Big Bear Black Stout, Bear Republic, CA

Rich, 8.1%ABV, tasty, good.

The Hammer Imperial Stout, Phillips, BC

Nice rich 8.3% imperial stout.

Blackberry Porter, Cannery Brewing, BC

As I remembered, not so great, tastes like flavoured beer... which of course is what you expect when you drink a flavoured beer, but still.

Double Chocolate Stout, Young's, UK

On sale at the liquor store, I now know why!

Yuck, degulas, it tastes like an OK stout that had chocolate flavoring added, slightly medicinal, and cheap.

Porter, Eel River Brewing Company, CA

Think it was OK, but can't rightly recall...

Recidive, Brasseurs et Freres, QC

An irish style stout, dry, low alcohol (4.8% ABV), and tasty.

Old Rasputin XI Imperial Stout, North Coast Brewery, CA

Wow, delicious! Like the Rasputin, but thicker, deeper, richer, with a hint of the bourbon! Yum. And a bit expensive...

Chicory Stout, Dogfish Head, DE

Chris brought some of this by this evening, and its now one of my favourite of Dogfish Head's beers.

Advertises itself as having chicory and coffee in it... This could have gone terribly wrong, I'm hard-pressed to recall and beer with coffee in it that I liked, despite really liking coffee. Its just a rich, complex, slightly dry, stout. Not nearly the weirdness I would've expected from Dogfish, which is a good thing!

Pompous Pompadour Porter, Fat Cat, BC

Honestly, I can't remember, its been a busy month. I drank and enjoyed it, and the memory is gone...

London Porter, Paddock Wood, SK

We got this on a trip to Skaha, it's brewed in Saskatoon, and a solid dry porter. Tasty.

Plain Porter, The Porterhouse, Ireland

Emma brought some of the porterhouses beer from dublin.

This was a really nice dry porter. Too bad they are so far away...

Interstingly, it was only 4.7%ABV.

Midnight Sun Espresso Stout, Yukon Brewing Company, YK

It was cheap, only $13.95 for 6, and I've never had a beer from the Yukon. It's horrid. I couldn't finish my first bottle, and gave the other's away. Maybe somebody else likes coffee flavoured beer, but not me. It doesn't taste so much like coffee, but more like coffee grounds. Yuck.

Old Rasputin XII Russian Imperial Stout, North Coast Brewing, CA

Wow. Fabulous.

Like the Rasputin, but better.

Old No. 38 Stout, North Coast Brewing, CA

A great stout, thoroughly delicious, and the third really great beer I've had from this brewery

Storm King Imperial Stout, Victory, PA

A tasty rich stout.

Black Bear XX Stout, Alameda, OR

Almost an imperial stout, 7%, big and tasty.

Bobo's Robust Porter, Big Sky, MO

Solid, but undistinguished.

Porter, Sierra Nevada, CA

Quite liked this. A solid porter, with a bit of hoppiness. Yum.

Blackstone Porter, Driftwood, BC

Not great. Julie doesn't like it at all (0-star, she just gave me her glass).

Label calls it "bitter sweet", and I'd agree, but not in a good way.

But I'm finishing it.

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Addendum, I wonder if the quality is variable? I've had it a few times since and quite liked it

Chocolate Cherry Porter, Tin Whistle, BC

Oops. Julie saw this down at Brewery Creek, and was curious. I thought, how bad could it be?

Well, I just poured it down the sink, putting it in a very select group of beers, indeed.

I managed to be both sweet and sour, all at the same time. Not good. Neither Julie or I could do it.

After all, if you're drinking, but not liking the beer, maybe you have a problem?

The first 0-star on the blog, a category reserved for beers I won't finish.