Stout recommendations

Oscar Blues Ten Fidy
Boulevard's Dark Truth
Founder's Imperial Stout
Any of the Great Divide Yeti variants...

All solid and fairly widely distributed.

 

FBS
MBC Mean Old Tom
Stone RIS
Bell's Expedition & Kalamazoo
Brooklyn Black Chocolate
GD Yeti - variants
Saucony Creek North Ramp & Schnickelfritz

 

Anything from Evil Twin

 

Sierra Nevada Narwhal
Weyerbacher Heresy
If you should decide to trade: CCB Marshal Zhukov's Imperial Stout

 

Stone imperial stout
Narwhal imperial stout
Founders breakfast stout
Guinness foreign extra


Don't be afraid to expand to porters. They are very similar.
Big eddy Baltic porter
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
Founders porter

These are just a few I like that are available to most areas

Ps.
since your in jersey try Yards general Washington's tavern porter and if you can find it Yards Love Stout. It's worth the trip into philly!

 

Anything from Bell's

 

I would add Victory Storm King to the above suggestions

 

If you can find Dragon's Milk, it is a Michigan Brewery, not sure you can get it up your way or not.

 

Going to add... Ceylon's Lion Stout, imported from Sri Lanka so I have no idea what the distribution is like but I picked it up in FL before we moved so hopefully it's along the east coast. It is just a superbly drinkable beer that if I can find it will be a mainstay. Also Brooklyn's Black Chocolate stout, hands down the best chocolate stout I've tried. I believe it's seasonal but should be available to you in a few months ( I may be completely wrong).

 

narwhal
breakfast stout
FIS
kalamazoo stout
expedition stout


plus add bourbon aged to any stout i was in the same boat loving stouts then along came my first barrel aged dragons milk and life changed just a suggestion for you though. Try everything if you get the chance.

 

If you are out and see Carton's Carton of Milk you should order it.
Flying fish Exit 0 Oyster Stout.

also Left Hand's Milk Stout Nitro

 

Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
Bourbon County Brand Stout
Evil Twin Biscotti Break
Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel

 

Lion Stout is very tasty.
Also try Odd Sides Chocolade Koffie Stout
New Belgiums Lips of Faith Imperial Coffee Chocolate Stout
Dark Horse Too Cream Stout
Odd Sides Mayan Mocha Stout
Samual Smiths Oatmeal Stout
Old Dominions Oak Barrel Stout
New Hollands Dragons Milk
Breckenridge 72 Imperial Chocolate Cream Stout
Heavy Seas Peg Leg Imperial Stout
Southern Tiers 2X Stout
Dogfish Heads Chicory Stout
DarK Horse BBP5th RIS

 

I do not drink to many stouts, but I am a huge fan of Stones RIS.

 

Pt5, Ten Fidy, Dark Truth, Wake n Bake

 

Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout - my go-to stout at the moment; well balanced between the roasted flavors and a nice chocolate profile; supremely drinkable

Other favorite stouts:
Sam Adam's Cream Stout - widely distributed; a solid cream stout for the price point
Young's Double Chocolate Stout - go for the nitro cans; creamy smooth
Southern Tier Choklat - high ABV yet dangerously drinkable; the boldest chocolate flavors of any stout I've ever tried
Three Floyd's Moloko Milk Stout - a (relatively) local favorite
Bell's Special Double Cream Stout - complex roasted characteristics; velvety mouthfeel

 

I think everyone gave you some solid stouts to find and enjoy.

Don't forget about Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout and Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout. Being from NJ you should find these pretty easily.

 

It's a New Holland product; here's a good resource to help determine U.S. distribution:

http://www.seekabrew.com/distro/index.html

Some great suggestions here; I love Oatmeal Stouts, and I consider Samuel Smith's to be one of the better ones out there. I also have a fondness for The Poet from New Holland - which I sadly cannot get here in Florida. Try Founder's Oatmeal Breakfast Stout when it becomes available later this year; Barney Flats from Anderson Valley is another nice one that I haven't seen mentioned yet. Enjoy!