Early Days - Northern Porter 4.6%

Inspired by a Whitbread London Porter recipe from 1850, the heyday of porters. We have taken the recipe and used Boddington's yeast to reclaim this beer for Manchester, alongside the northern grown Northern Brewer hop.
A purposefully dark brown (not black) ale that has notes of coffee, chocolate and chicory this beer is all about letting those dark malt flavours through with brown malt predominant.

VISUAL: Dark brown with a soft tan head
AROMA: Soft toasty coffee, chocolate, biscuit and chicory
TASTE: Typical dark roasted malt flavours that give way to a sweet finish
MOUTHFEEL: Full - Medium bodied, with a subtly chewy caramel lacquer