Stouts
Stouts
Stout: Definition
An extra-dark, almost black, top-fermenting brew, made with highly roasted malts. There are three basic types of stouts:
the Sweet stout, an English style, that usually contains milk sugars (lactose), and is a soothing restorative.
the Dry stout, an Irish style (as typified by Guinness) is usually 4% abv in the British Isles and North America and as much as 8% in tropical countries. Dry stouts sometimes contain roasted unmalted barley.
the Imperial stout, originally brewed as a winter warmer, for sale in the Tsarist Russian Empire, is medium dry and distinguished by its great strength: anything from 7% to more than 10%abv.
Imperial Stouts
•Sam Smith Imperial Stout
•Nogne-O Imperial Stout
•Southern Tier Oat