A little bit about… Sweet Stouts

Beer Style: Sweet Stout

Also know as a milk or cream stout, this style can no longer be labelled as a milk stout unless it contains a certain percentage of lactose or milk sugars. which are used for body and sweetness. This style was once marketed as a tonic for nursing mothers or invalids due to this content.

Sweet stouts should, as the name suggests, be sweet in flavour due to low hopping rates and the use of unfermentable sugars (lactose or similar). They can also include coffee or cream like flavours - think a sweetened espresso.

Colour: Dark brown to black (30-40 SRM)

Perceived Bitterness: Moderate (20-40 IBUs)

ABV: Lower to normal (4-6%)

Related Styles: Irish Stout, Oatmeal Stout

Featured beer: Wild Beer Co Millionaire

Interested in learning about different beer styles? We do just that in The Beer Tent Society, my beer membership. We look at a different style every month. For January we are investigating Best Bitter. Come join us in The Tent here.