What Is Stouts Beer?

Stout is a dark, top-fermented beer with a number of variations, including dry stout, oatmeal stout, milk stout, and imperial stout. The first known use of the word stout for beer, in a document dated 1677 found in the Egerton Manuscripts, referred to its strength.

What defines a stout beer?

Stout is a dark, full-flavored ale made with dark-roasted malted barley, which gives it a distinctively coffee-like, almost chocolately flavor that's balanced by bitterness from hops (a type of dried flower commonly used in beer-making).

What is the difference between a beer and a stout?

The only main difference many brewers still agree on is the kind of malt that should be used to brew each type of beer. Porters use malted barley and stouts are primarily made from unmalted roasted barley, which is where the coffee flavor most people associate with stout comes from.