New Badge: Baltic Porter Day (2026)
🗓️ This weekend, let’s celebrate Baltic Porter Day 2026! ⚓️ Porters originated in the early 1700s London beer scene, where rising malt taxes led breweries to innovate by reducing malt and increasing hops to prevent spoilage. They also aged the beer in wooden barrels to eliminate smoky flavors. This style became popular among porters, the workers who unloaded ships, giving the beer its name. ⛵️One of the first, or maybe even the first, to attempt to brew porter outside of England was by the Swedish brewer Sven Roos, working at the Nürnbergs Bryggeri brewery in Stockholm. 🥶 Did you know Baltic porters are traditionally lagers? They undergo a cold fermentation and lagering process, which plays a crucial role in maintaining their distinct, clean, and intricate flavors and more robust, velvety mouthfeel. On occasion, these beers occasionally undergo a cold ale fermentation process. 🖤 Porter beers share similarities with imperial stouts—often exhibiting flavors of cocoa, chocolate, nuts, and coffee. Additionally, they boast a higher alcohol content and are known for their deep, dark appearance. Badge Criteria: Check in any one (1) beer in the style « Porter – Baltic » or « Porter – Imperial / Double Baltic » from January 17 to 19, 2026.