February has been proclaimed, by some hearty souls at a few different places across the country, to be "Stout Month". Despite the relatively mild winter most of us are experiencing this is indeed a good time of time of year when rich, dark, malty beers are de rigueur! So kick that hop addiction for a few weeks and get your hands on some of these canned stouts! Cheers!

 
Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
Anderson Valley Brewing Company
(Boontville, California)
OATMEAL STOUT | 5.7% ABV

Notes: The most recent canned release from Anderson Valley, Barney Flats is an award winning Oatmeal Stout that is rich, creamy and oh-so-smooth. This is the brewery's canned spring seasonal brew so stock up!

Availability: CA, OR, WA, NV, AZ, NM, CO, KS, IL, WI, KY, ID, OK, AL, FL, OH, MI, NY, MA, VA, NC, MD, PA, NJ, UT, HI, TX

TEN FIDY Imperial Stout
Oskar Blues Brewery
(Longmont, Colorado)
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT | 10.5% ABV 

Notes: If you haven't had this you best pick some up and indulge yourself. At 10.5% this belongs in a snifter and definitely don't wear anything white as this inky black behemoth of a stout ain't coming out in the wash. This is an excellent example of the Russian Imperial Stout style and well worth the investment. 

Availability: CO, CA, AR, AL, PA, TX, WY, OR, WA, MA, CT, MD, VA, NC, SC, RI, GA, WI, ID, FL, NJ, TN, NM, CT, GA, NV, NY

Cavatica Stout
Fort George Brewery
(Astoria, Oregon)
AMERICAN DOUBLE/IMPERIAL STOUT | 8.8% ABV 

Notes: A can of Cavatica is a pint of big, ballsy, brazen stout just waiting to be cracked open and poured into one of your nicer beer glasses (one of the ones you don't let your friends use). 

Availability: OR

Jack Stout
Wild Onion Brewing Company
(Lake Barrington, Illinois)
OATMEAL STOUT | 6.5% ABV 

Notes: Jack Stout is an Oatmeal Stout brewed with 5 different malts and delivers a ton of great espresso and dark chocolate flavor. Creamy and rich and very satisfying. The name "JACK" is actually an acronym for the brewer/owner's wife's full name (Jennifer Ann Catalano-Kainz). Also, we love the can design!

Availability: IL, PA, WI

Buffalo Sweat
Tallgrass Brewing Company
(Manhattan, Kansas)
MILK/SWEET STOUT | 5% ABV 

Notes: Perhaps drinking something with the name "Buffalo Sweat" has never been high on your priority list - well maybe now it should be. Tallgrass did a great job with this super smooth stout that has flavors of cocoa and rich, dark roasted barly. It weighs in at 5% so a couple pint cans aren't going to put you on the floor.

Availability: KS, PA, OK, NE, VA, MT, CO, ND, SD, OK, MS, AL, MO, AR, MN

Buried Hatchet Stout
Southern Star Brewing Company
(Conroe, Texas)
FOREIGN/EXPORT STOUT | 8.3% ABV 

Notes: Four types of malt along with some oats go into this strong Foreign Export style stout from Southern Star. Plenty of bitter chocolate, caramel and toffee flavors are packed into this one. Rich and full-bodied, this is 12 oz. of malty heaven. 

Availability: TX, IN, KY, FL, SC, AL, OH

Diesel
Sixpoint Craft Ales
(Brooklyn, New York)
AMERICAN STOUT | 6.3% ABV

Notes: Sixpoint's winter seasonal, Diesel, is a hop forward, dark, beauty of a beer. It has some leanings towards a Black IPA as it packs close to 70 IBUs as well as towards a Dry Irish Stout and somewhere inbetween a common ground is found. Bitter, roasty, citrusy and altogether unique.

Availability: NY, NJ, RI, PA, MA, DC, MD

Imperial Java Stout
Santa Fe Brewing Company
(Santa Fe, New Mexico)
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT | 8% ABV 

Notes: Love a good coffee beer? Here you go! Imperial Java Stout is a BIG, bold stout with some intense fresh-roasted coffee flavors infused with cocoa and bitter, dark roast malts. This is a great beer to drink on a cold winter night/morning.

Availability: NM, CO, AZ, OK, TX

Bourbon's Barrel Stout
Great Crescent Brewery
(Aurora, Indiana)
BARREL-AGED STOUT | 7.5% ABV 

Notes: Still the one and only barrel-aged stout in a can. We'll never be able to say enough about this rich, smooth stout that has just the right amount of vanilla flavors from the barrel-aging and hints of bourbon notes. Extremely drinkable and not at all over the top. Hard to get a hold of but totally worth your efforts.

Availability: IN

Moo Thunder
Butternuts Beer & Ale
(Garrattsville, New York)
MILK/SWEET STOUT | 4.9% ABV 

Notes: One of the first craft brewed stouts to wind up in a can (and what a can it is). Moo Thunder has some hints of smokiness along with iced espresso and goes down smooth and easy. If you're looking for a mellowed out stout drinking experience this might be the beer for you.

Availability: NY, MA, CT, RI, NJ, PA

Redband
Great River Brewery
(Davenport, Iowa)
AMERICAN COFFEE STOUT | 6% ABV 

Notes: Truly one of the best coffee stouts you'll ever find. The coffee flavor of this beer is second to none so if you're a fan of big, intense coffee stouts then look no further. An extremely well assembled beer that hits all the marks for appearance, aroma and flavor. Still wishing we had more of these cans in the fridge.

Availability: IA, IL

Foreign Style Stout
Upslope Brewing Company
(Boulder, Colorado)
FOREIGN/EXPORT STOUT | 6.9% ABV

 Notes: This is Upslope's first "Limited Release" canned offering. Their Foreign Style Stout is fashioned after the style once shipped from Ireland to the continental Europe (and beyong). A tad stronger than the average dry stout with some nice sweetness and a solid hop profile. Very tasty and the can looks sharp dressed-up all in black.

Availability: CO

Oatmeal Stout
Crabtree Brewing Company
(Boulder, Colorado)
OATMEAL STOUT | 7.5% ABV  

Notes: Crabtree found success with cans of their Eclipse Black IPA so why not release another of their beers in cans? Their Oatmeal Stout has just come off the canning lines (via Mobile Canning) and promises to be a hearty brew that has a smooth, creamy texture and a rich, roasty, malty profile. 

Availability: CO