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.
     
    #1 Brokejaw, Jan 16, 2014
  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!
     
    #6 cavedave, Jan 16, 2014
  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:
     
    #8 Andrew041180, Jan 16, 2014
  9. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    Deschutes Obsidian Stout (I believe its distributed in Iowa)
     
    #9 markdrinksbeer, Jan 16, 2014
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