Beginner Stout

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  1. mondegreen

    mondegreen Initiate (0) Nov 4, 2009 Georgia

    ^what he said. Specifically the nitro bottles. Ridiculously drinkable.
     
  2. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,848) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    I like those suggestions, but will venture outside the box just a bit and add Samuel Smith Taddy Porter and Anchor Porter. (I didn't see either Sam Smith or Merchant duVin on seekabrew, though).
     
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  3. Steamer

    Steamer Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2012 Missouri

    I'd go with LH milk stout also. It's what got me hooked!
     
  4. ja1022

    ja1022 Crusader (468) Sep 27, 2009 Indiana
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    A good gateway to stouts are some easy drinking porters like Founders Porter or Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald.
     
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  5. pressedmeat

    pressedmeat Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2013 New Jersey

    Sam Smith oatmeal just started a friend of mine, also. Left hand milk stout, or their nitro is good to start with.
     
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  6. CellarGimp

    CellarGimp Initiate (0) Sep 14, 2011 Missouri

    Four Hands Chocolate Milk Stout if you can get it.
    Kalamazoo. Schlafly Oatmeal. Sam Smiths Oatmeal. All good intros. And very respectable for the initiated too.
     
  7. HOP_KING

    HOP_KING Initiate (0) Jan 30, 2013 Illinois

    What the hell is a beginner stout. Buy a few easy to find, highly rated stouts and drink them. OMG.
     
  8. CORKSCREWFISH

    CORKSCREWFISH Initiate (0) Apr 22, 2011 Illinois

  9. lemongelo

    lemongelo Initiate (0) Jan 14, 2008 North Carolina

    Milk Stouts...always think as mild as possible when introducing to new styles. Guinness is a great one too because of the nitrogen. It is so light. Also environment is important. If you open a stout on top of a mountain its significantly better.
     
  10. Steve_Oldrati

    Steve_Oldrati Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2012 Pennsylvania

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  11. robwater

    robwater Initiate (0) Jan 14, 2012 Colorado

    LH Milk Stout Nitro. Entry. Exit. Beginner. Expert... Just a tasty brew. And a great hangover beer.
     
  12. kempshark

    kempshark Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2009 Florida

    I agree with the Left Hand Milk Stout. I also really liked Young's, but that begs a question. Are you going to get him to taste this from bottle or on tap? I think Young's is okay (don't like it like I used to), but in the can it has almost no flavor. On tap Young's is creamy but (at least now) lacking in flavor.....Left Hand is a little better (especially Nitro), but I had some Summit Oatmeal Stout (also nitro) that blew it away. Personally I would recommend Stone Chocolate Stout (regular not Double Chocolate Stout) as a very good chocolately fairly mild stout.

    Also, if you're doing the sample in bottle form, I would highly recommend Anderson Valley Barney Flats as a good introductory stout. Bell's Double Ceam Stout is also a very smooth choice. If he is new to the stout world I would start with something creamy and fairly sweet if that is what he is into. I personally like Oskar Blues Ten Fidy, but unless you have access to it on tap I wouldn't have him try that anytime soon. Don't discard having him try some porters also. These days the terms stout and porter are almost interchangeable......plus many of the porters are a little more mild.
     
  13. kempshark

    kempshark Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2009 Florida

    True, I forgot about Moo Hoo....a little more flavor than Left Hand, Barney Flats or Bell's Double Cream, but it is a viable alternative. If he is really into coffee flavors then it opens a whole new can of worms!! :slight_smile:
     
  14. pressedmeat

    pressedmeat Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2013 New Jersey

    You're not kidding, man oh man are there some good ones to try.
     
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