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Does anyone have a non-commercial photo of a porter to submit? The Żywiec photo looks nice, but it's an advertisement. --Theodore Kloba 17:46, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
Żywiec is a Baltic Porter and while it is certaily a type of porter (and a fine beer) is probably not the best representative of Porters over all. Next time I drink a porter, ill take a photo of one in the glass and submitt it.
After reading Beer: The Story of the Pint by Martyn Cornell (2003, Headline), it's clear that the story of Three-threads being a blend of three beers and porter being an attempt to replicate the mix in a single brew is ficticious. They simply did not have the skill in the art of brewing to know how to predict what the flavour would be like. Jooler 08:45, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
Furthermore, "three threads" is described as a mixture of "ale, beer and twopenny". Surely "ale" and "twopenny" are both beers, so what is the third component? --86.154.113.101 14:37, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
In the 18th century Britain beer and ale were not synonyms. Ale was lightly-hopped and came in 32 gallon barrels. Beer was heavily-hopped (at around thre times the rate of ale) and came in 36 gallon barrels. Porter, by the way, was a beer. The "three threads" story is almost certainly total rubbish. The passage on the development of Porter in which it first appeared was written in the early 1800's but was based on a letter written by Obadiah Poundage (who had worked for several decades in the brewing trade) in 1760. The poundage letter makes no mention of three threads.Patto1ro 13:22, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
What is the criteria for inclusion here? It seems to me that people are just putting their favourites in. If we require a sentence about *why* they're notable, the list would be more interesting, more useful, and more in keeping with its title. PeteVerdon 15:20, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
I disagree that Porter is a synonym for Stout. All Stouts are a type of Porter but not all Porters are Stouts. I think it's an important distinction.Patto1ro 11:02, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I agree - they are not synonyms.
I am curious as to the origin of the name porter. Does it have to do with the occupation of a porter, the location of ports, or what? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.254.205.53 (talk) 09:06, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Are porters and stouts an ale or lager or neither?--E tac (talk) 06:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC) Neither. By the definitions of the 18th century Porter and Stout are Brown Beers.Patto1ro (talk) 12:05, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Without objections, I shall link this aticle to the BJCP. BJCP (talk) 22:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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