[HPFGU-OTChatter] What is Porter?

[Amanda Lewanski]

Denise R wrote:

> Please, someone translate?

I will take this opportunity to also answer a question from a previous
post.

1. Malmsey. A rich, sweet, aromatic wine, originally produced in cyprus,
but now also in Spain, Italy, Madeira, and elsewhere, from the malvasia
grape. Famous these days largely because Shakespeare chose a vat of
malmsey as the vehicle by which the Duke of Clarence was murdered by
drowning in "Richard III" (prompting one of my favorite cartoons,
depicting two men in Elizabethan dress standing by a barrel marked
"malmsey," with one saying to the other, "Very full-bodied."

2. Porter. A weak stout, rich in saccharine matter;--originally a
mixture of ale and stout. Sometimes confused by people like me who don't
drink a lot with Port--A fortified wine of rich taste and aroma, usually
dark red.

--Amanda, now *certain* she's related to Professor Binns.
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