I love porter; it is one of my favorite beer styles.  I find porter to be quite easy and enjoyable to drink, which might be due to the moderate alcohol levels and pleasant roasty and chocolate flavors one finds in porter.  What I don’t like about porter is its relative scarcity in these parts.  I can’t think of one BC brewer that regularly sells six packs of porter.  You’ll sometimes find 650ml bottles of porter from BC craft brewers available in BC Liquor Stores, but these examples are often brewed with an additional element such as chocolate, coffee, coconut, or other fruit. While I definitely like these beers, what I’d really like to see is a widely available six pack of quality porter from one of BC’s many fine brewers.  In the mean time, Deschutes has recently made its way into BC.  Thank heaven for their Black Butte Porter, which is definitely one of my favorite beers!  I picked some up from Brewery Creek last week and, with a few friends, made quick work of them.  With craft brewing gaining ground in BC, I can only hope that a widely available porter is on the horizon.  I’d suck one, or six.

Cheers,

Chris