Love my Hobgoblin, but find it a bit hit and miss depending on the batch, I guess. Just had a really good London Porter, what other good dark beers am I missing ?

This is quite nice. 🙂

Saddle Black Beer by Purity. by multispeedstu, on Flickr

There are the world of good stouts and porters available these days. I’ll just big up two of my local ones, Bristol Beer Factory’s Milk Stout and Bath Ales’ Dark Side. Both lovely. Though, with a whiff of Spring in the air, I won’t really be drinking them again much this year.

DD suggests good ale there.
And also another good suggestion, go local. Get to your local brewery and try their dark beer.

Camden ink or redchurch Hoxton stout are nice, not digging the black ipas

http://www.scottishbeershop.co.uk/products/spey-stout

Had a pint of Griffin brewery chocolate porter during this afternoons real ales session….first taste was very chocolatey but got over whelming after taste of pine resin!
Wasn’t my favourite of the days tastings. Tunnel Brewery Nuneaton mmmmmmmm nice beer and open fire 🙂

Brockville Dark by Tryst

Red squirrel black ipa

Fullers are doing a nice porter at the moment

Thanks all 🙂

God do i like the idea of a breakfast stout ! 😀

Darkstar espresso is a favourite of mine.

Young’s winter warmer…

Breakfast Stout, you say?
Look no further.

Though, with a whiff of Spring in the air, I won’t really be drinking them again much this year.

All the more reason to avoid being like the post-hibernation “blonde” drinkers, and get stuck into the dark stuff… #niche

this thread needs beards.

Theakston’s old peculiar [/end of thread].

Good mildred but there’s many a better beer out there now.

I do like old P ( of course) but at 5.7% I tend to just have the one and move on to something a little less brain melting.

this thread needs beards.

Funnily enough… I probably need to look in the mirror a bit more, out on a ride somebody mentioned the the ride leader had a beard to someone and they pointed to me and said oh is it him.. I had no idea that I need a shave that badly ( I was not leading the ride)

…..Now clean ( ish ) shaven

Acorn Brewery’s Gorlovka,mmmmmmmmm,an Imperial Russian stout,even though Gorlovka is in the Ukraine.

I recently tried these smoked beers

The Oak Smoked (green label) one was the best.

Mmmmm…..Smoked Beer 💡

I had a pint of Franklins Pudding Stout last night which was lovely

Also had a delicious smoked porter recently , can’t remember the brewer though, oh well.

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Mmmmm…..Smoked Beer

It was surprisingly nice. The Oak one is only made at Christmas so it might be harder to find later in the year. The standard one is beechwood smoked. It was a bit rougher but still nice. The Oak is about 8% iirc so only a couple are needed 🙂

If you can find some of this, it’s worth pretty much whatever you have to pay for it.

Innis & Gunn Treacle Porter was a revelation to me a couple of months ago….

Seek ye out the Guinness Foreign Extra, like Guinness but better.

TSA Double Espresso
Traquair House Ale.

CFH has it. Mikkeller Beer Hop/Geek Breakfast is a damn fine beverage. One of the finest…ever.

Salopian Black-Ops and Kernal Export Indian Porter are pretty nice too in a similar vein.

For a more regular tipple Hawkshead Brodie’s Prime

Are all worth a try, particularly the Emelisse:

I love dark beers me.

Hobgoblin is a favourite, Dark Lord is nice, Black sheep obviously.

My favourite though is Holts ‘Black’
http://www.joseph-holt.com/beers/type/keg

Only ever get it in the Black Dog in Belmont but I love just sitting there smacking my lips like an old man. Sticky, tasty and wonderful.

God do i like the idea of a breakfast stout !

My mum used to know a bloke who had guinness on cornflakes every day

(mybrewerytap will send you a box of largely dark ales just now, or at least they did for my birthday recently 😀 )

Sam Smiths Yorkshire Stingo.

Rutland Panther is very nice.