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New Belgium Brewing’s Portage Porter salutes spring runoff

January 8, 2015Jason Morgan

New Belgium Spring Porter bottleSure, Craft Brewing Business (CBB) has covered stories about those who scream “too soon!” when news of the next seasonal releases sprout up. But in Northeast Ohio where CBB is based, it’s currently 4-degrees, so we’re excited to be talking about spring already. Once all this snow melts it leads to great runoff and New Belgium Brewing’s spring seasonal, Portage Porter, celebrates the melting off and returning to the water. The snowmelt can create intense rapids that cause thrill seekers to portage their boats, especially along the rocky banks of the Cache la Poudre river, the local source of water and fun that runs by New Belgium. To honor these water warriors who anxiously await the spring, New Belgium’s Portage Porter is coming out ahead of the warm weather and is available now through March 2015.

At 6 percent ABV and 24 IBUs, this beer is a perfect bridge style for the spring season. Portage Porter takes the buoyant aromas of roasted coffee, chocolate and almonds and steers them toward a silky-smooth mouthfeel, rolling one sip into another. This American porter rings true to traditional style expectations, with a New Belgium twist. Added American-style hops further the original rich, roasty complexity while keeping the hop bitterness in balance. The beer pours an opaque brown, has an upfront sweetness and a creamy medium body that is easy drinking and refreshing. It features Pale, Munich, Black and Chocolate malts, along with Target and Nugget hops.

“With New Belgium Brewing so close to the Cache la Poudre river, there’s a lot of us at the brewery that love to kayak and paddle,” said New Belgium’s Collaboration Business Analyst, Tye Eyden. “This time of year is great because the snowmelt begins and the rivers start to rise. But, often times, that will bring precarious conditions and rapids that we might have to portage around. Portage Porter pays tribute to that awesome experience — the obstacles are part of the fun!”

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  1. Aaron Jones says

    January 9, 2015 at 4:45 pm

    Hi Craft Brewing Business, what I am referring to is the photo they are using in their marketing and the photo above. The beer is clear in the photo. You can see other photos of the bottle online that show the beer is dark in the bottle. So, to me, these photos are misleading advertising

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  2. Craft Brewing Business says

    January 9, 2015 at 11:47 am

    Aaron, the porter vs. stout argument rages — this page is actually one of the most popular pages on the site: https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/beer-of-the-month/what-is-the-difference-between-porter-and-stout/

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  3. Aaron Jones says

    January 8, 2015 at 7:41 pm

    There’s no way that’s a porter in that bottle.

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  4. Jerrod Hays says

    January 8, 2015 at 4:37 pm

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    January 8, 2015 at 3:52 pm

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