Stout or Porter?

A lot of drinkers wondered if it contained Stilton,being brewed in the middle of its area of production. But it was intended to be drunk with the cheese
Another brewer a few miles away did brew using Stilton whey, it was Belvoir Blue BrewActually it was rather nice.

 

But Mild Stout is a real historic thing.

 

That I can certainly get behind.

 

Porter is a fake term....they're all stouts.

 

If you said that the opposite way, you'd actually have grounds for a debate. As it is, not so much.

 

I like them both, to me porters taste like a stout light. There are a bunch of stouts around that are thinner and easier drinking as well. Porters to me are better with a meal than a heavy stout. I like stouts as an after dinner drink, especially a high alcohol imperial or as an eye opener in the morning, like a oatmeal or coffee one.

 

It is quire amazing that given about 400 years in which these beers have been brewed ,all well documented,that there are still people who cannot grasp that Porter ans Stout are two names for the same thing.
It is possible of course that it is possible to arrive at an apparent conclusion after sampling a few of each.

 

What about those that are obstinate about their ignorance?

 

An Imperial Stout is a different style in the first place.

 

Sure we can, obstinacy can be met with obstinacy without the burden of thought. I can be effortlessly obstinate, or so I'm told.

 

So, which is it... a porter or a stout?

 

I much prefer stouts to porters.

i find porters to be too thin.

although milk stouts and little stouts are watery and shitty as well.

RIS and Double Stouts >

 

@Roguer he might be trolling you...

 

It's been a while since I've seen one of these stout vs porter threads. Here's how they typically go. Someone correctly points out that any historical distinction between the two has no practical meaning to modern craft beer. People do not accept this and insist there is a rigid line that separates the two. The thread then goes on and on, sometimes for weeks with no resolution. Let's watch.

 

Brewing history has the resolution. The doubters that they are one in the same need to check it out.

 

Did you read my post to this thread where I stated:

"Maybe in 2019 there will be a thread titled “Porter and Stout”?"

Will you be participating in this future thread?

Cheers!