Easily accessible Stouts in NJ?

Dang. Was going to say Breakfast Stout.

Boulevard's Dark Truth Stout
Oskar Blue's Ten Fidy

 

Old Rasputin
Founders Porter

 

Victory Storm King
Dark Horse Plead the Fifth
Founders Imperial Stout

 

Bell's Kalamazoo Stout

 

IMO the following Porters are very high quality:

· Founders Porter

· Deschutes Black Butte Porter

· Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter

Don’t get hung up on the Stout vs. Porter thing. In contemporary times the only real difference is which name the brewery chooses to utilize.

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Head over to a local brewpub and checkout what they have on-tap.

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I'm not sure if you get Ipswich in your area, but their Oatmeal Stout is great

 

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
North Coast Old Rasputin

 

Carton Unjunct is still on shelves. Excellent stout right there

 

Lagunitas Imperial Stout, Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout, Lagunitas High-westified Imperial Coffee Stout if you can find them in your area.

 

BBCS kicks ass!

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Carton Unjunct is everywhere right now and is as good of a bog-standard American Stout as you will find. Kane's (seasonal for St. Paddy's) Port Omna, which is their take on Guinness' style, is also set to be regularly available for the next couple weeks for growler fills at the brewery and all over Jersey. Both excellent, fresh, local options in the category, and yet distinctly different from each other.

 

For the time being, I would skip anything 9% ABV and higher. Stick to a 6 or 7% ballpark instead.

 

I had Empire's Black Magic Stout at a friend's house over the weekend and thought it was a solid dry Irish stout. Readily available in NJ.

 

Yup, lots of folks posting about Imperial Stouts but given this is BA that is not too surprising. BAs love BIG beers.

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Ah I didn't read the end of the original post...try Sam Adams Cream Stout. I usually don't like low abv stouts because they're often too thin and bland (for me) but that beer has plenty of body and flavor for the abv. Easy to find too
Also, since you are from NJ, seek out Carton of Milk on tap. Tasty light milk stout at only 4%

 

I second Sierra Nevada Stout and add Smuttynose Robust Porter.