What is 'porter'?

What is 'porter'?

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Porter is generally a weaker form of stout. If you go back to the origin of the name stout, you'd find that it actually was “stout porter”, meaning “strong porter”. So porter, you generally find, has many of the same characteristics as stout, the roasted flavours in particular. But maybe porter is a little thinner in body and a touch sweeter.