This decadent twist on a robust porter packs rich layers of smooth peanut butter and dark chocolate flavors. So whether you want a simple sipper or something that can act as an after-dinner treat, these are some of the best stout beers to savor right now. ThatвЂ™s why we chose San Diego Beer Week back in 2012 as the perfect place to debut our Peanut Butter Cup Porter. вЂњWhen I reach for a stout, I am looking for a beer that has incredible depth of flavor and complexity from the wide array of kilned and roasted malts that make this style what it is,вЂќ says Averie Swanson, master cicerone and founder of Keeping Together. While a trip down todayвЂ™s beer aisle can easily result in a four-pack of sвЂ™mores beers or a six-pack of something that could be mistaken for chocolate milk, itвЂ™s important to remember where the style started. вЂњThereвЂ™s a stout for every occasion: cozying up by a fire with a 10% ABV imperial thatвЂ™s going to put you to bed or mowing the lawn with a 5% ABV Irish stout that you can drink all day.вЂќ While there is a time and place for the classics, the beer world has been most recently infatuated with bigger and bolder beers, such as the barrel-aged or pastry stout or even barrel-aged pastry stout. вЂњStouts are timeless because they are so versatile,вЂќ says Sarah Flora, a homebrewer and founder of Flora Brewing.

That beer was my gateway stout and since that first one, the category has changed as much as I have as a beer drinker. But everything changed while I was sitting at the bar of a pub in Ireland, sipping this rich, creamy liquid that was somehow reminiscent of dark chocolate and freshly baked bread and a hot cup of coffee at the same time. Before then, вЂњbeerвЂќ was the amber stuff that came out of a keg in someone's backyard. It was a pint of Guinness that opened my eyes to what a beer could be.

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