Your Go-To Stout

FIS
Narwal (when I can find it)
Lakewood Temptress

 

Left Hand is fantastic. I know it's a porter but Boulder Shake is damn delicious, especially on nitro.

 

I came in here to say, Velvet Merlin

 

Sam Smith's IS, if I can't get SS IS then I look for SS OS.

 

if not for the price i'd buy Ten Fiddy and/or FBS once a month at least, as of now don't really have any stout's i buy often enough to call a go to based on the standards from the other thread i posted, but i i buy storm king and SN stout every now and then. moo thunder is also a pretty tasty and very drinkable stout.

 

Cadillac Mountain Stout. great BA reviews as deserved, but doesn't seem to get talked about a lot.

 

Wow. Tough call. My favorite style. Soooooo many good ones, most already mentioned. Narwhal, Old Rasp, Blackout, Siberian Night, Pt5, Rogue Chocolate, FIS, FBS, Expedition, Yeti, etc, etc, etc. If I was asked at gunpoint (not sure when, where, how, and why) I would have to based on quality, price ($8/4), and availability (even being seasonal, sits on shelf most places) Brooklyn Black Chocolate. If it was from an everyday, easily drinkable (multiples), and again- availability standpoint, I would go with Left Hand Milk.

 

Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout, but I would rather it be Santa Fe Imperial Java Stout but that's not available in my area.

 

For me, my go to is Pisgah's Nitro Stout or Wicked Weed's Milk & Cookies Stout or their French Toast or really any stout they manage to produce at the moment, they do stouts well.

 

Not a huge stout fan yet, probably why mine is an average one. I enjoy Karl Strauss wreck alley stout though. Though I do know of a place locally where bourbon county draught has been my go to on a regular basis for the last few months

 

i feel spoiled being an okie (though this feeling has manifested very recently within the last year), but my easily accessible, go-to stout is Prairie Bomb! I have close to 40 cases about 1/20th of a mile from where i live, and it will be a long time before it becomes unavailable. One of the best stouts being brewed in the world IMO, and only $5.29 per bottle right across the street.

 

I used to think that, but in Columbus I have not seen it at any of my regular haunts! Well, no, I guess I see the standard Yeti, but can anyone tell me what's happened to the oak-aged series? I used to see it everywhere, in multiple varieties, all over the place. Now I can't find a single bomber.

 

Old Rasputin and FBS.

 

I'm laughing self-pityingly at the Cali-BA for "$6.99 per 4-pk OldRas". Geez, that hurts.
Anyway, this past winter was my 3rd year of serious craft drinking, but really my first strong foray into stouts. I need to get my bearings about me before I have any idea what I'm tasting, it seems. My favorites so far, beginning with most-accessible or "go-to"

Guinness Foreign Extra -- this is simple, robust roastiness, love it
Bells Kalamazoo -- never saw Expi in these parts yet, but I enjoyed its bastard cousin
NC Old Rasputin -- 9.99 per 4 after searching, this is truly a memorable dark, tasty dream
Founders Imperial -- some reason I loved the hell out of this compared to Brekkie, can't explain it

sitting on some Pt5 that I lucked into for aging. I am so happy to have delved deeper into stouts this winter.

 

Founders Breakfast Stout. Even though it isn't technically a year round stout, I can always find it. It's smooth and modest on the booze and perfect most of the time. Always my favorite.

 

Ditto

 

Now that it's in 6 packs, Rogue Shakespeare Stout! A lot of love for Deschutes Obsidian as well. SN Stout when I'm in the mood for something lighter.

 

For me, a go to beer is not often a killer like Stone's RIS or whatever Southern Tier Imperial stout is in cycle (which is what I would list as go to Imperial stouts).

With respect to what beer I am likely to pick up if I am in the mood for a stout, I would go with: Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout, Tallgrass Buffalo Sweat, Sierra Nevada stout

 

I know it is a "limited release", but d*mn, Cappuccino Stout from Lagunitas is really nice. Wish it was year round. Honestly, this is my first Lagunitas beer. If the rest are this good I may have to move.

 

Left Hand just started distributing in Pittsburgh, I got a case of Nitro Milk Stout and have had 3 tonight. I think it's my first ever go to stout. KBS and Breakfast stout are my favorites, but Nitro Milk Stout I can see being a great session beer for me.