Titanic Brewery

Why it matters

Its Plum Porter did something unusual: it made a fruited dark beer a standing cask fixture rather than a novelty, and a great many British breweries followed it into the format.

Details

Reference beers

• Titanic Plum Porter4.9% ABV

  A fruited English porter that turned a novelty format into a standing cask fixture.

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Styles it is associated with

• English porter — The original dark British beer: chocolate and light coffee over a nutty malt base, restrained rather than aggressive.

Traditions

• British cask ale — Beer that completes its fermentation in the container it is served from and is dispensed without added gas, at cellar rather than fridge temperature.