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a person who tends a door
he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi
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While the Pigtown spot had 15 to 20 brews on the menu at all times, the Hampden one will have just four core beers: A slow-pour lager, an American IPA, a saison and a dark beer such as a porter or a schwarzbier.
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Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
The son of a Pullman porter and a teacher, Marshall became a pioneering NAACP civil rights lawyer, winning 29 of 32 cases before the Supreme Court, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, which declared segregation in public education unconstitutional.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
Its other release is Infinite Measure, an 11.3% ABV porter with notes of coffee and chocolate, aged in an apple brandy barrel along with Belgian Speculoos cookie spices (nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, ginger, mace and a hint of white pepper).
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
Get a pint of any of Big Lug's four staples — Goat Ranch lager, Honest Weight IPA, Pirate Cat porter or Topanga pale ale — for $3.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
The son of a Pullman porter and a teacher, Marshall became a pioneering NAACP civil rights lawyer, winning 29 of 32 cases before the Supreme Court, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, which declared segregation in public education unconstitutional.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
Its other release is Infinite Measure, an 11.3% ABV porter with notes of coffee and chocolate, aged in an apple brandy barrel along with Belgian Speculoos cookie spices (nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, ginger, mace and a hint of white pepper).
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
Get a pint of any of Big Lug's four staples — Goat Ranch lager, Honest Weight IPA, Pirate Cat porter or Topanga pale ale — for $3.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Porter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porter. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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