35 Stouts to Drink This Weekend in Oshkosh

All right, it’s St. Patrick’s Day Weekend and at some point you’re going find yourself with a mug of inky, black suds in your hand. Don’t let the irish Mafia fool you, there’s more to stout than Guinness and Murphy’s. Nothing wrong with those, but there is a feast of extraordinary stouts floating around this town. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the list below. When I started doing this blog four years ago, I never thought we’d see this sort of variety in Oshkosh. And this doesn't even include stouts on draught.

Here’s how it works: after the beer name and brewery, you’ll see F, G, P or a combination thereof. That tells you where you can get the beer. F = Festival; G = Gardina’s; P = Pick n’ Save. Following that is the BeerAdvocate rating, which is also linked to reviews of the beer on the BeerAdvocate site. Have at ‘er...

Bourbon / Barrel-Aged Stouts

1) Brewer's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout | Central Waters Brewing Co | F/G | BA-94

2) Dragon's Milk | New Holland Brewing | F | BA-88

3) Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout | Anderson Valley Brewing Company | G | BA-85

4) Bourbon Stout | Hinterland Brewery | G | BA-82

5) Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Stout | Alltech's Lexington Brewing | F | BA-81


Chocolate Stouts

6) Choklat | Southern Tier Brewing | F | BA-95

7) Chocolate Stout | Rogue Ales | F | BA-93

8) Organic Chocolate Stout | Samuel Smith | F | BA-93

9) Double Chocolate Stout | Wells & Young's Ltd. | F | BA-90


Coffee Stouts

10) Brewhouse Coffee Stout | Central Waters Brewing Co  | G | BA-94

11) Coffee Stout | New Glarus Brewing Company  | F/P | BA-88

12) Java Stout | Bell's Brewery  | F | BA-88

13) Luna Coffee Stout | Hinterland Brewery  | F | BA-82

14) Fuel Café | Lakefront Brewery  | F | BA-76


Imperial Stouts

15) Breakfast Stout | Founders Brewing  | F | BA-100

16) Speedway Stout | AleSmith Brewing  | F | BA-98

17) Ten FIDY | Oskar Blues Brewing  | G | BA-97

18) Beer Geek Brunch Weasel | Mikkeller  | G | BA-96

19) Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout | North Coast Brewing  | F | BA-96

20) DORIS The Destroyer Double Imperial Stout | Hoppin' Frog Brewery  | G | BA-94

21) Imperial Stout | Nøgne Ø | G | BA-92

22) Narwhal Imperial Stout | Sierra Nevada Brewing | F | BA-92

23) Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout | Leinenkugel Brewing Co  | F/P | BA-86

24) Whole Hog Russian Imperial Stout | Stevens Point Brewery | F/P | BA-78

25) Goat Parade | Door County Brewing  | F | BA-Not Yet Rated


Milk / Oatmeal & Other Stouts

26) Oatmeal Stout | Samuel Smith | F | BA-94

27) Milk Stout | Mikkeller  | G | BA-91

28) Kalamazoo Stout | Bell's Brewery | F | BA-90

29) Milk Stout | Left Hand Brewing | F/G | BA-89

30) Creme Brulee (Imperial Milk Stout) | Southern Tier Brewing | F | BA-87

31) Buffalo Sweat | Tallgrass Brewing | F | BA-86

32) Extra Stout | Guinness Ltd. | F | BA-84

33) Polish Moon | Milwaukee Brewing Co  | F | BA-78

34) Rolled Oat Stout | Pearl Street Brewery  | F | BA-68

35) Ewephoria | 3 Sheeps Brewing  | G | BA-Not Yet Rated