George Washington Porter celebrates the patriot's favorite type of beer. In fact, Washington felt so strongly that there should be an American porter that he adopted and encouraged a policy of buying only American-brewed beer, rather than imported British beer. Following Washington's passion for quality American beers, the brewers at Samuel Adams have created a full-bodied beer with sweet, earthy flavors and savory notes. Brewed with licorice, a proprietary hand-smoked malt and almost a pound of East Kent Goldings hops per barrel, our George Washington Porter has a deep, black-walnut color and toasted malt taste, with notes of molasses, toffee, cocoa and dates. The sweet, savory flavor of barbecue chicken or the hot Cajun spices of blackened fish are the perfect complements to the burnt but sweet notes of this brew.