Highest rated stouts in North Carolina
The stout is known for being especially full-bodied, dark, strong, lightly sweet, and sometimes creamy. It often features flavor notes of roasted coffee, chocolate, and malt. However, the versatility of a stout lends itself to more experimentation than one might assume.
Yes, there are the more well-known Irish and English stouts, American stouts (and double stouts), Russian imperial stouts, but there are also oatmeal stouts, milk stouts, oyster stouts, blonde stouts, barrel-aged pastry stouts, and more—and they all have varying flavor profiles, colors, and alcohol strengths.
Stacker compiled a list of the best stouts from North Carolina using data from BeerAdvocate. A maximum of 5 stouts per brewery were included. Accompanying each stout is its brewery, its rating on BeerAdvocate, the stout type, and its ABV. Are you interested in expanding your horizons past the most mainstream of the stouts? Check out the best stouts brewed in your very own state.
#21. Sexual Chocolate
- Type: Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV: 9.75%
- Brewery: Foothills Brewing Company - Downtown Brewpub
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#20. Blair's Breakfast Stout
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 7.00%
- Brewery: Wilmington Brewing Company
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#19. Houtenhamer Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 10.20%
- Brewery: Burial Beer Co.
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#18. Chocolatized
- Type: Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV: 10.90%
- Brewery: Pisgah Brewing Co.
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#17. Photon Sphere
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 11.91%
- Brewery: Olde Hickory Brewery
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#16. Milk & Cookies - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
- Type: Sweet / Milk Stout
- ABV: 11.30%
- Brewery: Wicked Weed Brewing
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#15. French Toast - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 11.40%
- Brewery: Wicked Weed Brewing
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#14. Black Watch
- Type: Sweet / Milk Stout
- ABV: 8.00%
- Brewery: Highland Brewing
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#13. Skillet Donut Stout
- Type: Oatmeal Stout
- ABV: 8.00%
- Brewery: Burial Beer Co.
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#12. Querido Y Perdido
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 11.00%
- Brewery: Casita Brewing Company
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#11. Griddle
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 10.00%
- Brewery: Burial Beer Co.
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#10. The Miller's Toll
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 9.10%
- Brewery: Raleigh Brewing Company
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#9. Seasoned Skillet
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 14.00%
- Brewery: Burial Beer Co.
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#8. Sexual Chocolate - Barrel-Aged - Coffee Infused
- Type: Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV: 9.60%
- Brewery: Foothills Brewing Company - Downtown Brewpub
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#7. Collaboration Without Representation
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 12.80%
- Brewery: Deep River Brewing Co.
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#6. Lindley Park
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 10.00%
- Brewery: Olde Hickory Brewery
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#5. Olde Rabbit's Foot
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 10.13%
- Brewery: Foothills Brewing Company - Downtown Brewpub
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#4. Dark Age
- Type: Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV: 13.90%
- Brewery: Wicked Weed Brewing
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#3. Drunken Vigils Breakfast Stout
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 13.80%
- Brewery: Southern Pines Brewing Company
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#2. Sexual Chocolate - Barrel-Aged
- Type: Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV: 9.60%
- Brewery: Foothills Brewing Company - Downtown Brewpub
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#1. The Event Horizon
- Type: American Imperial Stout
- ABV: 12.25%
- Brewery: Olde Hickory Brewery
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