Where did the beverage stout get its name?

Senior Moments

From Middle English, from Old French estout, of Germanic origin. Nov 27 03, 5:45 PM

satguru

Because it is the strongest porter (dark beer) that was referred to as 'stout (ie strong) porter'. Now it is just called stout, as in strong. SM's grammatical explanation is also correct of course. Nov 27 03, 6:15 PM

Gnomon

Originally porter came in three varieties: plain porter, stout porter and extra stout porter. Since only "extra stout" is now made (Guinness, Murphy, Beamish), they've dropped the name porter. Guinnness still says Extra Stout on the bottle. Nov 28 03, 2:13 AM

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