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Stout is a dark beer made using roasted malts or roast barley. It originated in Ireland as a variant of porter beer. Porter was first recorded as being made and sold in London in the 1730s. It became very popular in Great Britain and Ireland. It has also been moderately popular in Canada and Australia especially, and has been gaining popularity in the United States, with many microbrew varieties now available. Generally, current or former Commonwealth nations can each have their own local interpretations of the style. Stout from England is generally sweeter in flavor. Many people describe stout beer as having a slightly chocolate or coffee-like aftertaste. Some small brewing operations have deliberately accentuated this characteristic, producing novelty stout beers like Chocolate Stout, produced by Young's Brewery in London. Pint of stout from pdphoto. ... Pint of stout from pdphoto. ... Beer, generally, is an alcoholic beverage produced through the fermentation of sugars suspended in an aqueous medium, and which is not distilled after fermentation. ... Malted barley Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then quickly dried before the plant develops. ... Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ... Porter is a style of ale which has a malty aroma and hop bitterness. ... Events and Trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Sextant invented (probably around 1730) independently by John Hadley in Great Britain and Thomas Godfrey in the American colonies World leaders Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774) George... Beer barrels outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham, England. ... The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Chocolate stout is a type of sweet stout that uses darker, more aromatic malt; particularly chocolate malt. ... // Location Youngs Brewery is situated in Wandsworth, London on the River Wandle. ...

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History

Originally, the adjective "stout" meant "proud" or "brave", but later, after the fourteenth century, "stout" came to mean "strong." The first use of the word stout about beer was the Stout-Porter brewed by Guinness of Ireland in 1820, although Guinness had been brewing porters since 1759. "Stout" still meant only "strong" and it could be related to any kind of beer, as long as it was strong: in the UK it was possible to find "stout pale ale", for example. Later "stout" was eventually associated only to porter, becoming a synonym of dark beer. During the end of the nineteenth century, stout porter beer got the reputation of being a healthy strengthening drink, so it was used by athletes and nursing women, while doctors often recommended it to help recovery. (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... Arthur Guinness Son & Co. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Porter is a style of ale which has a malty aroma and hop bitterness. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Stout differs from porter in being darker and richer through the use of more roasted malt, with a higher alcoholic content. As such the two beers are considered distinct, although sometimes it is difficult to distinguish what some breweries market as porter from a stout without looking at the label. Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless chemical compound, one of the alcohols that is most often found in alcoholic beverages. ...

Types of stout

Stouts can be classed into two main categories, sweet and bitter, and there are several kinds of each:

• Irish stout or Dry stout is the original product. It is very dark in color and it often has a "toast" or coffee-like taste.
• Imperial stout was originally brewed in England for export to the court of the Tsar of Russia. It is highly hopped, very dark and has a very high alcohol content.
• Milk stout or Sweet stout or Cream stout has an increased sweetness due to the addition of lactose before fermentation.
• Oatmeal stout has oats added to it during the brewing process; this causes the beer to be even sweeter and smoother than the Milk stout.
• Chocolate stout uses malts that give a "dark chocolate" (though not necessarily sweet) flavour to the beer. A few beers are brewed with a small amount of real chocolate, though this may be regarded as something of a gimmick.
• Coffee stout is the darkest and most bitter type of Imperial stout; and typically brewed with the darkest malt roasts. A few, sometimes known as espresso stouts, are brewed with real coffee added, which can also be seen as a gimmick.
• Oyster stout is a stout related to oysters: this can mean that parts of oysters are added to the brewing process or simply that the taste is matching with oysters.

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Examples of Stout

Examples of Stout are:

• Guinness - From Ireland, its alcoholic content and "dry" flavor are both characterized as light, although it varies from country to country.
• Murphy's - Another classic dry Irish Stout, more popular in southern regions of Ireland. Less bitter than Guinness.
• Beamish - An Irish Stout, slightly less dry than Guinness or Murphy's.
• Carbine Stout
• Cerveza negra, from the Philippines
• Mackeson's XXX - A typical English "sweet" Stout.
• Shakespeare Stout, brewed by Rogue Ales in Oregon.
• Snowplow, a seasonal milk stout created in collaboration between the Oregon Brew Crew and Widmer Brothers brewery in Portland, Oregon.
• Obsidian Stout, From Deschutes Brewery (also hailing from the Pacific Northwest).
• Ellezelloise Hercule Stout - a Russian Stout, brewed in Belgium.
• Dragon Stout - From Jamaica.
• Storm King Imperial Stout - an imperial Stout brewed by Victory Brewing Company.
• Sheaf Stout - From Australia.
• Sierra Nevada Stout - From California.
• Gillespie's Malt Stout
• Cornish Cream - a Stout produced in Cornwall.
• Baden Baden Stout From Brazil
• World Wide Stout - a very malty, high-alcohol chocolate Stout from Delaware's Dogfish Head Brewing.
• Pike Street XXXXX Stout - a coffee Stout from Washington's Pike Brewery.
• Bell's Special Double Cream Stout
• Young's Double Chocolate Stout
• Young's Oatmeal Stout
• Rogue Chocolate Stout
• Black Chocolate Stout brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
• Pyramid Espresso Stout - An espresso Stout from the Pacific Northwest.
• Heart of Darkness, an Oatmeal Stout brewed by Magic Hat Brewery
• Bare Knuckle Stout, brewed by Anheuser-Busch
• St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout, brewed by McAuslan Brewery in Quebec, Canada
• St. Peter's Cream Stout, brewed by St. Peter's Brewery in Suffolk, UK
• Midnight Sun Espresso Stout, by Yukon Brewing, Canada
• Selkirk Stout (cherry Stout), by Mount Begbie Brewing, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada.
• Coopers Best Extra Stout - brewed in Adelaide, South Australia
• Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
• Nelson Brewing - Blackheart Oatmeal Stout - Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
• Crannog Organic Ales - Back Hand Of God Stout - Sorrento, British Columbia Canada
• Stockyard Oatmeal Stout - brewed in the Irish tradition in Chicago, IL, USA
• Kunstmann Bock - Valdivia, Chile