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Maine King Titus

$7.99 for the 16.9oz bottle
Robust Porter

Corporate philanthropy is certainly nothing new. What’s heartening about the craft beer community is how many breweries start their businesses with community support and broader works as explicit parts of their mission. A good example is Maine Beer Company.

“Do what’s right:
From day one, our core belief has been to do what’s right, no matter what.”

“Our Purpose:
To do good through beer.”

“Our Values:
Take care of the Earth and encourage others to do the same. Be open and honest, even when it’s uncomfortable. Take care of ourselves and each other. Never let each other down. Always make things better. Be respectful and kind. Quality always.”

- Maine Beer website

From their very start, Maine Beer hooked up with 1% for the Planet, an organization for businesses willing to pledge at least 1% of their gross annual sales to be distributed to environmental causes. On top of this commitment, Maine also has more focused beneficiaries, frequently through specific beers, even if it’s just calling attention to a worthy cause. Don’t get us wrong, Maine puts up and so does not need to shut up. First and foremost, they brew high-quality beer.

Maine constructs the King Titus with a hugely varied malt bill. American 2-Row, Caramel 40L, Chocolate, Munich 10L, and Caramel 80L barley malts plus Midnight Wheat, and flaked oats all go into the fermenter, where they are slapped around by Centennial and Columbus hops.

That malt bill delivers a touch of pillowy graham-cracker-breadiness before the hops reach up and swallow it all like a lowland gorilla plucking a ripe banana. Definitely for folks who love hops but want to try something richer, this beer could be a Black IPA if the malts were more subdued. However, the King Titus remains a porter with strong coffee aroma and flavor, whose density belies the beer’s medium body. So, why the “King Titus?” Well, as we’ve said, for Maine Beer Company, the brewing is just the beginning.

The King Titus Porter pays homage to the work of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, a conservation organization continuing the work of legendary primatologist and conservationist Dian Fossey — protecting gorillas from extinction due to poaching and habitat destruction. Titus was one of the most famous silverback gorillas that Fossey and her group studied in the mountains of Rwanda from 1974 to his death in 2009, marking 35 years of almost continual observation.

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