Porter and stout
Term from the Brauwerkstatt brewing glossary, category “Beer styles”.
Explanation
Dark, top-fermented beers made with roasted malt. Porter appeared in 18th-century London and was the beer of the porters who carried goods. Stout was originally a particularly strong porter. Irish stout is dry and light, milk stout sweeter and imperial stout very strong. Typical: 4–6 % ABV and 20–45 IBU, imperial stout even above 10 % ABV.
Test your knowledge
For how many years did Arthur Guinness lease the brewery at St. James’s Gate in 1759?
- 500 years
- 9,000 years
- 99 years
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Correct: 9,000 years. He paid 45 pounds a year. With porter and stout, Guinness became the largest brewery in the world in the 19th century.