Brooklyn Smoked Porter is back. Sheffield’s Kelham Island Brewery has revived its 2006 collaboration with Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver, and this time the beer comes in keg and can for the first time, alongside cask, The Brewers Journal reported on Nov. 4.
Why Brooklyn Smoked Porter exists
The beer was first brewed in 2006, when Sheffield Council was considering naming a bridge in the Kelham Island area the “Brooklyn Bridge.” It came back on cask last year, and that run went well enough to bring it back in more formats.
Brooklyn Smoked Porter raises money for the MJF
For every pint and can sold, 10p goes to The Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling. Oliver founded the non-profit to fund technical education and career advancement for people of colour in brewing and distilling.
“This was a brilliant project with Dave Wickett, the founder of Kelham Island Brewery, and I’m really pleased to bring it back while raising money for the Foundation,” Oliver said. Co-owner Simon Webster said the brewery had “very fond memories of this beer from 2006.”
Kelham Island’s own description promises deep mahogany, gentle smoke over roasted malt and dark chocolate, and cocoa, toffee and dried fruit on the palate. Those are the brewery’s notes, not ours; we haven’t tasted it.
Where to find it
The announcement covers cask, keg and can in the UK. It doesn’t mention U.S. distribution, an ABV or a price. For Oliver’s last big stout collaboration, see the Guinness and Brooklyn Brewery Fonio Stout, or read our November dark beer releases.
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