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Rich, decadent, and silky-smooth, stouts are adored globally, with Guinness leading the charge as the category’s best seller. Stateside, the style has been gaining popularity in recent years, and its growth isn’t expected to slow anytime soon. According to market research company IMARC, the U.S. market size for stouts is expected to continue growing by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.42 through 2032. With almost a dozen substyles and thousands of stouts on the market, we figured each state was bound to have a favorite.
To determine the highest-ranking stout in each state, VinePair examined BeerAdvocate’s list of top-rated beers. To level the playing field, we only considered beers with more than 100 ratings on the review site, excluding Hawaii, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and South Dakota, none of which have a stout that meets that criteria. As such, the brew with the highest number of reviews claimed the top spot in those states. Given the current hype around high-ABV beers, it’s no surprise that imperial stouts appear the most on this list, with 31 states most preferring the boozed-up brews.
Interested to see if your favorite stout made the cut? Check out the highest-rated stout in every state according to Beer-Advocate below.
Ed. Note: The ratings cutoff was based on data from each state’s Top Rated Beer page, not the beer’s profile page, which in some cases may be lower.
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| State | Beer |
| Alabama | Coffee Oatmeal Stout Good People Brewing Company Stout – Oatmeal | 6.00% |
| Alaska | Blessed Anchorage Brewing Company Stout – American Imperial | 15.50% |
| Arizona | White Russian Imperial Stout Sun Up Brewing Co. Stout – American Imperial | 9.20% |
| Arkansas | BDCS Ozark Beer Co. Stout – Sweet / Milk | 10.20% |
| California | Fundamental Observation Bottle Logic Brewing Stout – American Imperial | 13.00% |
| Colorado | Medianoche – Coconut WeldWerks Brewing Co. Stout – American Imperial | 14.10% |
| Connecticut | Imperial Stout Trooper New England Brewing Co. Stout – Russian Imperial | 8.50% |
| Delaware | World Wide Stout – Utopias Barrel-Aged Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Stout – American Imperial | 17.30% |
| District of Columbia | Mexican Radio Bluejacket Brewery Stout – Sweet / Milk | 7.40% |
| Florida | Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout – Double Barrel Aged Cigar City Brewing Stout – American Imperial | 11.00% |
| Georgia | Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout Terrapin Beer Company Stout – Oatmeal | 9.40% |
| Hawaii * | South Shore Honolulu Beerworks Stout – American | 6.20% |
| Idaho | Black Cauldron Imperial Stout Grand Teton Brewing Co. Stout – Russian Imperial | 9.50% |
| Illinois | Vanilla Rye Bourbon County Brand Stout Goose Island Beer Co. Stout – American Imperial | 13.60% |
| Indiana | Marshmallow Handjee 3 Floyds Brewing Stout – Russian Imperial | 15.00% |
| Iowa | Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout Toppling Goliath Brewing Co. Stout – American Imperial | 12.00% |
| Kansas | Buffalo Sweat Tallgrass Brewing Tap House Stout – Sweet / Milk | 5.00% |
| Kentucky | 70K Against the Grain Brewery and Smokehouse Stout – Sweet / Milk | 13.00% |
| Louisiana | Irish Channel Stout New Orleans Lager & Ale Brewing Company (NOLA) Stout – American | 6.80% |
| Maine | Mott The Lesser Tributary Brewing Company Stout – Russian Imperial | 10.50% |
| Maryland | 1st Meal RAR Brewing (Reale Revival) Stout – American | 7.00% |
| Massachusetts | Triple Shot Tree House Brewing Company Stout – American Imperial | 9.70% |
| Michigan | CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) Founders Brewing Co. Stout – American Imperial | 11.70% |
| Minnesota | Nillerzzzzz Forager Brewery Stout – American Imperial | 14.00% |
| Mississippi | Sweet Potato Stout Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co. Stout – Sweet / Milk | 4.50% |
| Missouri | Abraxas – Barrel-Aged Perennial Artisan Ales Stout – American Imperial | 12.80% |
| Montana | Ivan The Terrible Imperial Stout – Barrel-Aged Big Sky Brewing Company Stout – Russian Imperial | 11.60% |
| Nebraska * | Fallen Angel Sweet Stout Empyrean Brewing Company Stout – Sweet / Milk | 5.50% |
| Nevada | Outlaw Milk Stout Great Basin Brewing Co. Stout – Sweet / Milk | 4.90% |
| New Hampshire * | Smuttlabs The Stallion Red Wine Barrel Aged Smuttynose Brewing Company Stout – American Imperial | 11.00% |
| New Jersey | A Night To End All Dawns Kane Brewing Company Stout – American Imperial | 12.20% |
| New Mexico | Malpais Stout La Cumbre Brewing Co. Stout – Foreign / Export | 7.50% |
| New York | Michigan Maple Jesus Evil Twin Brewing Stout – American Imperial | 12.00% |
| North Carolina | The Event Horizon Olde Hickory Brewery Stout – American Imperial | 12.25% |
| North Dakota * | Milk Maiden Drekker Brewing Company Stout – Sweet / Milk | 5.00% |
| Ohio | Appervation Jackie O’s Brewpub Stout – American Imperial | 15.00% |
| Oklahoma | Bourbon Paradise Prairie Artisan Ales Stout – American Imperial | 13.70% |
| Oregon | Double Stack Great Notion Brewing Stout – American Imperial | 11.00% |
| Pennsylvania | Grande Negro Voodoo Papi – Bourbon Barrel-Aged Voodoo Brewing Company Stout – American Imperial | 12.00% |
| Rhode Island | Autocrat Narragansett Brewing Co. Stout – Sweet / Milk | 5.50% |
| South Carolina | Mexican Coffee Cake Westbrook Brewing Co. Stout – American Imperial | 10.50% |
| South Dakota * | Milk Stout WoodGrain Brewing Co Stout – Sweet / Milk | 5.20% |
| Tennessee | Astronaut Status Wiseacre Brewing – Broad Ave OG Stout – American Imperial | 12.20% |
| Texas | Bourbon Barrel Temptress Lakewood Brewing Co. Stout – Sweet / Milk | 11.30% |
| Utah | Big Bad Baptista Epic Brewing Company Stout – American Imperial | 11.70% |
| Vermont | Beyond Good And Evil Hill Farmstead Brewery Stout – American Imperial | 10.00% |
| Virginia | Trickery Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Stout – Sweet / Milk | 13.50% |
| Washington | The Rusty Nail Fremont Brewing Co. Stout – Oatmeal | 13.30% |
| West Virginia | Miner’s Daughter Oatmeal Stout Mountain State Brewing Co. Stout – Oatmeal | 5.20% |
| Wisconsin | Black Gold Central Waters Brewing Co. Stout – American Imperial | 13.00% |
| Wyoming | Zonker Stout Snake River Brewing Company & Brewpub Stout – Foreign / Export | 6.00% |
*Less than 100 ratings on Beer Advocate.
*Image retrieved from Branimir Petakov via Unsplash.com
