Your Go-To Stout

Stone Espresso Imperial Stout, one of my favs.

 

I'm a big fan of Guinness Foreign Extra. It's $6 cheaper than ten fiddy and more drinkable for me.

 

Hah! It looked like maybe somebody took my suggestion seriously:
http://www.beeradvocate.com/communi...yles-in-the-summer.173761/page-2#post-2380487

 

For me, a "go to" should be reasonably priced & easy to find (as lic217 mentioned above). And after drinking it, I should always think..."ahh, I'm glad I bought this again."

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout is the winner for me for an imperial stout. $8 a 4/pack for a such a high-quality brew really is incredible. And if you've never had it aged, a year is perfect.

For a non-impi stout, Sierra Nevada stout is another winner. Another great stout for the price (though I wish it was a more widely distributed).

 

Bell's Expedition
Plead the 5th
Founders Imperial Stout

 

bear republic big bear black stout. now in 6 packs for 7.99 and 8%abv win
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/610/1658/

used to be old Rasputin

 

ten Fidy
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
Thirsty Dog Siberian Night

 

Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout

 

Old Rasputin, $6.99 for a 4 pack, available year round, and taste great. But for now, I am working on Narwhal that I stocked up on while it was available.
If I can't Old Rasputin, Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout is my second go to stout.

 

Same opinion here, picked up a case of Narwhal two weeks ago, gonna slowly enjoy it until it's available later this year.

 

Kalamazoo is the greatest stout in my mind. So perfect and exactly what I want when my cravings face stout

 

Storm King
Expedition

 

Definitely Great Divide's yeti series (espresso, chocolate, belgian). Alesmith's Speedway Stout is great, and so is Santa Fe's Java Stout. I will agree with all that mentioned Ten Fidy..

 

Dark Horse Plead the 5th
Founders Imperial Stout

 

I love all of these and wish more than 1 out of the 3 were readily available to me.

Ten Fidy's a go-to for me, as are Squatters Outer Darkness and the flavored Yetis. Had a Oak Chocolate Yeti tonight and it was fabulous.

I used to like Old Rasputin but find it too thin and watery now. I might consider it a "session stout" if I didn't routinely session big-ass 10% stouts already.*



*My sessions last <60 minutes. Then I go night-night.

 

Just good old FBS?--fairly avail much of the year in the distro and just fantastic. Ready the day it hits the floor but good a while out.

Was once a top beer--now at 23--the most reviewed/rated beer on BA and scores a 100 by reviewers and bros.

Hard to get more goto than that.

And the baby--iconic.

 

They just within the past month started distributing Founders here in AZ..but still no FBS

 

Parabola!

 

TenFidy, Yeti

 

No Breakfast Stout until October, no Imperial until January my friend. However I can still find both in CT and amazingly FBS is more abundant. Enjoy it when you get it, you are only a virgin once!