Reasonably so: the “stout” style got its name by way of “stout porter” (“stout” originally being an adjective which could be applied to a particularly strong beer of any style). These days stouts and porters seem to overlap quite a bit in strength, so I am not really sure what the difference between the two categories is, though I’d guess the meanings of both terms have shifted somewhat since “stout” split off into its own style.
I find it kinda amusing that IPAs now focus on fresh hop flavors and often come with an admonishment to drink them within a month of canning and keep them refrigerated: the whole point of all those hops was originally to keep the beer from spoiling on the long ocean journey to India, wasn’t it?
That was my first thought. As obviously this guy wasn’t starting a new brewery from scratch for this. I assume someone like Bud Light has a sales channel that allows you to buy in bulk in custom cans that look like whatever you want. It would be completely on brand for this to be an order like that with mark up.
The only question is, what’s the minimum order for something like this?
Side note: I love all the videos of people destroying stuff they already bought to show it to the manufacturer. They are even more fun when they buy something specifically to destroy it.
Typical small commercial breweries will brew in 15 barrel batches which is about 1750 liters. At two liters per six-pack that yields 875 six packs, roughly. Two large pallets.
I have my doubts,and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain.
Its the other way round. Porters came first and were on the lighter side of ABV. Later higher alcohol variants were made and called stouts, or even extra stouts.
Ha ha, I’ve got several 15% barrel aged imperials in my fridge, and they go even higher. I like the story behind imperial stouts, supposedly they were originally made for the last Tzaress of Russia, around 80% was casked up and sent directly to her cellars…
Pity I don’t really like imperial stouts I suppose.
