Your Go-To Stout

Founders Breakfast Stout, then Ten Fidy

Still haven't tried Black Note; hope to score a 4-pack next release!

 

And since it is too late to edit, I'll add this and will seem like a BA Heretic...

I will take Bell's Java Stout over GI BCBS any day! I don't need 14%+ abv beers that are nearly impossible to find, and expensive to buy when they are actually found. There, I said it, flame away!

 

I'm not the biggest stout drinker, but I am trying to get in to them.

Recently I had a Mexican Cake for the first time, a New England Storm, and a Clown Shoes Undead Party Crasher and I thought they were all incredibly delicious. Obviously these are all a little on the more difficult side to get.

Any recommendations for more widely available brews that I may enjoy? I had an Imperial Biscotti Break and wasn't wowed by it to be honest, so maybe I already set the bar too high for the style by hoping everything lives up to the first mentioned above?

 

I'm constantly trying new stouts, so I "go to" anything I can find that's recommended. But the regulars are Old Raspy, Stone IRS, Straight To Ale's Laika and Ten Fidy.

 

I get the sense that Great Divide is struggling to spread Yeti across it's ever-increasing distribution area. Probably takes some effort to brew it.

 

I would have to go with Left Handed Milk Stout on Nitro
I know it's seasonal but the Coffee Stout from New Glarus only available every other year
The Sweetheart Stout by American Sky---again seasonal but as odd as it sounds chocolate peanut butter stout was GOOD
American Velvet by American Sky another coffee stout
Buffalo Sweat by Tallgrass
Is Coffee Bender by Surly considered a stout?

I love stouts, they are my favorite beers...really if they have a stout on tap chances are it's my go to beer for the night

 

Tough call. Black Albert, Speedway Stout, Parabola, Stone RIS, Abyss.

I don't "go to" very often, but when I do, I don't like to fool around.

 

I'll take Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro or not.
And Lion Stout.

 

Ah, I wasn't aware that they have increased distro recently. Yeah, a couple years ago, many varieties of the Oak Aged series were available just sitting the shelves of lots of places, but now, lately I've finally ran into the Chocolate version. It's been more than a year since I've seen the standard Oak Aged Yeti, which is one of my favorites.

 

Good ole Murphy's!

 

Tioga Sequoia Rush Hour Coffee stout.

 

Im in the SoCal area so my go to stout would be:

- Stone IRS
- Belching Beaver PB Stout
- Old Rasputin
- Beer Geek line from Mikkeller

 

Old Rasputin... High quality, cheap price, year round, easy to find. It's not the best stout in the world but it's a winner in my book based on the things I just mentioned. Samuel Smith makes some great year-round stouts as well, slightly more pricy though.

 

Once upon a time for the price/quality/availability equation it was Old Rasputin. Now that Victory distributes here it might very well be Storm King. Usurping the ol' Rasp is no small order.

 

Founders Breakfast Stout

 

This is my go to, for now! I love peanut butter, anything.

 

Wake n Bake when it's available.

 

Samuel Smiths Oatmeal stout or Founders Breakfast

 

Left Hand Milk Stout- Nitro!!!

 

Speedway. I know it's not part of the "I can only drink 1/3 of a bomber movement" but for me a two and a half hour block and a bottle of speedway is pure enjoyment.