Maple Forward Stouts

What ones have you had?

 

Creature Comfort See the Stars for the win.

It's impossible for me to reach back a few years to make a direct comparison between it and Founders CBS. But my reaction to See the Stars was about the same as my reaction to CBS, which I thought was best beer I'd tried in over 15 years of craft beer consumption.

For me, the huge maple barrel aged stouts have a coconut profile on them that you wouldn't necessarily expect to find, but it's that coconut note that I enjoy the most.

Omnipollo BA Agamemnon is another nice one, too.

 

That's a pretty terrible example of a maple stout, to be honest. Do not judge the entire 'category' on that beer.

@Beertsipper, this beer is one you need to find. Sublime.

 

I have only had one and it was the CBS and it thought it might have been the one of best beer i have ever tried.

 

CBS, to date, is the best beer I remember trying.

 

Maple Stout by Sierra Nevada if you can trade for it. Believe it was brewery only.

 

See the stars also had access to basically fresh barrels. The barrels were used by Willet for bourbon, then maple syrup for six months, then immediately see the stars. That is why the flavor is so good.

 

Pugachev's Cobra from H24 is for the real maple & bourbon lover. Last year's came in at 18.9% abv and imparted so much of the bourbon barrel it was insane! And obviously the maple worked really well in the brew. It comes out usually in Dec.

 

I've tried this so called Maple stout and failed to find the maple flavor that I was hoping it would hold coming from the state of Vt. Rockingham Brewery in Derry NH did a Maple Bacon Stout called I think the Beast last spring but it was growler only at the brewery and IMO it way out did the Maple breakfast Stout from 14th Star.

 

CBS
Good Morning
Lawsons Fayston Maple

Not a stout but Foley Brothers Maple Brown is really nice.

 

yeah, i picked up a few last year. they had bottles at both chico and berkeley. i had it on tap a few years ago and loved it. decided to just tuck my bottles away for a while

 

I made 5 trips to treehouse over 2 weeks during the most recent Good Morning release. I live an hour away and would do it all over again. As someone whose brewed with maple several times it's absolutely mind boggling how they extracted that much of the maple character while keep it to just a $12 750. I'll take 4 of those over a single MD any day of the week

 

These beers rule if you have insulin shots close by

 

I think it's no coincidence that the 4 top-rated American Double/Imperial Stouts are either brewed with maple syrup or aged in maple syrup barrels.

 

Yeah, I've got 1 bottle left I'm saving for this winter.

 

I've had one maple forward stout, Hangar 24 Pugachev's Cobra, I don't remember picking up any maple.

 

If you want to start with something easy to get I'd suggest this one
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/32319/168598/