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His products could make you stout, and so could he! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brewer

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'his products could make you stout and so could he' is the definition.
(cryptic definition: stout is a type of beer)

'he' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'he' could be 'brew' and 'brew' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for brewer that I've seen before include "who prepares the tea?" , "Maker of beer - "Phrase and Fable" dictionary editor" , "Maker of beer etc" , "I make tea" , "Tendency to seek perfection" .)

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