Stout and porter

English Porter

BJCP 13C

Brown rather than black, with chocolate and biscuit rather than sharp roast. Moderate strength and a soft, rounded finish.

Vital statistics

Each bar is drawn against the full range of all 98 styles

Original gravity

1.040 - 1.052

Final gravity

1.008 - 1.014

Bitterness

18 IBU - 35 IBU

Colour

20 SRM - 30 SRM

Alcohol

4% - 5.4%

Colour also 39-59 EBC

What goes wrong

Confusing it with a stout. Roast barley belongs in the stout; the porter's darkness comes from chocolate and brown malt.

Commercial examples

Bateman's Salem PorterBurton Bridge Burton PorterFuller's London PorterNethergate Old Growler PorterSamuel Smith Taddy Porter

Reference examples of the style, as listed in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Availability varies by market and year.

Vital statistics as published in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Checked against the published guidelines.

Brew it

A recipe on this site brewed to this style

Every figure below is computed from the ingredients and checked against the ranges above before the page is built.

Straightforward

English Porter

OG 1.050 · 4.9% · 25 IBU

The rest of the stout and porter family

15B

Irish Stout

3.8-5% · 25-45 IBU

15C

Irish Extra Stout

5.5-6.5% · 35-50 IBU

16A

Sweet Stout

4-6% · 20-40 IBU

16B

Oatmeal Stout

4.2-5.9% · 25-40 IBU

16C

Tropical Stout

5.5-8% · 30-50 IBU

16D

Foreign Extra Stout

6.3-8% · 50-70 IBU

Baltic Porter

6.5-9.5% · 20-40 IBU

20A

American Porter

4.8-6.5% · 25-50 IBU

20B

American Stout

5-7% · 35-75 IBU

Plan a batch to these numbers.

Bitterness Colour Alcohol