8. Russian imperial stout beer wasn’t…Russian at all
Along the years, a lot of historians have discovered interesting but also weird things about the entire globe. And among one of the weirdest facts is a little story about the traditional beer style called stout.
Despite its name, this beer doesn’t come from Russia; in fact, it was made for the first time in England, and it’s similar to the usual English porter, but it contains a bigger amount of alcohol per bottle. Because Russia and the Baltic countries demand a huge quantity of porter, English brewers added more alcohol for better preservation until the beer arrived at its destination.
Voila! This is how a regular porter became the one called “Russian Imperial Stout!”
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Interesting stuff
Fascinating details. I enjoyed reading them. Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting. Thanks
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Very interesting would enjoy more like this about our history