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Stouts, today, are dark beers, although the term originally just mean strong beers. Stouts are not porters, another type of dark beer, although they are linked, and several drinks were called "stout porters".
Porters are a drink that originated in London in the early 18th century and, should you be wondering where the name came from, was especially popular with porters. Porters were stronger in flavour, went longer without spoiling and were cheaper.
Porter was then exported to Ireland, with a brewery in Dublin run by Arthur Guinness brewing his own; today, that is perhaps one of the best-known stouts. The beer became black through the use of black patent malt and also gained a stronger flavour. The word "stout" took on the meaning "strong" and was therefore applied to strong beers.
Today, a stout can be recognised by its black colour and, especially in the case of Guinness, its cream-coloured head.
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