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news2026-06-30
Session #150 round-up: thoughts on stout and porter from around the world
We revived The Session for a one-off event to celebrate the work of the late Martyn Cornell, asking people to write something in response to his final book Porter & Stout. We were encouraged in this by Alan ‘A Good Beer Blog’ McLeod whose. We don’t ‘own’ The Session, and neither does he, but we […] Session #150 round-up: thoughts on stout and porter from around the world originally posted at Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
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news2026-06-28
Session number 150: When porter was… amber?
Porter is a dark beer, right? Pretty much black. Well, that was not always the case, as the late Martyn Cornell explains in his 2025 book Porter & Stout. He describes 18th century London porter as “mid-brown or deep chestnut in colour at most” and, on the same page, quotes a contemporary source which refers […] Session number 150: When porter was… amber? originally posted at Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
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news2026-06-09
Announcing Session number 150: Responding to Martyn Cornell’s epic book
On Sunday 28 June 2026 we’re going to post something inspired by the late Martyn Cornell’s final epic work of beer history Porter and Stout. We’d love you to join us. The first problem is that the book is quite expensive. The second is that it is large and intimidating. To make this easy for […] Announcing Session number 150: Responding to Martyn Cornell’s epic book originally posted at Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
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Session #150 round-up: thoughts on stout and porter from around the world

Session number 150: When porter was… amber?

Announcing Session number 150: Responding to Martyn Cornell’s epic book