Stout Recipe

Derek Gallanosa (formerly) of Abnormal Beer Co. in San Diego brews this imperial stout base before giving it treatments such as vanilla, coffee, coconut, and more.

This imperial stout is designed by Weldwerks Brewing Co.'s Head Brewer, Neil Fisher, specifically for aging with roasted cacao nibs and vanilla beans to create a rich, decadent, and complex beer that features notes of bittersweet, dark, and milk chocolate.

This award-winning rich black ale with dark roasted malt flavors is blended with bittersweet chocolate, a blend of three Mexican chile peppers, and cinnamon.

Neshaminy Creek Brewing’s Co-owner and Head Brewer Jeremy Myers shared this recipe for a “non-esoteric” stout.

Belgian candi syrup and PNW hops provide a sweet, rich springboard for the deep nuttiness of local black walnuts in this imperial stout.

There are undoubtedly better versions of Tropical Stout out there, but this one carries very little risk of getting an overly-sweet, overly-off-flavored version and tastes great as well!

Geoff Coleman’s dark and ominous Russian imperial stout fills your senses with huge notes of coffee, chocolate, dark fruits, and rich roasted malts.

You’ll want to hoard this darker-than-dark oatmeal stout with a bit of sweet, a bit of roast, and a bit of cinnamon and gooey molasses all for yourself.

Try Taylor Caron’s recipe for an American-style stout that includes a tiny bit of preboil sour wort similar to Old School Irish stouts.

This is a sweeter milk stout recipe that CBB staffer Libby Murphy has had fun experimenting with. Despite its name, there aren’t actual almonds in the recipe, but the flavor magically works itself into the mix.

Geoff Coleman’s award-winning oatmeal stout delivers a complex mouthfeel with flavors of coffee, roasted malts, and a balanced sweetness over a medium smooth body.

Josh Weikert runs through a real-life example to illustrate the overall method of “downsizing” a stout to sessionable.

When there are so many craft breweries popping up, many beer lovers wonder why they should homebrew when craft beer is so readily available. Taylor Caron has some excellent reasons why.

Joe Reynolds, director of research and development at Southern Tier (Lakewood, New York), shared this imperial stout recipe.

Irish stout is easy to brew and perfect for any weather.

This stout is darker and more bitter than style guidelines, but it is smooth and delicious.

Try your hand at a delicious coffee and chocolate stout with this homebrew recipe generously shared by Epic Brewing.

This Russian imperial stout forms the basis of Neil Fisher’s bourbon-barrel-aged stout.

After tracing the rise and fall of oatmeal stout, Ron Pattinson provides a recipe for Maclay’s 1966 version, in which oat malt makes up 33 percent of the grist.

Ska Brewing Cofounder Dave Thibodeau generously shared this recipe for one of Ska’s rotating, seasonal stouts.