Beer, Motorcycles and Cigars — Beer, Bikes and Butts

Great minds think alike.   Back in June, I wrote of the perfect convergence of beer and smoke when I teamed an Out of Bounds Stout, by Avery Brewing, with a God of Fire Robusto by Don Carlos.  I rated the Out of Bounds Stout a 9.6 on The Morris Scale — the highest ranking ever for a stout.  I declared it my new favorite stout.

In the US Open Beer Championship, as reported on BeerInfo.com, the Out of Bounds Stout ranked number one out of all the stouts tasted.  Here is the complete list of the top ten stouts (but what happened to number 4?):   

1. Out of Bounds Stout, Avery Brewing – Colorado

2. August Schell Stout, August Schell Brewing – Minnesota
3. Milk of Amnesia, Maui Brewing – Hawaii
5. Sweetwater Happy Ending, Sweetwater Brewing – Georgia
6. Pikes Stout, Pikes Place Brewing – Washington
7. Zonkers Stout, Snake River Brewing – Wyoming
8. Obsidian Stout, Deschutes Brewing – Oregon
9. Sierra Nevada Stout, Sierra Nevada Brewing – California
10. Shakespeare Stout, Rogue Ales – Oregon

Posted on December 20th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
Filed under: Beer, Beer Facts, News, Reviews