Recommend perfectly balanced stouts for me

I recently got the chance to try Yeti and the Oak aged espresso seasonal Yeti on tap at Great Divide Brewery in Denver. I like stouts quite a bit, but I wouldn't say it's my style of choice. But I LOVED Yeti. It was everything a stout should be, in my opinion. Chocolatey, roasty, malty, viscous, and well, stout. Both were Imperial stouts, but they were both very balanced, in my opinion. Very drinkable.

 

Looked on seekabrew and saw that you should get Deschutes in your area...Deschutes Obsidian Stout is one of my go to stouts. I find it to be good for 2 or more servings in a night without being too much. IMO, it is well balanced and could be what you are looking for.

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Edit: the only thing you won't get is that heavy mouthfeel.

 

I'm a huge fan of Old Rasputin (RIS) from North Coast and it looks like they distribute to MN.

 

Schlafly Irish-Style Extra Stout. Very drinkable and balanced extra stout.

 

If you want a milder imperial stout, you can drop the imperial part and see where that leads you.

 

Plead The 5th.

 

Try Southern Tier 2X Stout, and Left Hand Nitro/Milk Stout - these are both milk stouts, but each also has a nice balancing sweetness, not over the top at all, and very smooth - they both have a pretty wide distro, hope you can find these local to you. If you like a little sweeter and creamy mouthfeel Youngs Dbl Chocolate Stout is a pretty nice one too, and easy to find. Happy hunting - Cheers!

 

New Holland The Poet for a lighter, balanced oatmeal stout. Courage RIS is heavy and robust, but very well balanced between sweet/roasty/bitter IMO.

 

Balance is not a defining characteristic in a perfect stout. The best stouts in the world all kick your palate's ass in one way or another, and that's by design.

 

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I'm going to have to disagree with you.

 

Anderson Valley Barney Flats Stout to me is smooth, creamy, slightly chocolatey, and comes in at only 5.7%. Flavorful but balanced, in my opinion.

 

Old Rasputin is a little on the Hoppy side but sooo damn good. Sierra Nevada Stout is very well balanced and you can drink them all night.

 

if you like SS imperial maybe give the oatmeal stout a shot its one of my go to stouts i can never get enough of it
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thats not so bad by comparison to imperial higher on BA and 4 shy on the BROS

 

I generally like--prefer the "you only really want 1" type of big beers. Even if I'm going to have more than 1.

If Central Waters Imp stouts are more intense than what you want, I think you may just not be wanting imperial stouts at those times when you want to knock a few back. Nothing wrong with that. Maybe swing over to porters?

 

ten fiddy, expedition. Perfectly balanced?, well i really can't say. Too many to say what is really balanced correctly

 

Not that this is easily attainable, but balance in a big stout leads you to one place:

Kate the Great

Of the widely available ones, I recommend the Yeti series.

 

Yeah I agree thats why the thread title threw me off a bit.

 

Founders Imperial Stout. Just all around a perfect stout.