entered a beer to represent Brews Bros and I might be disqualified if I entered a beer to represent Brew Brothers of Pikes Peak.

[MyaCullen]

so we have to send our entry to our resident judge, then they forward the best one on to the comp?

[MtnBrewer]

so we have to send our entry to our resident judge, then they forward the best one on to the comp?

Right. Club-only comps have a first round within the club to determine who will represent the club in the larger comp. You generally send in 3 bottles for a club-only. One for the club comp, and two for the big comp.

[positiveContact]

Interesting how everyone feels about Porters because as a noob I feel that why drink a Porter since you can have a stout. I porter feels a bit watered down...like a Pinot in wines.

a robust porter could be a lot heavier than a stout. also - stout is a subset of porter.

[Deerslyr]

I don't have the time yet. I saw this gem in one of the Porter threads in the Recipe sub-forum:

This looks like an incredibly solid English porter recipe to me.If you cut the crystal in half and put in a half pound of oats, it would be very similar to my very first AG batch - which just happened to win First Place in a competition I entered it in (and also got an honorable mention in the Best of Show round).

Maybe someone should reach out to Howie.

[Jdtirado]

a robust porter could be a lot heavier than a stout. also - stout is a subset of porter.

Really? Interesting!

[MtnBrewer]

Interesting how everyone feels about Porters because as a noob I feel that why drink a Porter since you can have a stout. I porter feels a bit watered down...like a Pinot in wines.

I prefer porters to many stouts because they seem to have more going on - particularly vs. a dry stout. It's not just a weaker stout and in fact a lot of porters are higher gravity than many stouts.