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National Lager Day

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After long running badges for International Stout Day and IPA Day, Untappd finally introduced a badge for National Lager Day in 2021. National Lager Day is observed on 10 December every year, so get a lager ready to celebrate and become a Lager Jack!

Fun fact: Lager is the third most popular beverage after water and tea!

The badge was broadened in 2022 to include the wider Lager family: Pilsners, Bocks, California Common, Festbier, Zoigl, Kellerbier, Malt Liquor, Rauchbier, Schwarzbier and even Baltic Porter now count towards National Lager Day.

Untappd Derby

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To celebrate Untappd’s version of the Kentucky Derby, they have also released a new badge. It is available from 29 April until 1 May, the date of the running of the actual Derby.

To get it, you simply need to check into a beer from one of the following styles: Farmhouse Ale – Saison, Pale Ale, Stout, Sour, Lager, Belgian, Pilsner, Porter or Wheat.

To The Port

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Porter

The untappd badge for Porters. Have 5 to get the badge, then keep leveling it up to 100. Porters also count towards the Heavy Weight badge.

Porter emerged as a style from English Brown Ales of the 1700s and quickly became popular with the London working class: boatmen, punters and porters.

The style then spread over to the former colonies in America and a stronger, export version became associated with the Baltic. Strong porters also gave rise to a separate style, Stout beer.

After dominating England during the Industrial revolution, the style lost popularity in the early 20th century (partly due to war rationing) and faded away until being revived as a style during the rise of craft beer.

Untappd currently recognises nine styles of Porter: American, Baltic, Coffee, English, Imperial/Double, Imperial/Double Baltic, Imperial/Double Coffee, Other and Non-Alcoholic Beer – Porter / Stout.

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Heavy Weight

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While there may be debate over if a Stout is a type of Porter or a Porter is a type of Stout, for this badge it’s irrelevant. Have 5 Stouts or Porters to claim this badge.

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Porters are dark, hopped beers that originated in London. Originally named after the working class carriers, or porters, that preferred the style, there may be no more famous example of the style than Fuller’s London Porter.

The name Stout means strong, and originally described a strong Porter. However now Stout is regarded as a style in it self. The most famous stout in the world has to be Guinness, even though it is about 4.2%, hardly qualifying as a strong beer.

There are many variations of both styles, as can be seen by the list of styles that count towards this badge: Porter – American, Baltic, Coffee, English, Imperial/Double, Imperial/Double Baltic, Imperial/Double Coffee, Other. Non-Alcoholic Beer – Porter / Stout. Stout – American, Beligna, Coffee, English, Foreign/Export, Imperial/Double, Imperial/Double Coffee, Imperial/Double Pastry, Imperial/Double White, Imperial/Double Milk, Imperial/Double Oatmeal, Irish Dry, Milk/Sweet, Oatmeal, Other, Oyster, Pastry, Russian Imperial and White.

There are also separate badges for both Porters and Stouts (To The Port and Beyond a Shadow of a Stout), as well as some notable sub-styles: Oatmeal Stouts (Oat of this World!), Coffee Porters and Coffee Stouts (Wake Up and Smell the Coffee), Pastry Stouts (Dessert Time!), Milk/Sweet Stouts (So Udderly Sweet) and Russian Imperial Stouts (Imperial Czar).