Need Ideas for a Craft Beer Gift Basket

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  1. Brokejaw

    Brokejaw Devotee (335) Oct 3, 2013 Iowa

    A friend who recently got into beer is coming home here soon. He's super into Guinness, mostly because he says it's "bold, chocolately and thick." Seems like a fledgeling craft-lover. So, for a coming home gift, I was going to give him a beer-basket with some chocolate stouts. What would some good "beginner" stouts for something like this be, or even other styles that still might captivate those flavors?

    Thanks for any feedback.
     
  2. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Here's 4 that should get his stout mojo rising

    Brooklyn Black chocolate
    Rogue Chocolate Stout
    Left Hand Milk Stout
    Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout
     
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  3. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Definitely the Samuel Smith's

    maybe some Porters as well-
    Fuller's London Porter
    Anchor Porter
    Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
     
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  4. mattdegroat

    mattdegroat Initiate (0) Mar 14, 2008 New York

    I'd add Founders Porter and Bells Kalamazoo Stout to the mix...
     
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  5. Providence

    Providence Pooh-Bah (2,652) Feb 24, 2010 Rhode Island
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    Good list. OP, while grabbing that Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout look a few bottles to the left and a few bottles to the right and see if they have the Sam Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout. Huge chocolate flavor in that one.

    Is your friend a coffee drinker?
     
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  6. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Yesss!! Kalamazoo Stout is one of the easier to enjoy but full of stout goodness stouts out there. Nice pick!
     
  7. Vitacca

    Vitacca Pooh-Bah (2,250) Sep 15, 2010 Montana
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    Southern Tier Choklat is like a liquid Hershey bar.
     
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  8. Andrew041180

    Andrew041180 Initiate (0) Mar 15, 2013 Massachusetts

    Thanks for the warning :wink:
     
  9. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    Deschutes Obsidian Stout (I believe its distributed in Iowa)
     
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