"What makes it Scottish? Well, the Scottish strong ales tend to come from the malts that come from the UK and the malting processes that were used with whiskey quite a lot. They'd use different specialty malts in small amounts in whiskies"
"Good question. It can be. If it has barley in it. I tend to think that that terminology of using like barley, hops, yeast and water. Yes, you can. A lot of the British style, like like alcohol, dry ginger ales and ginger beers, which you'll find in the UK."
"So, traditionally, you had a porter, and then you had a stout porter - a heavier option. Not so much the case these days. You get porters that can go anywhere up to 7, 8, 9%, barrel aged. Same with stouts, you can get them at 4%, you can get them up to 10, 11, 12% with Imperial Porters."
