Porter

Porter beer, otherwise also known as stout, is a dark brown ale so named for its popularity amongst porters in London where it was developed in the early 18th century. You can shop online for porter beer at Bottle Stop and enjoy the lowest available prices across our entire range as well as alcohol delivery direct to your door anywhere in Australia. We don't set the prices for our beer, wine and spirits. We just search out the cheapest prices all of the sales and specials and then we make sure that our everyday price matches them. This takes the shopping out of shopping for you and allows you to concentrate on searching through Australia's largest selection of craft beer available in one place, as well the best local and international red wine and white wine.

We are always seeking to improve our delivery times to other metro areas like Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide as well as surrounding regions like Wollongong, Newcastle and the Gold Coast. Search our online catalogue for the finest Scotch whisky, the tastiest cider, the best brandy and the most delectable liqueurs. We carry all of your favourite and well-known brands as well as some lesser known producers making the finest alcohol available anywhere right now.

Pair your purchase of porter beer with our selection of pilsner beer and fine English bitters. Go for a lighter option with our selection of Pacific ales and low carb lager beer options. Whenever you want to buy beer, always think of Bottle Stop . We really know and we really love our beer which is why we carry the largest selection of boutique producers found in one spot anywhere in the country. We're always excited to introduce customers to the delights of traditional wheat beer and the full spectrum of flavours available in the India Pale Ale (IPA) range.

Porter beer is among the strong ales and known for its signature coffee and maple flavours delivered by brown malt used in its production. It was first developed in London in the early 1700's and became quickly favoured by street and river porters who appreciated a strong dark beer with plenty of natural calories for their highly physical work. Back then, walking into a pub and requesting a mug of beer was a lot different to how it's done today. Today you'll request a beer by its brand or producer's name and then you'll be handed either a bottle or a glass of that very specific beer. In England during the early eighteenth century, it was a lot different. A publican served a mug to you that was often blended from a bunch of other types of beer on the spot. Commercial brewing practices a few hundred years ago were not as reliable as they are today for delivering consistently high quality drinks so it was necessary to mix beers to ensure something approaching drinkability and, more often than not, to hide stale beer in with the better stuff to sell it.

The history of the porter beer is as dark and impenetrable as a glass of it looks. There are some urban legends which claim that it was a specifically developed mash the malted grain used to make beer that took on the flavour profile of beers that were commonly blended in the pub and became a complete beer style that was never blended when it was served. It became hugely popular amongst London porters whose occupation eventually managed to gift the beer a name. The other story is perhaps a little less romantic and therefore slightly more believable. During this time, breweries were distributing beer that was not aged at the brewery but instead very young and expected to be aged by the publican in their own barrels. The porter beer was among the first blended types that was aged in the brewery instead. It may have been this aging process in a warm and moist environment different to a publican's cellar which may contributed to new yeasts making their way into the brew and therefore affecting the final product, producing a signature and specific taste profile that other publican aged beers simply did not.

It wasn't just in London that the porter beer was growing in popularity. The United States were big porter beer drinkers too and when supply from Europe dried up in the 1760's, America started brewing its own. News of the beer was spreading, and a special Baltic Porter developed for export to Russia. Nowadays the countries around the Baltic Sea still produce their own porter beer but it's usually a cold fermented lager rather than the warmer fermented ale.

While a strange a murky history, there's no denying the warm and delicious taste of the porter beer. It will vary in taste from coffee and caramel to smoky and nutty. It features usually a dry finish and can be enjoyed with a big hearty meal, by the fireside for relaxing conversation or at home with friends and family.

Order you porter beer online at Bottle Stop and enjoy the lowest prices across our entire range that you'll find anywhere else. Get your new order of drinks delivered direct to your front door anywhere in Australia.

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Whatever you love to drink, you'll find it available to order online at Bottle Stop and conveniently delivered to your door anywhere in Australia. If it's the best beer from your favourite producers or boutique operations carefully crafting their own signature tastes, you'll find it at Bottle Stop. If you're a wine drinker, browse our extensive selection of wineries, varietals and blends. Our selection of spirits and liqueurs include the big name producers that everybody knows as loves as well as tasty varieties sourced from the finest producing regions around the world.

Our entire range of alcohol is available to order online for the lowest prices. We guarantee it. We don't set our prices; we just match the lowest ones on offer found anywhere in Australia. If you find our stock listed for a lower price anywhere else, then we'll match it. We also offer online-only prices that no one else can match across all of your favourites.

We are home to Australia's largest collections of craft and boutique producers which means that our range of beer, wine, spirits and liqueurs include selections plucked from the finest producers tinkering away quietly, developing the best craft beers, the smoothest whisky, in both local and far-off places that the big name alcohol distributors have never heard of. If you let us know what you like to drink, then we can personalise your shopping experience on Bottle Stop . We'll suggest recommendations that we know you'll love based on what we're drinking and loving too.

We are always open so you can enjoy ordering online 24/7. Delivery covers all of Australia with expected arrivals in the capital cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane within 3 to 5 business days. We are always looking to improve our delivery options and are constantly improving arrival times in more capital cities so you can get the best tasting beverages that you love delivered even faster.