which stout for brownies?

All of them. Together. At the same time.

 

are you looking at making brownies with beer in them?

 

Yeah - if you are talking about using them to make the brownies, then I'd go with the most economical - probably Old Rasputin or Expedition. Storm King would be interesting with the hop flavor though.

 

The last thing I want in my brownies is hop flavor.

 

Reduce the beer first, whichever you decide to go with.

 

But that would mess up the moisture content that was figured in to the ingredients. I have made brownies several times with beer and never reduced it.

 

Well, since you have a half a dozen options, I would say you try 6 different batches and report back here what your findings are for each.

 

I have made brownies with Founder Breakfast Stout, Imperial Stout and Shorts Cup a Joe. I disagree that you need to reduce it, just replace some of the liquid for beer.

http://foundersbrewing.com/latest-news/2011/pumpkin-cheesecake-brownies/

 

I'd go with Samuel Smiths IS!

 

I prefer to reduce beer for cooking to remove the water. You get to keep the flavour profile without adding unnecessary liquid to the mix. I´ve certainly never added water to a Brownie recipe.

Also, if you´re making ice-cream with beer, especially stouts, then it makes even more difference if you reduce the beer first.

 

I vote Samuel Smith's with some Hong Kong Diesel mixed in.

 

Sam Smith's Chocolate

 

Samuel Smiths chocolate or Highland Black Mocha, but any should work.

 

Evil Twin Even More Jesus

 

Definitely mocha

 

Nothing hoppy

 

Lindamen's framboise