Top 5 Stout Beers

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A stout can be described as a dark, sometimes bitter beer. It’s made mostly of barley and varied types of malt. Many of the flavors are full-bodied, typically dry, sweet, coffee-flavored, chocolate or oatmeal brewed. It’s the kind of beer that’s best sipped, savored and enjoyed. Here are five of the best stouts beers that we most enjoy.

Gray’s Oatmeal Stout

A dark beer with a dark coffee/cocoa aroma, some say Gray’s Oatmeal is a bit too bitter for their taste. We happen to appreciate its sweet bitterness. Others, though, may not appreciate the bitterness, but that’s just more of a matter of personal taste. We, personally, love the taste.

Kiuchi Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout

This is a Japanese import beer, which is brewed with a coffee flavor—hence, the “Espresso Stout.” It’s a dark, black-bodied, bitter tasting stout teamed up with a creamy finish. If you like a chocolate, coffee-malted beer you’ll love this Espresso Stout.

Rogue Shakespeare Stout

The flavor and style is described as “ebony in color with a rich creamy head, earthy flavor and a mellow, chocolate finish.” It’s typically that chocolate finish that gives this beer its distinguished taste.

Minoh Beer Imperial Stout

The Minoh Beer Imperial Stout is a 3-time winner of the World Beer Awards 2010. It won for “World’s Best Stout & Porter,” “World’s Best Strong Stout,” and “Asia’s Best Strong Stout.” The taste is described as mixture of roasted malt and sweetness, with hop bitterness. How good is this beer? Allow the awards to speak to its winning flavor.

Guinness

The most popular stout beer in the game, Guinness really stands as the best among the bunch. Some consider it a starter stout, but it still holds on taste with its creamy, burnt flavor. It also has a distinct creamy head, which is a result of the beer being mixed with nitrogen when being poured; pretty wild stuff. Now, the only really discussion left is whether Guinness actually tastes better in Ireland than it does in the USA.

Tom Lorenzo is a freelance writer and journalist from New York City, covering sports, music and pop culture. You can follow him on Twitter @TomLorenzo.

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