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TheBigPinkLad | Mid-strength Guinness (60* d) | RE: Mid-strength Guinness | 19 May 06 |
The current standard for draught Guinness in the UK is 4.2%. According to Richardson, writing in 1784, in his treatise on the use of the saccharometer, porter averaged 7.1% abv. I wonder what stout came in at (stout = stout [i.e. strong] porter). |