Stout Recommendations

Left hand milk stout
Founders breakfast stout
Ale smith speedway
Yeti chocolate and espressoespresso

 

Left hand Milk Stout Nitro

 

If you're new to stouts, I would first suggest more readily available and basic, yet well respected selections. Don't delve into the most rare, prized, very high abv, or barrel-aged selections right off the bat.

Try to develop an appreciation for choices like these first:

Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain Stout
Rogue Chocolate Stout
Deschutes Obsidian Stout
Founders Breakfast Stout
Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout
Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout
Left Hand Milk Stout
Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
Southern Tier Choklat
North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
Stone Russian Imperial Stout

 

Deschutes Obsidian

 

I'd recommend ye olde:

Titanic Stout:
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/6577/12950/

A dark, creamy stout with a bouquet of chocolate and vanilla if memory serves.

A damn fine tipple that warms the cockles!

 

I would go with something like Wolavers Organic Oatmeal Stout or Brooklyn chocolate stout for starters

 

Moo hoo or wake n bake from Terrapin.

 

If you liked Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout, give this list a try.........

 

Deschutes Obsidian and Stoudt's Fat Dog are two of my favorites.

 

if you don't like to go big go home. nahh jk... how about a little sam adams cream stout

 

Brooklyn's black chocolate stout is a good go to and is readily available in season here.

 

Founders KBS certainly has the sweet taste from the bourbon on the back end. Maine Mean Old Tom is a vanilla bean stout that may appeal. Totally agree on Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro. If in MA, definitely Tree House That's What She Said.

 

One of my favorite stouts is Anderson Valley's Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout, it's phenomenal. If you want it REALLY sweet, try Samuel Smith's organic chocolate stout. It's a little too sweet for my taste.

 

Clown shoes undead party crasher
Lagunitas cappuccino stout
Peche mortel by Dieu Du ciel


These are my top three.

 

Milk stouts will generally be sweeter. If you're enjoying that, I recommend trading for some FFF Moloko when it drops. Seriously delicious. I don't care for milk stouts, but that guy is on a different level!

Beyond that, I think Founders offers a good gateway. Starting with Breakfast stout (as stated above you have to like coffee) and then their RIS. Not sure what's available out in Maryland. Stouts are an amazing style. I hope you can find what we all have.

Cheers!

 

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