Dropped in at Duke's, they now have Fuller's London Porter in 500ml botttles. I'm not British and never have been to England, so I have no idea it this is supposed to be a good ale or not. That's not terrible important though.. But this one IMO tastes dam_n good in this climate, perhaps good enough to go back to Duke's if only for the beer. They serve it much colder than a porter would normally be served, way cold in fact, but here it warms up quick and since it's a fairly light bodied beer it goes down pretty well even when very cold. Only 5.4% alcohol and tastes like a desert food.

What do they charge for it?

What do they charge for it?

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I believe it is called 'The Dukes'

I believe it is called 'The Dukes'

And?

Fuller's London Porter is ranked the number one tasting Porter in the world on ratebeer.com. Indeed, London Porter is a superb, award-winning beer having captured the gold and silver medals at the1999, 2000 and 2002 International Beer & Cider Competitions.

http://www.fullers-a...ndon_porter.php

Maybe this is why you were impressed OP?

You obviously have a taste for good beer

Edited September 3, 201114 yr by uptheos

I believe it is called 'The Dukes'

And?

You are obviously enjoying their Beer

I believe it is called 'The Dukes'

And?

You are obviously enjoying their Beer

Yes, and you are obviously being pedantic. I admit, it's called "The Duke's" not just "Duke's", if that will avoid a dispute with you.

Will have to try get there in November

Will have to try get there in November

Don't forget the ribs.

They will make any Porter taste great.

My dad used to enjoy his porter. He'd send me round to the off-licence to get a jug of porter and a bottle of lemonade for myself. 1/2d for the quart jug and 6d for the lemonade.

He'd already have an iron poker in the fire in the living-room, and when I gave him the jug of beer, he'd remove the poker from the fire and plunge the red-hot tip into the beer, causing the ale to get hot quickly. Then he'd drink it.

This was common practise with porter and stout, a nice hot drink.

Doubt if they have an open fire and a poker in The Dukes, and who would want to drink it hot in this climate, anyway ?

When you are in there next enjoying a bottle (note, none of that tin rubbish) of Porter, ask him to get a few cases of the Fuller's London Pride in as that is also being imported by the same people.

Are these beers available retail anywhere in CM?

Where is Dukes (/Duke's)? Worth a diversion for that excellent beer next time I'm oop North. Fullers is a great brewery and none of its beers are duds.

Where is Dukes (/Duke's)? Worth a diversion for that excellent beer next time I'm oop North. Fullers is a great brewery and none of its beers are duds.

Griffin Brewery

I believe that's where expression "poker in the front, liquor in the rear" came from

My dad used to enjoy his porter. He'd send me round to the off-licence to get a jug of porter and a bottle of lemonade for myself. 1/2d for the quart jug and 6d for the lemonade.

He'd already have an iron poker in the fire in the living-room, and when I gave him the jug of beer, he'd remove the poker from the fire and plunge the red-hot tip into the beer, causing the ale to get hot quickly. Then he'd drink it.

This was common practise with porter and stout, a nice hot drink.

Doubt if they have an open fire and a poker in The Dukes, and who would want to drink it hot in this climate, anyway ?