Chocolate Oak-Aged Yeti Brewed By: Great Divide Brewing Brewed In: Denver, CO Type: Imperial Stout aged on Oak Chips with Cocoa Nibs and Spice Added ABV: 9.5% What they say: “Welcome to the newest incarnation of our revered imperial stout. We toned down the hops a bit to allow cocoa nibs to contribute some pleasing [...]

Espresso Oak-Aged Yeti Brewed By: Great Divide Brewing Brewed In: Denver, CO Type: Imperial Stout aged in oak chips with coffee ABV: 9.5% What they say: “[I]s a new addition to the Yeti clan. A generous infusion of espresso adds yet another layer of complexity to this beer, combining with the vanilla oak character, intense [...]

Brooklyn Black Ops Brewed By: Brooklyn Brewing Brewed In: Brooklyn, NY ABV: 11.6% Type: Russian Imperial Stout What they say: Brooklyn Black Ops does not exist. However, if it did exist, it would be a robust stout concocted by the Brooklyn brewing team under the cover of secrecy and hidden from everyone else at the [...]

Saranac Black & Tan Brewed By: Matt Brewing Company Brewed In: Utica, NY ABV: 5.1% Type: Black & Tan (Stout/Lager) What They Say: Saranac Black & Tan is a judicious melding of our classic Irish stout with an all-malt German-style amber lager. The result is a brew that is hearty, pleasantly bitter, and full of [...]

Name: Mokah Brewed By: Southern Tier Brewed In: Lakewood, NY Brewed With: 2-row pale malt; 2-row barley; caramel, chocolate & black malts; roasted barley barley flakes; Jamaican roasted coffee; bittersweet Belgian chocolate; chinook, willamette, cascade & columbus hops. Type: Imperial Stouts blend ABV: 11% What they say: When empirical and creative impulses collide, the result [...]

Kiuchi Espresso Stout Brewed By: Kiuchi Brewery Brewed In: Ibaraki, Japan Type: Stout ABV: 7.5% What They Say: Near as I can tell, nothing. This might be a seasonal offering and, as such, is not currently on their website. But their website has no description of this beer and, if there’s one on the bottle [...]

Saranac gets a pretty bum rap amongst beer snobs. They just kind of plug along, make a bunch of new stuff every year, hit a few home runs, and I guess they produce too much to be considered real snob beers. Besides, can the brewery that makes Utica Club really be that bad? I bought [...]

As I still haven’t gotten my hands on the Michelob Sample Pack, we’ll start with the Top Ten Series Black Chocolate Stout Brewed By: Brooklyn Brewery Brewed In: Brooklyn, NY Type: Chocolate Stout ABV: 10.1% What They Say: On website: This is our famous Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, our award-winning rendition of the Imperial Stout [...]

Royal Extra Stout Brewed By: Carib Brewery (Caribbeer… get it?) Brewed In: Trinidad ABV: 6.6% What They Say: Royal Extra stout is a rich, dark, fairly sweet stout, which conveys power, strength and potency/virility. The brand was inherited from Walters’ Brewery, Port of Spain , in 1952 and was reformulated by Carib Brewery to achieve [...]

oat Imperial Oatmeal Stout Brewed By: Southern Tier Brewed In: Lakewood, NY Type: Stout ABV: 11.0% What They Say: This beer begins in spring when oat seeds are sown as soon as the soil can be worked. Meanwhile, select types of barley are planted with hopes that Mother Nature will be kind. Our brewers wait [...]