Decided to try a stout......Horrible

[suckerpunchltd]

One that comes to my mind is moose drool from montana. I think it is a good example of a mild beer.

Moose Drool is indeed tasty. My first darker beer I really took to was TommyKnocker Maple Nut Brown, absolutely amazing and still one of my favorites. That led into much darker territory soon. Smoked baltic porters, oatmeal stouts, nitro stouts and well, pretty much if you can see light through the glass it is rare it get's drank in this house, much to the chagrin of visitors...which is good because I rarely have to worry about someone drinking my beer :rockin:

 

[Natdavis777]

My first stout... I was 17 in Shallos.. Cutting concrete all day and the bartender (who is now a close friend) only gave be Guiness... Fell in love with it then

 

[unionrdr]

The first stout I drank was one my dad brewed. Would be an extra stout these days.

 

[flars]

The first stout I drank was one my dada brewed. Would be an extra stout these days.

Same for me. Was so strong and dry I couldn't drink it. I did use it for cooking, by the tablespoon.

 

[Homercidal]

Used a homebrew dry stout in a shepherd's pie this weekend. Must have had an infection because the darn thing gushed like mad!

2/3 of the bottle ended up gushing out. I managed to get some of it in the pan...

 

[bigken462]

Aside from using some beer to put in the water pan while smoking some meat, can't say I've ever cooked with it before. Tried using wine in one or two recipes, but it didn't quite come out as expected.

 

[dsaavedra]

I used a few bottles of a botched early AG attempt (cream of 3 crops) when I was beer battering crappie fillets just about every other day last spring. The beer was terrible for drinking but made some damn good batter!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I will admit to not being brave when it comes to trying new beers - especially dark beers. My very first brew two years ago was a Pumpkin Spice Porter. I purchased this extract kit when I seen the words "Pumpkin Spice" on it. Hell, at the time, I didn't even know what a porter beer was...

Well this reminded me of the very first Guinness I ever tasted. It was a bottle of extra stout from a package store in a college town in Nebraska. It was thick and nasty bitter as hell in an ashtray. For 30 years, I didn't ever drink another Guinness! I did drink dark German beers, and Amber beers, thoughly enjoying them.

One St. Paddy's day I was in a very popular Irish restaurant sitting at the bar waiting for a table enjoying some Harp lager, ordered another and the bar tender brought over a Guinness draft. At first I was just going to send it back and a friend said just taste it, oh what a wonderful delight! I took a sip like when you are tasting to see if something is spoiled.

Some stouts are better than others, some are stronger than others, but if you don't like them, surely you are not alone.

 

[Homercidal]

Extra stout is WAYYY better than the regular version.

IMO.

 

[gwapogorilla]

That would explain why you hate commercial stouts.

Yeah....Guiness is WAAAAYYY over rated IMO.

 

[PlexVector]

Yeah....Guiness is WAAAAYYY over rated IMO.

I used to drink a lot of Guinness until I went to Ireland. There were 2 restaurants that served Bass and Guinness draft back in the 70's in this area. Then in 2001 I went to Cork Ireland on business for a week and the guys took me to a different pub every night. It was great stuff! They considered that Guinness was better in Cork than Dublin because the time it took to ship it from Dublin to Cork was the perfect aging period.

Of course after coming home Guinness just never quite tasted as good, although I still love a proper pint now and then.