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Portland Brewing Haystack Black Porter

Portland Brewing (FIFCO)
Portland, Oregon
Beer style: Porter
Ref: ratebeer.com May2024

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Fashioned with the English tradition in mind, our rich, dark porter is an artful blend of prized ingredients from home and abroad. Its smooth character comes from a blend of domestic pale and caramel malts, and imported English crystal and chocolate malts — all of which are balanced with Nugget and Willamette hops. For the finale, the beer is tempered near the end of its brewing journey with East Kent Goldings — arguably the world’s finest hop. The resulting porter is robust and hop-rich, but smooth enough to enjoy…one after another. [Haystack Black has been reformulated and renamed Blackwatch Cream Porter]