# Time for dark beer - what's your's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [October 26, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545 "2018-10-26T15:20:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/1 "2018-10-26T15:20:42Z")
While I’ll enjoy a porter or stout any time of year, the cool weather here in the NE U.S. has me hankering for the dark stuff. Founder’s has a good porter, Left Hand Milk Stout is high on my list and, while I haven’t had it for years (availability issues where I live), I found Fuller’s London Porter to be quite good. We have many local micro-breweries around but most seem to have a hard time making a straight up porter. They always want to add coffee or chocolate or something. What’s your go-to dark? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/2 "2018-10-26T15:32:21Z")
I don’t drink a ton of dark beer, but my favorite is from a local brewery: Highland Brewing’s Black Mocha Stout. On a cold night, alongside fried onion rings, it’s spectacular, rich and bitter and toasty and just delicious with food. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/3 "2018-10-26T15:34:40Z")
Storm King by Victory. It’ll make you a bit wobbly, though. I like Black Butte porter by Deschutes. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/4 "2018-10-26T15:39:33Z")
My beer choices are pretty boring: Guinness if I have it, but I almost never do. I just don’t think to buy it when I’m at the store for whatever reason. Negra Modelo is the closest I have to a “regular” dark beer. Recently I had a Sam Adams Coffee Pale Ale that was interesting. It was good; I’d have it again. . ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/5 "2018-10-26T15:41:35Z")
I prefer porter or stout to most anything else and will select them unless not on the menu. I do not have a go-to dark, but around here Deschutes Black Butte seems to have wide availability. Fortunately, most of the local micro-breweries in the area offer at least one porter or stout (along with a myriad of IPA). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/6 "2018-10-26T16:08:13Z")
I love Founders Breakfast Stout. I’ve met some of the people from the brewery and they seem to be cool people. So I’m hoping all the [controversy](https://detroit.eater.com/2018/10/4/17936938/former-founders-brewing-co-lawsuit-racial-discrimination) gets worked out. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/7 "2018-10-26T16:31:16Z")
You already hit two of my favorites (Founder’s porter and Left Hand Milk Stout). I will add Evolution Lucky 7 Porter if you can get it (Evolution is a Delaware brewery). Old Rasputin is another favorite, but like Victory Storm King it’s a bit higher ABV. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/8 "2018-10-26T16:57:48Z")
Dragon’s Milk. > **[All Beer - New Holland Brewing in Holland, MI](https://www.newhollandbrew.com/beer/#dragons-milk)** > > We find that the best moments in life — the most memorable — are when we spend time in the company of those who are most important to us. Our beer and spirits are made for these moments. (I once bought some that I didn’t realize was Dragon’s Milk Reserve, la de da. It was 18 percent ABV.) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/9 "2018-10-26T17:04:27Z")
Add me to the fan list for Old Rasputin. Oskar Blues’ Ten Fidy is another favorite. However, both are so smooth that’ll sneak up and knock you on your ass if you’re not paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/10 "2018-10-26T17:18:30Z")
I loves me some Sam Adams Chocolate Bock. > [@MikeF](#): > > Left Hand Milk Stout is high on my list Same here, specifically the Milk Stout Nitro. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/11 "2018-10-26T17:21:00Z")
Black Butte Porter is my “go to” easy to find anywhere beer. I once stumbled on a Deschutes brewery pub that was serving cask conditioned Black Butte from a little keg set up on a cooling blanket on the bar and it was so good I admit I overindulged a bit. I’m also quite fond of Rogue Shakespeare Stout and Hazelnut Brown. Basically, though, Portland in specific and Oregon in general has no dearth of really great dark beers so I’m seldom at a loss for something yummy to drink should I be in the mood to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/12 "2018-10-26T17:23:54Z")
Ya kno, I much prefer stout and porter to ales and lagers (“I like my beer like I like my worldview: dark and bitter”), but most of the time I’ve gone for some craft beer or microbrew they’ve usually been so overly clever that they’ve ruined the thing (NB microbreweries: “chocolate orange stout” may sound nice but the orange oil does not play nice with the rest of the beer and it’s like drinking out of a soapy glass). And in the end I go back to Guinness. Oddly, although I’ve had bad luck with expensive craft porters I’ve developed a fondness for the cheap and cheerful [Spill the Beans Coffee Porter](https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/brains-the-great-british-brewing-co-spill-the-beans/415227/)from The Great British Brewing Company. It’s not for everyone but there’s just something about the flavor that works for me, and at under £1 a bottle is a winner from where I’m standing. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/13 "2018-10-26T17:43:19Z")
I also vouch for Old Rasputin. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/14 "2018-10-26T17:56:20Z")
Left Hand Milk stout is great as far as stouts go, although I don’t drink it very often- stouts aren’t really my thing. Do Belgians count? I’m a pretty big fan of Ommegang’s Three Philosophers… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/15 "2018-10-26T18:14:37Z")
Ol’ Raspy or Black Boss Porter for me. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/16 "2018-10-26T19:18:53Z")
Enjoying revisiting the [Edmund Fitzgerald](https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/73/226/) from Great Lakes Brewing. I also remember that [VJ Black](https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/15280/67951/?ba=DrDemento456) and [Choklat](https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3818/40058/) were both excellent. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/17 "2018-10-26T19:38:11Z")
[Polygamy Porter](https://www.wasatchbeers.com/beers.aspx). Motto: Why stop at just one! Bring some home to the wives! ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/18 "2018-10-26T19:56:15Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > [Polygamy Porter](https://www.wasatchbeers.com/beers.aspx). Motto: Why stop at just one! Bring some home to the wives! I have the t-shirt; you wouldn’t believe how much commentary it generates! ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/19 "2018-10-26T20:20:59Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Same here, specifically the Milk Stout Nitro. Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout. Everyone I’ve ever exposed to it loves it. It’s definitely my cold-weather beer. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545/20 "2018-10-26T20:37:54Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout. Everyone I’ve ever exposed to it loves it. It’s definitely my cold-weather beer. I exposed myself to it and got kicked out of the bar. :mad: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-dark-beer-whats-yours/823545.md?page=2)