Easy-to-aquire Export/Foreign Stouts?

Clearly Guinness Foreign Export
Clearly not Indra Kunindra

 

And go for the new Antwerpen since it might be fresher.

 

That Antwerpen was really, really nice. Definitely worth searching out.

 

Whoops. I meant Foreign Extra.

 

The style here is a bit of a mash up between Export, Foreign, and Tropical stouts. There's clearly overlap anyway.

Export stouts would have ordinarily been more heavily hopped. Tropical stouts referred to place of origin (or intended destination depending on what you read) and was used for stouts like Lion. Foreign stout essentially refers to the Guinness beer that has that name. It is (or was??) a blend with aged porter.

I don't really think these styles actually mean much of anything to the average craft brewer.

The beers from Guinness are where you should look since the style probably wouldn't even exist as a thing on this site without them. Plus, you asked for wide distribution. Just don't go into them expecting a modern version of a yeast-neutral hoppy East India porter.

 

Left hand Fade to Black, Vol. 1. I'm not sure if it's year round or seasonal, but I've thoroughly enjoyed it everytime I've had it.

 

Another vote for Fade to Black. Fantastic beer, and was easy to find, being stocked in a few superstores around me. Hopefully that translates to a decent distribution

 

Look for Schlafly Irish Style Extra Stout. Think it comes out in the next month or so, if not already. Like Guinness on steroids. I'm a Schlafly homer, but this was always one of my favorite seasonals.

I'm a sucker for a Guinness Extra Stout this time of year. Underrated beer. Their Antwerpen is really good, too. Upslope also makes one of they distro in your area, though I didn't think it was great.

 

Dragon Stout from Jamaica
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Someone please correct any of this if you feel that I mischaracterized anything.

 

Zonker from Snake River is excellent!

 

Love a good FES - when I can find one that is. I enjoyed Strong Back Stout in the Bahamas, I think I preferred it to Guinness at the time but definitely won't find it in the States.

 

Lump of Coal stout is usually found at most Total Wine stores around the holidays. There is probably some still on the shelf....have not tried it before though so I can't speak for its quality (if it's anything like Rideway's other beers it's probably pretty average)

 

Man do I love a good FEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!

The Guinness variety is the one you will most likely come down across, and is a great example. It's pretty obscure as a style that most brewers dont tackle.

I loved Indra Kunindra too, but it's filled with far too many spices and additions to think about putting in the same category in my opinion... but it's a great beer.

 

Man I miss this beer, I haven't had it in ages. I would love to try it again it has been so long, hopefully it's just as good as I remember it.

 

Left Hand Fade to Black is great

 

I am happy to report that it IS!