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Recommended stouts for baking?

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MontBaybaker

Recommended stouts for baking?

In addition to Guinness, please share your favorite milk stout, chocolate stout, or others that work well in baking.  Must be available in U.S. at BevMo, grocery store, Trader Joe's or Whole Foods.  We don't have many local store options.  I can't drink much due to medication, but enjoy tasting what people order when we're out.  

Today BevMo didn't have (and was unfamiliar with) Mackeson's (for Lepard's Easter Buns).  They didn't have any plain milk stout, only brands with additional flavors that wouldn't work for that recipe.  I've never tasted a milk stout, so what's a good substitute?

Several yummy-sounding breads using chocolate stout are bookmarked.  Some mention Rouge or Rogue (unsure which is correct).  Any others I should look for?

FYI, if you make limoncello as I do for gifts, BevMo told me today that California recently banned Everclear (my recipe is half EC & half vodka, with lots of Meyer lemon peel from a neighbor's tree).  Bought some several months ago, but the strongest grain alcohol they can sell now is 120 proof.  Hope it doesn't make much difference.  This batch will be an experiment with CaraCara oranges, which to me are the Meyer lemon of oranges.  I've never had one that isn't super sweet and juicy, and they have a short season.  Thanks!    

 

 

 

 

 

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pmccool

Oatmeal Porter from Zipline Brewing in Nebraska

Buffalo Sweat Oatmeal Cream Stout from Tallgrass Brewing in Kansas

Bully Porter from Boulevard Brewing in KCMO

Oatmeal Stout from Free State Brewing in Kansas

Cowboy Coffee Porter from Big Sky Brewing in Montana

Snowdrift Vanilla Porter from Leinenkugel in Wisconsin (seasonal)

Milkshake Stout from Rochester Mills Brewing Company in Michigan

Paul