Close
WikiliQ
Top 10 Porter Beers
What are the Top 10 Porter Beers?There are so many impressive Porter Beers out there, and it’s fun to navigate the different styles and regional strengths. From light beers to stout beers, there's also a wide variety of suds to choose from.
Browse through the 10 most popular Porter Beer brands and explore reviews, ratings, and facts. Rating lists are built by lots of people – in other words, they’re based on the “wisdom of the crowd.”
Top 10 Ranked Porter Beers
#1. Founders Porter
- Category:
- Country:
- Tasting Notes:Roasted, Chocolate, Coffee, Dry
- Food Pairing:Beef, Nuts
- ABV:6.5%
Pours silky black with a creamy tan head. The nose is sweet with strong chocolate and caramel malt presence. No absence of hops gives Founders’ robust porter the full flavor you deserve and expect. Cozy like velvet. It’s a lover, not a fighter.
$10.99
#2. Breckenridge Brewery Vanilla Porter
- Category:
- Country:
- Tasting Notes:Chocolate, Roasted, Vanilla
- Food Pairing:Dessert - Vanilla & Caramel, Dessert - Chocolate & Coffee
- ABV:5.4%
Real vanilla beans from Madagascar combined with caramel and Munich malts create a beer that’s balanced and flavorful. Aromas of vanilla and toasted grain set the stage for mellow flavors of vanilla and dark roasted malts. Don’t let its deep mahogany color fool you. Vanilla Porter is dark in color and packed with flavor, yet it is as smooth as they come and easy to enjoy at any time of the year.
$10.49
#3. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
- Category:
- Country:
- Tasting Notes:Coffee, Mocha, Nutty
- Food Pairing:Fruit - Dried, Dessert - Chocolate & Coffee
- ABV:5.2%
With a dark beer as our first and flagship brand, Black Butte defined Deschutes as a radical player. A slight hop bitterness up front enhances the distinctive chocolate and roasted finish. It’s prized for its creamy mouthfeel and intense complex flavors. Malt: Pale, Carapils, Chocolate, Crystal, Wheat Hops: Cascade, Bravo, Tettnang
$9.99
#4. Oskar Blues Death By Coconut
- Category:
- Country:
- Tasting Notes:Roasted, Chocolate, Fruity, Bold
- Food Pairing:Dessert - Vanilla & Caramel, Cheese - Hard Aged
- ABV:6.5%
When you crack open a Death By Coconut, intense pure liquid cacao flavors swirl with popping coconut aromas, all supported by a semi-sweet porter made from loads of our dark chocolate and extra dark caramel malt. This limited release specialty comes around once a year to satisfy that sweet tooth, so get ’em while you can before they disappear. At 6.5% ABV and 25 IBUs, this choconut goodness will have you yellin’ “Pass. Dash. Hit.” all winter long.
$11.99
#5. DuClaw Sweet Baby Jesus Porter
- Category:
- Country:
- Tasting Notes:Bold, Chocolate, Coffee, Flavored, Malty, Nutty
- Food Pairing:Dessert - Vanilla & Caramel, Dessert - Chocolate & Coffee, Cheese - Blue
- ABV:6.2%
First brewed in 2011, this Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter is jet black in color with a tan, rocky head, full body and creamy, luxurious mouthfeel. Its lightly sweet, malty flavor is accented by rich flavors of chocolate, coffee and peanut butter, and balanced by a subtle hop character and moderate 6.5% abv. Sweet Baby Jesus finishes smooth, dry, and roasty with lingering notes of chocolate and peanut butter so savory, you will exclaim its name!
$11.98
#6. Boulder Beer Shake Chocolate Porter
- Category:
- Country:
- Tasting Notes:Chocolate, Roasted, Rich, Vanilla
- Food Pairing:Dessert - Vanilla & Caramel, Dessert - Chocolate & Coffee
- ABV:5.9%
Our twist on the traditional american porter, Shake chocolate porter is black in color with rich, dark chocolate aromatics and flavors and subtle coffee-like notes. This unique brew blends five different grains, including Chocolate Wheat, that along with cacao nibs create a devilishly delicious chocolate finish with a velvety mouth feel.
$10.34
#7. (512) Pecan Porter
- Category:
- Country:
- Tasting Notes:Chocolate, Coffee, Malty, Nutty, Smooth
- Food Pairing:Cheese - Blue
- ABV:6.2%
Nearly black in color, (512) Pecan Porter is made with Organic US 2-row and copious amounts of Crystal malt, along with Baird’s Chocolate and Black malts. Its full body and malty sweetness are balanced with subtle pecan aroma and flavor from locally grown pecans. Yet another true Austin original! Made with 83% organic ingredients (by dry weight)
$10.52
#8. Einstok Toasted Porter
With clear notes of espresso, dark chocolate and a hint of authentic Icelandic coffee, this Porter is dark and rich, offering a medium body that is robust, yet smooth on the palate and easy to drink. This becomes an instant favorite to all who try it.
$10.07
#9. Denver Beer Co. Graham Cracker Porter
- Category:
- Country:
- Tasting Notes:Chocolate, Vanilla, Smoky, Silky
- Food Pairing:Beef, Nuts
- ABV:5.6%
Like a campfire in a glass, this robust beauty has seductive notes of vanilla, smoked cedar, and mulling spices. A dark pour with mild lacing, she is a rollercoaster of lush chocolate diving into a semi-dry finish of roasted malt and biscuit. 5.6% ABV
$9.99
#10. Coconut Hiwa Porter
- Category:
- Country:
- Tasting Notes:Sweet, Roasted, Creamy, Mocha
- Food Pairing:Dessert - Vanilla & Caramel, Dessert - Fruit
- ABV:6%
Brewed with a carfeully crafted malt bill comprised of seven different varieites of malted barley, this robust dark ale has a silky mouthfeel with notes of roasted malt, dark cacao and coffee. The addition of 400 pounds of in-house hand-toast- ed coconut lend a delightful and distinct tropical aroma that carries into the flavor. Cascade hops are used to temper the sweetness and lend a spicy yet subdued complexity.
$10.99