Speights Porter

Speights Porter

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Brewed by Lion Breweries

Auckland, New Zealand

Style:  Porter

5% Alcohol by Volume

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SPEIGHT'S PORTER is based on a double-malt stout recipe brewed until 1929 at Speight's Brewery. A red-black beer with a rich, robust palate and complex, full aromas. A blend of crystal, caramalt, roasted wheat and chocolate malt combine to give a complex, smokey, mocha aroma and rich coffee flavour which finishes on a subtle chocolate note. This Speight's Porter is fermented in KAURI GYLES - open-topped wooden fermentation vats which are lined with beeswax. Small volume and labour intensive, these open shallow vessels help to bring out the seamless character and full aromas of the range. ONLY ONE other brewery in the world is known to still use kauri gyles. Its fullness of body demands a hearty food partner such as meat dishes with gravy, barbecue of Shepherd's Pie. It is rich enough to stand up to aged cheddars and blue cheese, yet subtle enough to marry perfectly with that other Southern classic, the Bluff Oyster.