What is Your Favorite Commercial Stout?

[TheMan]

I thought Old Rasputin was overhyped. Seriously disappointed in it based on all the reviews I have heard/read.

For me, chalk up another Left Hand Milk stout fan here! Brew the clone every year.
Founders breakfast stout was really good too, but hard to justify $4 a bottle (what it costs by me).

 

[WolvinMaine]

Bell's makes excellent stouts, but I think I like Founders Breakfast a bit more. That being said, the my favorite is Madrugada Obscura by Jolly Pumpkin. Just comes out in the winter, and you better be a fan of sour/brett beers, but the play of the cherry notes of the brett and the roast is very nice.

 

[AB-Brew]

Keegan Ales, Mother's Milk Stout very drinkable.

 

[iijakii]

I love Old Rasputin for the price/excellence. There are better, but not at $9 a 4pack. I can't stand it from a bar though. It has no flavor on nitrogen IMHO.

 

[BargainMugs]

+1 to Bourbon County, Big Bear, Rasputin, Yeti and especially Ten Fidy.

 

[vinyl_key]

Velvet Merkin. Feels like velvet on my pallet. Thankfully, it doesn't feel like a merkin.

 

[SauceBoss]

Hunahpu!!!

 

[rycov]

Cheers on that then on both fronts. I also wouldn't be surprised if it sat on the shelf for a while as craft beer doesn't fly off the shelves in my podunk town.

probably this. i had it too and it tasted just fine. i poured it into a glass and didn't get any metallic tastes. if i drink from the can i can taste metal (in any beer) but if i pour it into a glass i don't. if you poured it into a glass it was either subconscious or it had sat for too long. do you taste the metal from the keg? anyway, i would think its worth another try if you see it somewhere. (especially if you find it in a keg or something)

 

[Whitewater]

Sam Smith Oatmeal is my standby. Santas Little Helper is currently my favorite RIS. Firestone Walker Parabola is up there and Fifty Fifty Eclipse for barrel aged.
I tried a clone of the SSOS, screwed up when measuring the Roasted Barley and didnt' realize it until after it was added. Ended up with a delicious Dry Irish Stout though, scored a 39 locally so I was proud of my screwup. I need to find where I kept my notes for that batch, it's about time for another.

 

[Bill_in_VA]

Haven't seen it listed so I'll throw it out for you to hunt down.
My absolute fave stout is Great Divide's Yeti.

 

[bklando]

Founders Breakfast, but Bells has many good ones, and Dominion Oak Barrel is pretty tasty too.

 

[fastricky]

Pelican Pub Tsunami

 

[djfriesen]

+1 for Obsidian. Seems there just aren't enough Deschutes fans around here. They don't make a bad beer. Obsidian and Black Butte (their porter) are my go-to commercial dark beers. Nothing ground-breaking, but everything they do is SOLID.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

. Seems there just aren't enough Deschutes fans around here. They don't make a bad beer. Obsidian and Black Butte (their porter) are my go-to commercial dark beers. Nothing ground-breaking, but everything they do is SOLID.

They make great beer!!

My list: Dry: Murphy's Irish Stout
Sweet: Young's Double Chocolate
Imperial: Sam'l Smith's or SN 30th ann'y. That beer was absolutely
Amazing!!!!

 

[Northjerzyg]

Sierra Nevada as a regular, but had youngs double choc at a beerfest and it was good!!

 

[ultravista]

I'm really diggin Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout and Stock Yard Oatmeal Stout from Trader Joes. The TJ's beers are $5.99 a sixer - can't be beat.

 

[jiggs_casey]

Lagunitas Imperial.

 

[brrman]

Founders breakfast - no contest

+ one million

 

[cl330b]

Velvet Merkin. Feels like velvet on my pallet. Thankfully, it doesn't feel like a merkin.

Finally! I read the whole thread to see if anyone mentioned the VM so I have to give a big +1. I love Firestone Walker.

 

[Stauffbier]

I love me some Youngs double chocolate...

 

[Tabb]

Left-hand Milk Stout and their Imperial Stout are both tasty. I had one from Weston Brewery that I can't remember the name of but it was fantastic. It's out of Weston, MO. If your near there. Great little town too.

No clones but I'm hoping to make a stout as my second beer.

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[plumbob]

Rasputin is just lovely. In a bottle please, I hear nothing redeeming about the kegged variety though I've not had the opportunity to try it myself.