Best shelf stouts/porters

Love Mayflower Porter. Rarely find fresh, though.

 

Ipswich Oatmeal is a classic. Clown Shoes has some good to great bombers. Smutty robust. Founders Porter. NH specific but Kelsen kills the dark beer game.

 

I recently picked up some Grey Sail Dave's Coffee Stout.

 

Ipswich Oatmeal Stout. Great all year-round.

 

Great stout:
Ipswich Oatmeal stout

Great porters
Founders Porter
Back East Porter
Mayflower Porter
MBC King Titus (Expensive but good)
Smuttynose Robust Porter
Anchor Porter

Great Imperial:
Ten Fidy

Great stouts with additives:
Founders Breakfast stout (in the fall)
Speedway Stout

Great Imports:
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
Samuel Smith Taddy Porter

Great Browns (even though you did not ask):
Black Hog Granola Brown
Smuttynose old dog brown

 

Abita Turbodog

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Recently had one of these and really liked it. Thanks for reminding me to look for it in the stores.

 

Most already mentioned but these are the ones I buy the most:

Mayflower Porter
Mayflower Oatmeal Stout
Founders Breakfast Stout
Ipswich Oatmeal Stout
Smuttynose Robust Porter
Berkshire Coffeehouse Porter

 

Big fan of the Clown Shoes stouts, BA or not. Enjoyed Crasher in the Rye enough where I bought out a bottle shop of them and look forward to it being a regular this fall/winter.

 

I've been able to find Kelsen's Vinátta at Burlington wine and spirits as well as Fort Point market - an absolute steal on the clearance shelf at the latter for $7.99 collecting dust. Genuinely one of the best non-BA, adjunct-free , no nonsense RIS's I've ever had. I think I've seen Vendel in MA too.

Throwing my lot in for clown shoes as well, the various Exorcism's all hold a special place in my heart.

 

Mayflower Porter, Founders Porter, used to love North Coast Old Rasputin RIS.

 

Not sure how readily it is available out-of-state, but Gunner's Daughter by Mast Landing is awesome and usually available at any place that sells craft beer.

 

For porters - Smutty Robust and Baltic, Founders, Wormtown Pro-Am, Nightshift Bean.

For stouts - Ten Fidy is great, but a bit pricey. Bell's Kalamazoo now that it's available in NE, Brooklyn Black Chocolate, Founders Imperial, Sam Smith Imperial.

 

Evil Twin Even More Jesus and Imperial Biscotti Break 4-packs. The 4-packs of variants are usually pretty good too. Liked Pecan Pie EMJ and Coco EMJ, but wasn’t crazy about Chili Hazelnut IBB.

 

second all the mayflower love.

Guiness.

 

Stoneface Porter
Mayflower Porter

 

And if you consider price this one really jumps to the top of the list.

 

Single Shot, and to a lesser extent PM Dawn, is next level and not what I would categorize as "shelf" stouts/porters.