I have to admit, I'm not much of a stout fan.
I've tried to acquire the taste, but largely failed.

I'll try to remember to buy a bottle, though, to see if I can be convinced.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:22, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Ah, ok.
Before you part with your cash then, I am very much a fan of the darker brews (Stouts, Dark Milds, Porters, Old Ales) so if you're not a big stout drinker then you might not think it's as wonderful as I do.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:32, Reply)

Christ...
I've just seen their specials...
www.titanicbrewery.co.uk/occ2010.html
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:34, Reply)

I had their Chocolate and Vanilla Stout recently, now you mention it
And actually, if you don't like Stouts but are trying to acquire that sort of taste then the Black Ice Mild is a good place to start.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I made a chocolate and vanilla beer
And it's fantastic. My best brew ever.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Apr 2010, 17:08, Reply)

I laughed at big stout drinker
sorry.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:44, Reply)

To be fair, at the beer festivals where I discover most of this stuff
That would adequately describe most of the attendees.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 16:48, Reply)

Have you tried Robinsons Old Tom?

I think that it's a really nice dark ale.
(Cave Duck, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 17:32, Reply)

An absolute classic
And saves Robinson's brewery for me: I really could take or leave most of their other beers. The Chocolate Tom and Ginger Tom variants are also rather tasty if you can track them down.

I do remember the start of one particularly good day when we rocked up at a Wetherspoons around lunchtime and saw that Old Tom was on the pumps. Bless him, the young feller behind the bar didn't realise he wasn't supposed to serve the stuff by the pint! I don't remember the end of that particularly good day...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 17:48, Reply)