Porter-available year round....

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Message thewineshop 15:34 Wed 3/12/2014 I own a wine and craft beer shop in Maryville WA. I have a customer who regularly buys the Flyers Pacemaker Porter. My distributor tells me they are no longer using a distributor etc.... I am looking for a replacement for them. Here is the decription of the Flyers: "A Robust Porter in style, this dark, full bodied ale has notes of roasted barley, coffee and bitter sweet chocolate. 5.5 abv" I am looking for something that is available year round...help anyone?
Message BMMillsy beers 1788 º places 120 º 15:46 Wed 3/12/2014 Black Butte
Message mikesaum beers 712 º places 18 º 15:54 Wed 3/12/2014 Great lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Message Prufrockstar beers 2132 º places 83 º 16:07 Wed 3/12/2014 Black Butte is a good bet. If you’re looking for something more local for your shop that also comes in a reasonably-priced bomber that won’t also be at all the grocery stores, Snoqualmie Steam Train Porter is an excellent choice as well ( http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/snoqualmie-falls-steam-train-porter/1349/).

Message TAR beers 2821 º places 34 º 16:13 Wed 3/12/2014 Maybe send him up to Bellingham to snag some growlers of Chuckanut Robust Porter. The head brewer, Will, makes some clean beers and is a good guy to support. Plus, it’s increasingly difficult to find traditional, well-balanced porters without any bells or whistles, so directing him to Bellingham or to some area Chuckanut vendors might prove well worthwhile. Too bad they don’t bottle the porter, which would make things easier, but maybe he would like their Dunkel Lager, which apparently they recently started bottling. Cheers.
Message StefanSD beers 2449 º places 57 º 16:16 Wed 3/12/2014 A few that come to mind besides the ones already mentioned. Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter Founders Porter Stone Smoked Porter Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter The Duck-Rabbit Porter Anchor Porter Drakes Black Robusto
Message mkgrenwel beers 619 º places 117 º 17:17 Wed 3/12/2014 When giving regional suggestions, I highly recommend using this site. Lots of beers mentioned so far aren’t distributed to WA. For one that is, and is commonly available, Anchor Porter is a great choice.
Message wchesser beers 2435 º places 44 º 18:01 Wed 3/12/2014 Ditto Anchor Porter

Message StefanSD beers 2449 º places 57 º 19:00 Thu 3/13/2014 Originally posted by mkgrenwel When giving regional suggestions, I highly recommend using this site. Lots of beers mentioned so far aren’t distributed to WA. For one that is, and is commonly available, Anchor Porter is a great choice. That is a nice link--thanks. RB should do something like this.
Message UDBeernut beers 2883 º places 348 º 19:02 Thu 3/13/2014 Originally posted by mikesaum Great lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Message rennat42 P beers 5363 º places 205 º 19:49 Thu 3/13/2014 Deschutes Black Butte Odell Cutthroat Founders Porter ...And that seekabrew link is awesome!