What is Stout beer and what makes it different to other beers?
Stout is an ale variety beer so at it’s very heart it is a top fermented beverage.
Unlike Pale ale, Stout is dark almost jet black in colour but held to the light, some varieties will showcase a deep garnet red coloured highlight in the glass.
The black colour of Stout is derived from the use of special dark roasted grains and malts.
While the majority of the wort comprises of lighter coloured base malt, brewers control the level of colour and roasted malt character in Stout with a proportionately small amount of dark roasted malts.
The malt character flavours in Stout mirror that of coffee, dark toasted bread, toffee and dark chocolate but the magic really happens in combination with the low fruit notes from the ale fermentation such as ripe dark stone fruits, plum pudding and the balanced hop flavours of low woody, slightly
