Yankee Brew News Archive

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a New England-Brewed Stout

Originally Published: Spr/93

While stout originated as a type of porter, the 17th-century dark ale from London, it has become known in our time as the national drink of Ireland. And on a holiday like St. Patrick's Day, especially around Boston, lots of people get into the spirit and order a pint of Guinness.

Guinness typifies, indeed, is the archetypical dry stout, but New England brewers offer some nice alternatives, including stouts that exemplify all of the major stout styles, including dry, cream/sweet, oatmeal, and imperial stout. Many of the region's brewpubs offer a variety of draught stouts, some as regular offerings, some as a seaonal special brew. For your Saint Patrick's Day pleasure, listed below are all of the stouts regularly produced and bottled by New England craft brewers.

Brewer Location Name Style

Bar Harbor Brewing Bar Harbor, Maine Cadillac Mountain Stout Imperial

Boston Beer Company Boston, Mass. Samuel Adams Stout Cream/Sweet

Mass. Bay Brewing Boston, Mass. Harpoon Stout Dry

Mountain Brewers Bridgewater, Vermont O'Brien's Long Trail Stout Dry

New England Brewing Norwalk, Conn. Oatmeal Stout Oatmeal

New Haven Brewing New Haven, Conn. Blackwell Stout Cream/Sweet