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Despite the fact that the overall beer market has had a tough go in recent years, the stout category has continued to grow in popularity — likely thanks to the virality and cultural cachet of one specific Irish product. But Guinness isn’t the only beloved stout on the market. Across the country, there are thousands of craft brewers experimenting within the category, resulting in almost a dozen distinct substyles.
Given all the stouts out there, we were curious to know which ones rank highest in each state and Washington, D.C. To determine each state’s highest-rated stout, we consulted BeerAdvocate’s list of top-rated beers from breweries across the country, filtering specifically for the category. As an equalizer, we only considered beers with over 100 ratings — excluding Hawaii, Mississippi, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and West Virginia, none of which have a stout that reaches that threshold. For those states, the beer with the highest number of reviews was awarded the state’s top-rated stout.
Curious to know which stout rates the highest in your home state? Keep reading to check out the highest-rated stout in every state according to BeerAdvocate below!
Ed. Note: The ratings cutoff was based on data from each state’s Top-Rated Beer page and not the beer’s profile page, which may be lower in some cases.
| State | Beer | |
| Alabama | Coffee Oatmeal Stout Good People Brewing Company Oatmeal Stout | 6.00% |
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| Alaska | Blessed Anchorage Brewing Company American Imperial Stout | 15.50% |
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| Arizona | White Russian Imperial Stout Sun Up Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 9.20% |
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| Arkansas | BDCS Ozark Beer Co. Sweet / Milk Stout | 10.20% |
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| California | Fundamental Observation Bottle Logic Brewing American Imperial Stout | 14.00% |
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| Colorado | Medianoche – Coconut WeldWerks Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 14.10% |
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| Connecticut | Imperial Stout Trooper New England Brewing Co. Russian Imperial Stout | 8.50% |
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| Delaware | World Wide Stout – Utopias Barrel-Aged Dogfish Head Craft Brewery American Imperial Stout | 17.30% |
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| District of Columbia | Mexican Radio Bluejacket Brewery Sweet / Milk Stout | 7.40% |
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| Florida | Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout – Double Barrel Aged Cigar City Brewing American Imperial Stout | 11.00% |
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| Georgia | Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout Terrapin Beer Company Oatmeal Stout | 9.40% |
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| Hawaii* | South Shore Honolulu Beerworks American Stout | 6.20% |
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| Idaho | Black Cauldron Imperial Stout Grand Teton Brewing Co. Russian Imperial Stout | 9.50% |
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| Illinois | Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Rye Stout Goose Island Beer Co. American Imperial Stout | 14.00% |
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| Indiana | Marshmallow Handjee 3 Floyds Brewing Russian Imperial Stout | 15.00% |
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| Iowa | Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout Toppling Goliath Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 12.00% |
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| Kansas | Buffalo Sweat Tallgrass Brewing Tap House Sweet / Milk Stout | 5.00% |
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| Kentucky | 70K Against the Grain Brewery and Smokehouse Sweet / Milk Stout | 13.00% |
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| Louisiana | Rêve Parish Brewing Company Sweet / Milk Stout | 6.80% |
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| Maine | Mott The Lesser Tributary Brewing Company Russian Imperial Stout | 10.50% |
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| Maryland | 1st Meal RAR Brewing (Reale Revival) American Stout | 7.00% |
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| Massachusetts | Triple Shot Tree House Brewing Company American Imperial Stout | 9.70% |
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| Michigan | CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) Founders Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 11.70% |
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| Minnesota | Nillerzzzzz Forager Brewery American Imperial Stout | 14.00% |
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| Mississippi* | Cream Stout Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co. Sweet / Milk Stout | 4.50% |
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| Missouri | Abraxas – Barrel-Aged Perennial Artisan Ales American Imperial Stout | 12.80% |
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| Montana | Ivan The Terrible Imperial Stout – Barrel-Aged Big Sky Brewing Company Russian Imperial Stout | 11.60% |
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| Nebraska | Black Betty Imperial Stout – Whiskey Barrel-Aged Nebraska Brewing Company Production Brewery & Taproom Russian Imperial Stout | 11.50% |
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| Nevada | Outlaw Milk Stout Great Basin Brewing Co. Sweet / Milk Stout | 4.90% |
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| New Hampshire | RIS Stoneface Brewing Co. Russian Imperial Stout | 9.50% |
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| New Jersey | A Night To End All Dawns Kane Brewing Company American Imperial Stout | 12.20% |
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| New Mexico | Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout Marble Brewery American Imperial Stout | 11.00% |
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| New York | Michigan Maple Jesus Evil Twin Brewing American Imperial Stout | 12.00% |
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| North Carolina | The Event Horizon Olde Hickory Brewery American Imperial Stout | 12.25% |
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| North Dakota* | Milk Maiden Drekker Brewing Company Sweet / Milk Stout | 5.00% |
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| Ohio | Bourbon Barrel Oro Negro Jackie O’s Taproom & Brewery American Imperial Stout | 12.10% |
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| Oklahoma | Bourbon Paradise Prairie Artisan Ales American Imperial Stout | 13.70% |
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| Oregon | Double Stack Great Notion Brewing American Imperial Stout | 11.00% |
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| Pennsylvania | Black Magick – Pappy Van Winkle Voodoo Brewing Company American Imperial Stout | 13.00% |
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| Rhode Island* | Raffi Tilted Barn Brewery Oatmeal Stout | 7.60% |
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| South Carolina | Mexican Coffee Cake Westbrook Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 10.50% |
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| South Dakota* | Smoke Jumper Stout Firehouse Brewing Co. American Stout | 5.20% |
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| Tennessee | Astronaut Status Wiseacre Brewing – Broad Ave OG American Imperial Stout | 12.20% |
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| Texas | Bourbon Barrel Temptress Lakewood Brewing Co. Sweet / Milk Stout | 11.30% |
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| Utah | Big Bad Baptista Epic Brewing Company American Imperial Stout | 11.70% |
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| Vermont | Beyond Good And Evil Hill Farmstead Brewery American Imperial Stout | 10.00% |
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| Virginia | Trickery Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Sweet / Milk Stout | 13.50% |
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| Washington | The Rusty Nail Fremont Brewing Co. Oatmeal Stout | 13.30% |
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| West Virginia* | Sluice Dry Stout Big Timber Brewing Irish Dry Stout | 5.00% |
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| Wisconsin | Black Gold Central Waters Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 13.00% |
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| Wyoming | Zonker Stout Snake River Brewing Company & Brewpub Foreign / Export Stout | 6.00% |
*Fewer than 100 ratings on BeerAdvocate.
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