Beer with caramel taste

Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout comes to mind, although it tends to be a love it or hate it affair.

 

I'd go with traditional brown ales.. English or American.. it's 2013 and brown ales are still so underappreciated

 

Bell's Third Coast Old Ale.

 

SN Bigfoot has some great caramel malt

 

I'd also recommend "Scotch Ales".. especially Dark Horse Scotty Karate.. soo good..

 

BA batch 9000!!

 

I agree with the Scotch Ales and think BB4D is pretty carmel-y myself.

 

Fruet

 

Saranac made a Caramel Porter.

 

Saranac Caramel Porter

Go to the Beers page and search caramel. It will list the beers with caramel in the name.
I am willing to bet if caramel is in the name of the beer, some caramel taste will be there as well.

 

Anderson Valley Winter Solstice is one of my favs

 

Inversion IPA from Deschutes. That stuff totally has a caramel to it. It has a 'wort' flavor in it as well, as if they reinfuse wort post fermentation which adds that slightly toasted caramel flavor to the palate. Tastes more like homebrew than anything other commercial brew i know of. they must be doing something to it...does any one know?

 

LOL, I think a $30+ bottle may be pushing it if OP is just trying to get their feet wet in a new style. Scotch ales are a good recommendation... quite a few barleywines feature caramel malts in their grain bill as well. If you like IPAs, I'd definitely recommend checking out hoppy ambers like Troegs Nugget Nectar, Maine Beer Co's Zoe, or especially imperials like Lagunitas Lucky 13 when it's available.

 

Greenbush Delusion is loaded with caramel/butterscotch flavor. It's amazing

 

Ayinger Celebrator has some delicious caramel notes. Other doppelbocks might fit the bill as well.

 

Had a bad keg of Heavy Seas Loose Cannon recently that tasted like sour caramel...and not in a good way. I sent it back.

 

Obviously this one isn't easy to find or obtain (an understatement), but Sam Adams Millennium tastes like liquid caramel.