Local Stouts that are on par with the "big boys."

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  1. DrStiffington

    DrStiffington Grand Pooh-Bah (3,740) Oct 27, 2010 New Jersey
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    Forgive me if this has been covered (probably some variation has). I was just wondering how many of you have local (smaller) places that brew an imperial stout as well as (or really close anyway), say, Founders Imperial Stout, or a barrel-aged stout as well as Goose Island? As good as my NJ breweries are, I can only think that maybe Kane Silent Nights for imperial stout and Kane A Night to End All Dawns for barrel-aged even come close. So, do the rest of you Americans out there have one or more local options?
     
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  2. lester619

    lester619 Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2009 Wisconsin

    Satin Solstice from Central Waters. Excellent beer.
     
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  3. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    I dunno- it sounds like obtaining those local brews is more physically demanding and remote than just getting the others at the store :wink:.
     
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  4. HeavySpeedway

    HeavySpeedway Initiate (0) Jul 8, 2013 California

    Alesmith.

    [mike drop]
     
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  5. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Burial Skillet doughnut, great coffee stout, easily on par with FBS.
     
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  6. RutgersBeerGuy

    RutgersBeerGuy Savant (1,059) Jan 16, 2007 New Jersey

    Weyerbacher Sunday Morning Stout was far more enjoyable than KBS for me.
     
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  7. Fern13

    Fern13 Zealot (596) Jan 24, 2013 California
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    Highland Park Brewery Griffith J. Griffith.
     
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  8. scottsoileau

    scottsoileau Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2014 Louisiana

    Imperial Reserve from Parish Brewery is fantastic!

    Bourbon barrel Imperial Reserve available only on draft is magnificent
     
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  9. KyleDavis

    KyleDavis Initiate (0) Aug 20, 2015 Ohio

    MadTree Barrel-aged Axis Mundi (and the coffee & vanilla variant) is pretty excellent. Thirsty Dog BA Siberian Night is readily available for most of the year in Ohio, too. Rhinegeist won a silver medal at GABF for Sherry Barrel Ink. It was really great, but I still prefer Bourbon Ink.
     
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  10. GreatStoutman

    GreatStoutman Maven (1,486) Jan 5, 2016 Texas
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    Austin Beerworks produces a pretty nice Sputnik RIS, and I came across a bourbon barrel version they're calling Midnight Swordfight that is right up there with some of the best
     
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  11. Urk1127

    Urk1127 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,790) Jul 2, 2014 New Jersey
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    Does anyone make an available Imp Stout besides kane in jersey? I prefer spellbound (nj) porter over founders porter. Nj can roll with the big dogs any day.
     
    #11 Urk1127, Jan 20, 2016
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  12. AngryDutchman

    AngryDutchman Zealot (693) Aug 8, 2015 Pennsylvania

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  13. fuhkyou

    fuhkyou Initiate (0) Feb 20, 2013 Idaho

    I had Dogfather bourbon barrel aged stout on tap that would rival the absolute best imp stout in the land.
     
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  14. MVP09

    MVP09 Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2012 Massachusetts

    Not a stout. But similar enough taste profile. Jacks Abby Framinghammer is excellent. I am referring to the regular. Then the variants are icying on the cake.
     
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  15. MVP09

    MVP09 Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2012 Massachusetts

    By variants I mean BA versions. The non BA Framinghammer is one of my favorite.
     
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  16. Skwalk47

    Skwalk47 Initiate (0) Aug 31, 2010 Massachusetts

    It's a good beer but too thin to be in the same class as what I would consider the big boys
     
    #16 Skwalk47, Jan 20, 2016
  17. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,310) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
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    For Colorado American stouts:
    • Backcountry's Breakfast stout
    • Ska Brewing's Vernal Minth Stout
    • Epic Brewing's 825 State Stout
    For Colorado American imperial stouts:
    • Avery's Tweak
    • Epic's Big Bad Baptist
    • Elevation's Oil Man
    Colorado foreign/export stout:
    • Upslope's Foreign Style Stout
    • Ska's Hibernal Viniferal Stout
     
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  18. dennis3951

    dennis3951 Initiate (0) Mar 6, 2008 New Jersey

    Cricket Hill in Fairfield releasing it's Russian Imperial Stout this weekend. I've had it in past years. It's a very nice beer but not on the same level as Founders or Brooklyn. They may also have a bottled BBA Imperial Porter still for sale that is also worth trying.
     
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  19. tigerbeer90

    tigerbeer90 Zealot (699) Apr 27, 2012 South Carolina

    Currently having a BBA Imperial Milk stout with Coffee and Chocolate from Deep River Brewing. It's is definitely on par with the "big boys" and...it came in a 16oz can!
     
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  20. jar72404

    jar72404 Initiate (0) May 31, 2009 Florida

    My local brewery brews a couple of nice stouts. They're called "Hunahpu" and "Marshal Zhukov."
     
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