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Originally posted by someday:
What is a porter????
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Funnily enough Mary I was thinking of replying to this topic and had already googled for porter beer and found this:-
"Porter
Porter is said to have been popular with transportation workers of Central London, hence the name" at:-
http://beeradvocate.com/news/stories_read/305/
the fuller explanation is I believe that this type of beer (exemplified by the famous brew developed by the Irishman Arthur Guiness of course) was very popular with the heavily built (i.e "stout") meat carriers (known as "porters") in the Smithfield Meat Market in London England
I previously have discussed the Fitz porter here but the corfid search system is now unable to find the topic quickly nor did google who are obviously too busy fighting Microsoft!!
anyway
i did find a picture then of a fitz bottle but it is not on their site now
I did find this bit of folklore though:-
"TYPE/STYLE
Porter: Originated in Great Britain and named after the porters who hauled goods from wagons to the stands at the open air markets common to England at that time. "
John Fowles
I wish I had a glass of beer
or for a change:-
You might be a Canadian Redneck . . .
. . . if most of your clothing has Canadian beer logos on them.
. . . if you've ever hummed "Bud the Spud".
. . . if you've never realized that most of the lyrics in Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald" don't rhyme.
from:-
http://www.canadianaconnection.com/c...l_ribbing3.htm