Contemporary beer styles and sub-styles are emerging all the time, as they were in Britain and in other countries over the centuries. A beer style refl ects the introduction of new brewing techniques, use of different ingredients, the brewer’s inventiveness, a desire to meet new tastes, or simply to brew something different.
PORTER OR STOUT
Beer brewing in Britain, as in other brewing centres, has had a history of constant change. From the early 1800s the Industrial Revolution was the making of the British brewing industry. Porter was the beer style of the time - a dark brown beer, sometimes slightly sour and smoky, at times non-sour, weak (mild) and lightly hopped. These variations continued over time, reflecting the modernisation of malt, water, hops, and yeast and innovations in brewing…
