I'm not a big fan of stout beers, I love abbey/belgium style ales; Tripel and quad ales to be exact. But I've run across a couple stouts which should be available in most areas that you should really try.

By Ommegang of NY: Chocolate stout

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/42/38818
I'm not currently drinking this beer, but for a stout I really liked this beer. It's smooth, pretty flavorful, but not overly powerful. The chocolate is certainly apparent, but Ommegang really did a good job adding it to their beer.

I've paired this beer up with steak, pasta (robust cheeses and heavily seasoned), and sweet & sour chicken breast (not breaded chinese) and it's worked pretty well.

By Avery of CO: Mephistophele's
http://www.averybrewing.com/index2.html
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30/28204

This beer is demonically good, demonically strong...and demonically expensive. I paid 7.99 for a 12oz bottle. Sorry for being melodramatic, but it's in the "demon" series of beers. It's actually not that expensive, I've paid just over $1 per ounce for a beer. Trappist Rochfort or whatever it was.

This beer is black black, and has a TON of flavor. With it's chocolate and burnt barrel aftertaste, I have to wonder if they didn't just melt some chocolate and add some charcoal into the beer to prevent any light from penetrating it.

It pours pretty thick, kinda like a thin cough syrup, and has no head. Do not serve cold, but don't serve room temp either...unless you want a biting flavor, then definately drink it at room temp.

As I am drinking it, I'm still not sure what foods I'd pair this with. It's flavor will be overbearing for any foods I prepare. Maybe it'd work with a blackend chicken or fish. Right now, I am drinking it alone, but could see myself snacking on beef jerky while drinking it.

PS you'll notice all kinds of AbV percentages for this beer. The Avery website lists a different percent (15.1%) than what's printed on my bottle (15.92%) which is different than what beeradvocate lists (13.43%). All I can say is this beer definately has a high alcohol content!

Sorry, I like to drink beer, not eat it. I'll stick with my Arrogant Bastard and Fat Tire.

Teh boomb!!!

I drank a growler (64oz jug) of their Dead Guy Ale one night...Wasn't impressed with it. I did see the Dead Guy ale home brewing kit for sale somewhere and it would have been fairly economical to brew it yourself...but I just did not like the flavor enough to ever want to drink it again, let alone gallons of it that I'd likely not brew as good as they do.

That said, their stout makes me leary since I'm not even a big fan of stouts. Although I will give it a try since you say it's good.

I went in one day just after inventory and the guy told me the exact amount of different kinds of wine, but all I remember was it was over 2000. Too bad no body carries the amount of microbrews you guys had, but everyone I talk to would rather pay $6/6pk instead of $6-8/bottle.

I did a thread on a VERY good stout I tried in GenChat.

Young's Double Chocolate Stout

I'm not a huge fan of stouts either but this one impressed me.

Very Chocolaty and not as ashy. I'm not huge fan of the charred taste.

And on a side note: The Dead Guy Ale didn't impress me too much. It was good, and I was glad I got it...but nothing great.

Modified by PBfrEAk at 12:56 AM 9/16/2009

Yumm.

Beeradvocate gave this beer an A. I don't agree with them.

When I drank it, I found it to be a bit too bitter due to not having enough malty flavor to back it up. I even found it to have a bit too much alcohol...which just may be the first time I've thought that the alcohol took AWAY from the flavor. It's only 9% AbV and my most favorite beer is ~16%AbV, so it's not that I don't like highly alcoholic beers.

Price, $7.49/4pk

It's 2.50 cheaper than the Sam Adams imperial stout above, but I would gladly spend that extra 2.50! It's money well spent.

P.S. It's worth noting that it's starting to taste better. I think I overloaded my taste buds with them dang olives and garlic cloves.

My new favorite Stout.

I love most Stouts, with my least favorites having very stroong ashy flavors and bitter coffee flavors.http://forums.nicoclub.com/zeromodify?cmd=editpost&id=5218476

This one is wonderful however.

Sweet, caramel and milk notes are VERY strong and wonderful. Not too heavy either.

Normally I let my six packs last me a couple days...this one however will be done tonight.

A MUST DRINK.

Modified by PBfrEAk at 10:41 PM 11/16/2009

delicious.

My funtoi... Meets my dirty caramel desires. tested and approved by "The Tita" himself.

Here are some reviews on it from Beeradvocate.com.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2681/34483