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Dogfish Head, one of the big names in microbrews (enjoy that paradox), has decided to take the term “beer for breakfast” and make it literal. They’re coming out with Beer for Breakfast Stout, a 7.4% alcohol by volume (ABV) stout brewed with scrapple, cold press coffee, brown sugar, maple syrup, applewood smoked barley, milk sugars, and roasted chicory. Basically, it’s a full breakfast of coffee, pancakes with maple syrup, and the Pennsylvania breakfast pig meat scrapple in a beer bottle.
Now, I think this is an awesome idea, although I’m not sure how this heavy breakfast stout, at 7.4% ABV, doesn’t put you right back to sleep. It seems a little counterintuitive unless it’s meant to be consumed at any time of day, sort of like a McDonalds all-day breakfast type deal. McGriddles. Delicious.
Regardless, with the holiday season coming upon us, we are in full blown stout season. Well, it’s actually full blown drinking season with Election Day plus Thanksgiving plus football season plus Christmas or whichever winter holiday you may celebrate. There will be many, many holiday stouts coming out over the next month or two, but I’m sure on Black Friday while people are committing manslaughter to save $10 on a Blu-ray player I will be sipping on a Beer for Breakfast Stout watching “It’s a Wonderful Life.” .
[via Men’s Journal]
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@5OClockShadow_
Miller Lite isn’t a breakfast beer?
Morning ML’s pair perfectly with waffles, eggs, and regret from the night before.
They don’t call it Miller Latte for nothing.
Not to split hairs here, but can’t every beer be for breakfast?
My first thought when reading the headline was “c’mon don’t be something gross like an oatmeal stout..” aaand I’m disappointed. As an experienced degenerate, wheat beers like Hefeweizens go great with a stack of pancakes and bacon, stouts are too thick to power through in the morning.
Speaking for all of us that regularly catch morning flights: This is manna from Heaven.
My most sincere thanks for bringing this to my attention. Looks like it hits the shelves Nov 7!
While this concept is nothing new, stouts in all forms have slowly become my favorite type of beer so I’ll have to give this one a shot. I could drink Founder’s Breakfast Stout all day, hopefully this is more of the same.
Founders breakfast stout is the shit and I am thankful I live 40 minutes from the brewery.
I’m staying in GR for thanksgiving, looking forward to my first visit to Founders. Have you had the No Rules viatnamese Porter from Perrin (also in MI)? Absolutely crazy beer
yep, it’s definitely one of their best. Perrin is 10 minutes north of GR, highly recommend checking it out if you get time. Also, Brewery Vivant (4 min east of downtown) has great belgian-style beers and is my favorite in the GR area, if you get time.
Wait this is another thing we have in common
You also enjoy stouts?
Scrapple is an abomination and proof alone that Pennsylvania needs to be destroyed
I’m on board with this. Pennsylvania drivers are the kind of people who hang out in the left lane and go under the speed limit
Born/raised in Jersey, now reside in Philly… I can confirm both PA roads and the drivers that crowd them are miserable
Exact same situation. Exact same thoughts.
It’s called a “Nice work” button, should look into it
Meh
Pilsner, lager, and some form of wisse beers were literally designed for breakfast. I for one will remain a traditionalist as far as this is concerned.
Fermented with meat! ®