Porter vs. Stout

Sweeping generalization here

Porters are less body and sweeter

Stout is more body less sweet and higher abv


This is not scientific but what pops I to my head when I hear this question


Enjoy

 

Perfect to me the differences are exactly that.

 

So, like this porter compared to this stout?

 

Well said, I think both these quotes hit the nail swiftly on the head.

Cheers!

 

or are they less filling...

I kid I kid

 

To answer OP I feel that stouts are much thicker..and porters are usually more on the thinner side.IMO

 

I can only assume that you've totally fabricated those two brews in order to destroy my sense of order that's based on my limited viewpoint that was derived from many of the responses in this thread.

 

Like I said.... Sweeping generalization.

Enjoy

 

Porter taste like porter and stout taste like stout. What's the problem here ?

 

First, neither stout or porter are really styles, they’re categories. You need to compare styles, not really categories.

The styles are:
Porters: Brown, Robust, and Baltic
Stouts: Dry, Sweet, Oatmeal, Foreign Extra, American, and Russian

For your answer on the difference between the styles within the stout and porter categories, this is likely your best source:
www.bjcp.org/docs/NHC2014-styles.pdf

As an additional source, this is a good one too:
Brewing Classic Styles by Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer

 

do they have any good stouts that arent really expensive though? seems like porters are cheaper or at least the ones ive looked at but it seems like id enjoy stouts more from reading on here