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Something different….

I’m usually all about Stouts, but my business travels have taken me to Burlington, Vermont over the past couple of years. Aside from being an incredibly beautiful place, Vermont is also a beer mecca and Burlington is right in the middle of the action. I was able to visit the hallowed Beverage Warehouse in Winooski,Continue reading “Something different….”

Weekend Tastings

December 27, 2015 This long holiday weekend was quite enjoyable. Aside from celebrating Christmas with family, I was able to sample a couple of new stouts as well as visit some old “friends”. I was able to bookend Terrapin’s Wake-n-Bake and Aviator’s Night Jump with a couple of Saturday morning Guinness stouts that wereContinue reading “Weekend Tastings”

Christmas Bomb!

My tastings this weekend turned out to be perfect examples of why stouts are amazing. Saturday I enjoyed Milk and Cookies from Wicked Weed – a good stout, nothing over the top, but enjoyable nonetheless. Tonight, I cracked open Christmas Bomb! from Prairie Artisan Ales….I’ve had Bomb! before and hoped that PAA’s Christmas offering wouldContinue reading “Christmas Bomb!”

The Holiday Season!

Since this is the Holiday season, it must also be Stout season. There is at least one new stout release every single day and while it seems like a lot right now, it helps when the dog days of IPA (I mean summer) are here and you have stocked up on stouts now! Tonight IContinue reading “The Holiday Season!”

The Busy Season

October 19, 2015 Today’s post will be rather brief. This is becoming the busy season for Stout releases. We’ve just seen the annual release of Founder’s Breakfast Stout and many of the local breweries are hopping on the Stout release train – Lonerider with “Pistols at Dawn”, Fullsteam with IGOR, Son of IGOR, and SeñorContinue reading “The Busy Season”

Why Stouts?

October 15, 2015 Welcome to the Stoutwhisperer….a blog devoted primarily to the world of Stout beers, sometimes Porters, and every so often a dalliance into other beer types. Why Stout beers you ask? Well, aside from the fact that Stouts are the best beer type known to man (sorry, it’s my blog), there is aContinue reading “Why Stouts?”