IPA "stout" / hoppy stout?

Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale is what I'd recommend, if you have not had it. A black IPA right on the edge of porter and stout.

 

I thought it was solid. Definitely worth it if you can find a single. Honestly, if I would've drank it without knowing what it was beforehand, I would have thought it was a black IPA. The bitterness is up there for a stout.

 

Nightstalker

 

If ANYONE has their hands on a couple of the Stone 15 that they'd like to trade, PLEASE hit me up!!! That beer is AMAZING!

 

Victory Storm King for sure. I'm about to finish a bottle of it right now and contemplating having another.
Full Pint Night of the Living Stout - it's a Fall seasonal but you may still be able to find it somewhere.


Stone SSR does not remotely resemble a stout.

 

Bell's Expedition Stout

 

Blackout Stout is great and underrated but I wouldn't consider it hoppy.


Likely not available in Ohio but if you cross over into PA, North Country Buck Snort Stout, http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9797/22949/ which can be found throughout Western PA, definitely fits the bill.

 

Fort George Java the Hop is phenomenal. Also I would try Armored Fist from Boneyard if you're ever out in Oregon/Washington. If the Ft. George sounds interesting to you pm me and we can work out some kind of trade. I know of a few 4 packs left around town. Cheers!

 

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16077/110695/

 

Pike XXXXX Stout is like Storm King's smaller, but more handsome, brother.

 

So much this. Also, Night Stalker from Goose Island.

 

It's like a thick black IPA. It's definitely worth picking up if you like black IPA's.

 

There were lots of hoppy Porters shipped to India , in fact double the amount if IPA. Pretty Things have brewed one; http://www.prettythingsbeertoday.com/wp/our-beers/once-upon-a-time/once-upon-a-time-eip/
There were also Black Pale Ales at the time but these had different characteristics.

 

If you are looking for hoppy and coffee you might want to look into the new style that has been attempted by some brewers, Coffee IPA and Coffee Pale Ale. Rather than a Porter or Stoutporter with a lot of hops and coffee flavor from the roasted malt, it is a coffee infused hoppy India/pale ale and the three I have tried all have been phenomenal. There was a thread a while back about it with recommendations of ones more easy to get than the draft only ones I occasionally enjoy here.

 

North Country Buck Snort Stout. It's brewed in Western PA - they may distro to Ohio.

 

Can't remember the name but I was at Cisco last year and had a stout that was crazy hoppy...sorry not much help

 

You're probably out of the Maine Beer Company's distribution footprint, but Weez would probably be up your alley. The flavor starts off like a regular IPA, but finishes like a roasty stout.

 

I'm surprised no one has mentioned North Coast Old Rasputin. http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/112/412/

Easily available in Ohio, fantastic, and will scratch the hop itch.

Cheers!

 

It's not easy to get at all, but Three Floyds Blot Out The Sun is my second favorite non barrel aged stout. It has the same malt base as Dark Lord, not as high ABV, but way hoppier and much more complex beer.