Beer
Pinot Porter
Our porter meets our vineyard. Pinot Porter is a smooth, strong porter brewed with dark malts, then aged in our old Pinot Noir barrels from right here on the Yorkshire Heart estate. The result is a rich, roasted beer with a dry red wine character lingering at the finish, unlike anything else we make.
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This one started with a simple question: what happens if we age our porter in our own wine barrels?
The answer is Pinot Porter. We brew a smooth, full-bodied porter packed with dark malts, roasted, rich, deep, then we lay it down in the old red wine barrels from our vineyard. The oak and the Pinot Noir remnants work their way into the beer slowly, and what comes out the other side is something genuinely special.
On the glass you get dark chocolate and black coffee from the malt, then that dry, slightly tannic red wine character builds quietly on the finish. It’s savoury rather than sweet, and the wine notes are delicate enough that they add depth without taking over.
A 750ml swing top bottle, 7% ABV, and best shared by the fire with something like a good cave-aged Cheddar. That’s not a suggestion — that’s an instruction.
Review
Love this brewery, and love them a little bit more after tasting this! Smooth deep roasted maltiness with notes of dark chocolate and black coffee, balanced with light hedgerow hop overtones and deep tannic oaky vinousness. Splendid
Brewer's note
The idea came from having all these old Pinot Noir barrels on site and wondering what they'd do to a porter. The answer is they add this dry, slightly tannic depth that you just don't get from a standard porter. It doesn't taste like wine and it doesn't taste like a normal porter -- it tastes like something that could only come from a place that does both.
Tim Spakouskas, Co-Owner, Yorkshire Heart
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