Born of bleak winters and hard work, London dockside workers in the 18th century preferred dark beers with roasted malt and higher alcohol content. As the style was exported around Europe, Baltic ports of Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, it grew in popularity with these remarkably rugged laborers.

Our Borealis Baltic Porter is a nod to these tundra tradesmen, foregoing the fruity character that the ale yeasts had imparted for cold-loving lager strains, with lighter brown malts giving way to blends of pale and “black patent” malts.