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We Asked 10 Brewers: What’s Your Go-To Stout (That Isn’t Irish)?

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Someone’s first stout is often the ubiquitous Irish stout Guinness. But this balanced classic is far from the only option for drinkers who acquire a preference for a stout’s signature maltiness. The stout is a classic beer style that most beer-makers will brew at least once, and may always have on rotation.

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How Guinness Led a Modern Nitro-Stout Takeover of Britain’s Pubs

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This pub, reopened in November last year, is run by Dubliner Oisín Rogers and Guinness has quickly become a central part of its appeal: More than 60 percent of the beer sold here is Ireland’s famous stout. Guinness is booming in Britain, at the head of a nitro-stout trend that shows little sign of slowing. or Ireland.

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Wait, Russian Imperial Stouts Aren’t Russian?

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Take, for example, the Russian imperial stout — a beer style synonymous with the ominous jet-black, velvety, and rich brews that break through the double-digit ABV threshold. Along with sours and IPAs , Russian imperial stouts (RIS) have become one of the most coveted styles on the American craft beer market. Sure, like Guinness.

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Taplines: How Left Hand Bottled America’s First Nitro Stout

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Eventually, Guinness came along and asserted itself as the nitro stout of all nitro stouts in the U.S., When Left Hand Brewing opened for business outside Denver in 1993, the plan wasn’t to become known nationwide as “the milk stout brewery” or “the nitro brewery,” and certainly not “the nitro milk stout brewery.”

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Ireland’s Guinness & Black Is as Divisive as It Is Delicious

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Guinness and Black, a mix of the stout beer and black currant cordial, has a divisive reputation at pubs in Ireland, despite being delicious.

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An Irish Manhattan Starring Foraged “Guinness”

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The Doppelgänger unites housemade stout, Irish whiskey and local flowers and grains in this high-concept take on the classic from New York’s Dead Rabbit.

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This Week's Craft Beer Events & Socials

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Most everyone I know already has their OOOs set for Spring Break and my world’s feeling fairly slow heading into this weekend, but I do have a barrel-aged Odd Side stout with hazelnuts and bacon in my fridge, so I should probably tend to that today, huh? Beats shoveling the driveway. Saint Errant says yes you are !