Stout

The style of beer called stout is a variation of a unique style of malt beverage called porter. The style was developed as a result of the need to manufacture a brew that would meet the demand for a particular mixture popular in England in the early 1700s that consisted of beer, ale, and two penny (a pale small beer). When a customer ordered this popular libation, the publican had to draw from three different casks. Ralph Harwood, of the Bell Brewhouse in Shoreditch, East London, England, in 1722 conceived of a brew in which the three elements were already mixed. It was first called Mr. Harwood’s Entire Butt, or Entire Butt, and was first dispensed at a pub called the Blue Last on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch. The publican began calling the brew porter after the occupation of most of the Blue Last customers.