![The Highest-Rated Stout in Every State (2026) [MAP]](https://vinepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/highest-rated-stout-in-every-state-card-375x450.jpg "The Highest-Rated Stout in Every State (2026) [MAP]")
Stouts have experienced a steady rise in recent years, and now, at just about any establishment with a tapline, you’re likely to find a dark, robust beer. And it’s not all just people ordering light and toasty, 4.2 percent ABV pints of Guinness: Drinkers in the U.S. seem to have a real affinity for high-ABV, dessert-like brews.
We sifted through BeerAdvocate’s database of the highest-rated beers in every state to discover which stouts Americans are loving the most these days. And the numbers show that the U.S. has a soft spot for big, boozy stouts: 21 of the highest rated stouts in the country post an alcohol content of 12 percent or higher. Of all stout styles, imperials were the most popular sub-category, taking the top spot in 26 states. Narrowing it down further, the imperial pastry stout category had the best showing in 16 states, with American imperial stouts just behind in 11 states.
As a baseline, we only considered beers with over 100 ratings — that threshold excludes Hawaii, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, as none have a stout that reaches that number of reviews. For those states, the beer with the highest number of reviews was awarded the state’s top-rated stout. Mississippi’s ranking included no stouts at all.
To see which stouts won over beer fans across the nation, check out our map and table charting the highest-rated labels in every state 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 | El Gordo Good People Brewing Company Russian Imperial Stout | 13.9% |
| Alaska | Blessed Anchorage Brewing Company Imperial Pastry Stout | 15.5% |
| Arizona | White Russian Imperial Stout Sun Up Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 9.2% |
| Arkansas | BDCS Ozark Beer Co. Sweet / Milk Stout | 10.2% |
| California | Fundamental Observation Bottle Logic Brewing Imperial Pastry Stout | 14% |
| Colorado | Medianoche – Coconut WeldWerks Brewing Co. Imperial Pastry Stout | 14.1% |
| Connecticut | Imperial Stout Trooper New England Brewing Company Russian Imperial Stout | 9.5% |
| Delaware | World Wide Stout – Utopias Barrel-Aged Dogfish Head Craft Brewery American Imperial Stout | 17.3% |
| Washington, D.C. | Mexican Radio Bluejacket Brewery Sweet / Milk Stout | 7.4% |
| Florida | Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout – Double Barrel Aged Cigar City Brewing Imperial Pastry Stout | 11% |
| Georgia | Wake-n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout Terrapin Beer Company Oatmeal Stout | 9.4% |
| Hawaii | South Shore Honolulu Beerworks American Stout | 6.2% |
| Idaho | Black Cauldron Imperial Stout Grand Teton Brewing Co. Russian Imperial Stout | 9.5% |
| Illinois | Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Rye Stout Goose Island Beer Co. Imperial Pastry Stout | 14% |
| Indiana | Dark Lord – Marshmallow Handjee 3 Floyds Brewing Co. Imperial Pastry Stout | 15.5% |
| Iowa | Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout Toppling Goliath Brewing Company Imperial Pastry Stout | 12% |
| Kansas | Buffalo Sweat Tallgrass Brewing Co. Tap House Sweet / Milk Stout | 5% |
| Kentucky | 70K Against the Grain Brewery Sweet / Milk Stout | 13% |
| Louisiana | Rêve Parish Brewing Company Sweet / Milk Stout | 6.8% |
| Maine | Mott the Lesser Tributary Brewing Co. Russian Imperial Stout | 10.5% |
| Maryland | Brewtus Monacacy Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 8.6% |
| Massachusetts | Triple Shot Tree House Brewing Company American Imperial Stout | 9.7% |
| Michigan | CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) Founders Brewing Company Imperial Pastry Stout | 11.7% |
| Minnesota | Nillerzzzzz Forager Brewing Company Imperial Pastry Stout | 14% |
| Mississippi | N/A |
| Missouri | Abraxas – Barrel-Aged Perennial Artisan Ales Imperial Pastry Stout | 12.8% |
| Montana | Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout – Barrel-Aged Big Sky Brewing Company Russian Imperial Stout | 11.6% |
| Nebraska | Fallen Angel Sweet Stout Empyrean Brewing Company Sweet / Milk Stout | 5.5% |
| Nevada | Outlaw Milk Stout Great Basin Brewing Co. Sweet / Milk Stout | 4.9% |
| New Hampshire | RIS Stoneface Brewing Co. Russian Imperial Stout | 12% |
| New Jersey | A Night to End All Dawns Kane Brewing Company American Imperial Stout | 9.2% |
| New Mexico | Malpais Stout La Cumbre Brewing Co. Foreign / Export Stout | 7.5% |
| New York | Imperial Biscotti Break – Bourbon Barrel-Aged Evil Twin Brewing American Imperial Stout | 11.5% |
| North Carolina | The Event Horizon Olde Hickory Brewery American Imperial Stout | 12.25% |
| North Dakota | Morning Ritual Drekker Brewing Company Sweet / Milk Stout | 6.4% |
| Ohio | Bourbon Barrel Oro Negro Jackie O’s Taproom & Brewery Imperial Pastry Stout | 12.1% |
| Oklahoma | Bourbon Paradise Prairie Artisan Ales Imperial Pastry Stout | 13.7% |
| Oregon | Double Stack Great Notion Brewing Imperial Pastry Stout | 11% |
| Pennsylvania | Black Magick – Pappy Van Winkle Voodoo Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 13% |
| Rhode Island | Revery Foolproof Brewing Company Russian Imperial Stout | 10.7% |
| South Carolina | Mexican Coffee Cake Westbrook Brewing Co. Imperial Pastry Stout | 10.5% |
| South Dakota | Smoke Jumper Stout Firehouse Brewing Co. American Stout | 5.2% |
| Tennessee | Astronaut Status Wiseacre Brewing American Imperial Stout | 12.2% |
| Texas | Bourbon Barrel Temptress Lakewood Brewing Company Sweet / Milk Stout | 11.3% |
| Utah | Big Bad Baptist Epic Brewing Company Imperial Pastry Stout | 11.7% |
| Vermont | Beyond Good and Evil Hill Farmstead Brewery American Imperial Stout | 10% |
| Virginia | Foolery Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Imperial Pastry Stout | 13% |
| Washington | The Rusty Nail Fremont Brewing Company Oatmeal Stout | 13.3% |
| West Virginia | Miner’s Daughter Oatmeal Stout Mountain State Brewing Co. Oatmeal Stout | 5.2% |
| Wisconsin | Black Gold Central Waters Brewing Co. American Imperial Stout | 13% |
| Wyoming | Zonker Stout Snake River Brewing Company & Brewpub Foreign / Export Stout | 6% |
*Image retrieved from Mykhailo Feriukov via stock.adobe.com
