Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailSt. Charles Porter

St. Charles Porter® is based on the homebrew recipe of co-founder Kent Taylor and named after his son Charles. The flavors of this beer meld together to create a full-bodied “little piece of heaven”. Our most decorated beer and now the most decorated brown porter in the history of the Great American Beer Festival! Porter was wildly popular back in the 1700s in England and was considered the “working man’s beer”. At one point porter accounted for 80% of the beer sold in England. Everybody brewed a porter. When Arthur Guinness was running his brewery, he was brewing porter. Medals: 2013 Silver medal – Great American Beer Festival 2010 Silver medal – Great American Beer Festival 2009 Gold medal – Great American Beer Festival 2008 Bronze medal - World Beer Cup 2007 Bronze medal - Great American Beer Festival 2006 Silver medal - Great American Beer Festival 2004 Silver medal - Great American Beer Festival 1999 Bronze medal - Great American Beer Festival 1996 Bronze medal - Great American Beer Festival 1996 Gold medal - World Beer Cup Tasting notes: Appearance: Deep garnet red color with creamy tan head Aroma: Hints of dark chocolate, roasted malt and burnt toffee Taste: Roasted malt with notes of bittersweet chocolate, raisins and smoky coffee-like character. Mouth feel: Medium-full Finish: Smooth and well balance. Overall: This beer is chock full of complex flavors yet is round and well balanced. The late beer author, Michael Jackson says of St. Charles Porter, “… has a firm body and offers the sensation of biting into a praline filled with cream. The richness rounds into bitter chocolate. The beer is smooth, sociable, and dry enough in the finish to demand another round.”