Stouts
Mountain Sun Seasonal Stouts
48 Smooth Chai Stout
This Milk Stout is brewed using lactose (milk sugar), which gives the beer a sweet finish and chewy mouthfeel. After fermentation, the beer is spiced using chai tea made from a custom blend of seven spices. The result is a smooth, slightly sweet stout that incorporates the unique flavors of chai.
5.2% ABV
Malts: Maris Otter, Medium Crystal, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Light Crystal, Carafa III
Hop: Golding
Adjunct: Lactose (Milk Sugar)
Spices: Fresh Ginger, Green Cardamom, Cinnamon, Coriander, Tellicherry Peppercorns, Ceylon Clove, Fennel Seed and Pure Vanilla Extract
Addiction Imperial Coffee Stout
Our Imperial Coffee Stout features a massive dose of some of the finest local coffee available from our friends at Salto Coffee in Nederland, CO. We infused this beer with over three pounds per barrel of cold extracted coffee, which complements malt flavors of chocolate, dark fruit and caramel.
10.4% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Aromatic, Chocolate Malt, Dark Crystal, Roasted Barley, Coffee Malt, Extra Dark Crystal, Black Malt
Hops: Crystal, Chinook
Adjunct: Nederland’s Salto Coffee (Cold Extracted)
Coconut Cream Stout
Our smooth and silky Cream Stout is dark and medium-bodied with a dominant but delicate coconut flavor contributed by the addition of 200 pounds of Organic coconut, which is over 15# per barrel. The additions of milk sugar (lactose) and pure vanilla extract enhance the perception of coconut flavors which is balanced by flavors of caramel, bittersweet chocolate and light roast.
5.7% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Maris Otter, Munich, Light Crystal, Dark Crystal, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley, Black Malt
Hop: Golding
Adjuncts: Organic Coconut, Lactose (Milk Sugar), Pure Madagascar Vanilla Extract
Dropkick Stout
A true American Stout, Dropkick hits you head on with a strong dose of roasted malt, followed immediately by citrusy and resiny American hops. Dropkick Stout is not a total hop bomb, but it does feature an assertive hop profile paired with an aggressive roasted malt character.
5.9% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Aromatic, Medium Crystal, Dark Crystal, Special B, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley
Hops: Amarillo, CTZ
Girl Scout Stout
This Mint Chocolate Stout features dark chocolate, milk chocolate, fresh mint and pure peppermint extract balanced by roasted flavors from dark malts. The mint and chocolate flavors are the perfect complement to this Milk Stout base beer. If you like Thin Mints or Grasshopper cookies, you’ll love this beer.
6.1% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Flaked Oats, Carafa Special III
Hop: Magnum
Adjunct: Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Lactose (Milk Sugar), Fresh Mint, Pure Peppermint Extract
Korova Cream Stout
Our traditional Milk Stout is rich and creamy with notes of light chocolate, toffee and smooth caramel with a full mouthfeel and moderately sweet finish. Movie buffs may recall that the Korova Milk Bar was frequented by the “droog” gang in the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange, and is also the Russian translation for the word “cow”.
6.0% ABV
Malts: Maris Otter, Munich, Cara-Blonde, Dark Crystal, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley, Black Malt
Hop: Golding
Adjunct: Lactose (Milk Sugar)
Loompa Land Vegan Dark Chocolate and Ginger Stout
This creation comes directly from the land of the Oompa Loompa, Hornswaggler and Vermicious Knid. Our Vegan Dark Chocolate and Ginger Stout has flavors of spicy ginger and citrusy/floral American hops that combine with bittersweet dark chocolate and fruity caramel malts to create a uniquely flavorful Stout. Now you can live in happiness too, like the Oompa Loompa… doo-pa-dee doo! No Bovine Lactate Secretions (Milk Products) were used in the making of this beer. So ya, it’s VEGAN!
6.4% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Dark Crystal, Light Crystal, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley, Midnight Wheat
Hops: Cascade, Centennial
Adjunct: Vegan Dark Chocolate, Fresh Ginger, Candied Ginger
!!!*** VEGAN ***!!!
Ludovico's Vanilla Cream Stout
O my brothers, this traditional Milk Stout is rich and creamy with notes of light chocolate, toffee and smooth caramel with a creamy texture. The dark malt character and sweet finish are complemented by flavors from Madagascar vanilla beans added by Your Humble Narrator. Itty off and skvat a glass skorry, little droogie. You’ll viddy, it’s really horrorshow, like.
6.0% ABV
Malts: Maris Otter, Munich, Light Crystal, Dark Crystal, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley, Black Malt
Hop: Golding
Adjunct: Lactose (Milk Sugar), Madagascar Vanilla Beans
Megatron Imperial Stout
This American-Style Imperial Stout has dominant flavors of chocolate and roast balanced by huge citrus and pine flavorscontributed by American hop varieties. A clean fermentation profile and accentuates the flavors of the malts and hops.
9.6% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Biscuit Malt, Roasted Barley, Black Malt, Caramalt, Extra Dark Crystal
Hops: Chinook, Simcoe, Crystal
*Dry-Hopped
Moloko Plus Coffee Cream Stout
We start with our Korova Cream Stout, which is then infused with cold extracted coffee from Salto Coffee in Nederland, CO to impart a smooth, clean coffee flavor/aroma reminiscent of dark cherries and milk chocolate. In the film A Clockwork Orange Young Alex and his “droogs” would frequent the Korova Milk Bar to consume Moloko Plus (Milk Plus psychoactive ingredients), which in our case is Milk Stout plus caffeine.
6.0% ABV
Malts: Maris Otter, Munich, Light Crystal, Dark Crystal, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley, Black Malt
Hop: Golding
Adjuncts: Lactose (Milk Sugar), Nederland’s Salto Coffee (Cold Extracted)
Montserrat Foreign Export Stout
This traditional Foreign Export Stout is dry and roasty with flavors similar to a Dry Irish Stout but with more body, an increased alcohol content and a greater depth of malt character with flavors reminiscent of chocolate, molasses and a touch of licorice. Historically, these stouts were made stronger to make them more suitable for shipment from England and Ireland to the British West Indies.
7.3% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Flaked Barley, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Black Barley
Hop: Golding
Yeast: English
Adjunct: Blackstrap Molasses
Ned's Two Alarm Cherry Chili Stout
Put on your “Chile Boots”! Our Cherry Chile Stout is medium-bodied with malt flavors reminiscent of chocolate, molasses, licorice and a touch of smoke complemented by the tart, fruity flavors contributed by a blend of Dark Sweet and Red Tart Cherries. Red and Black Morita, Ancho and Guajillo Chiles (harvested deep in the jungle primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum) impart a complex pepper flavor, enhance the smokiness from the malts and add just a touch of lingering heat. While there is a little spiciness, the focus is on the complementary FLAVOR of the peppers, NOT the heat. “Oh, I admit it. It’s only two-alarm, two-and-a-half, tops.”
6.7% ABV
Malts: Golden Promise, Beech Smoked Malt, Light Crystal, Extra Special Malt, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Cherrywood Smoked Malt
Hop: Magnum
Adjunct: Dark Sweet Cherries, Red Tart Cherrie
Spices: Red and Black Moritas, Ancho and Guajillo Chiles
NIHILIST Russian Imperial Stout
Brewed with a massive quantity of roasted malts, this beer is balanced by a hefty dose of orange blossom honey. Complex notes of coffee, chocolate, orange and cherry fill the palate, while an ample addition of bittering hops ensure a smooth ride all the way to the last drop.
10.0% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Aromatic, Special B, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley, Black Barley, Coffee Malt
Hops: Amarillo, Chinook
Adjunct: Orange Blossom Honey
Norwegian Wheat Stout
This strong Wheat Stout utilizes five types of wheat, which hits the palate with a rich, creamy mouthfeel that gives way to a bittersweet, chocolate finish. For those that prefer a stronger, sweeter stout WITHOUT the use of milk sugar, the Norwegian Wheat Stout fits the bill.
8.3% ABV
Malts: Dark Wheat, Munich, Medium Crystal, Crystal Wheat, Flaked Wheat, Midnight Wheat, Chocolate Wheat, Pale Chocolate Malt
Hop: Golding
Oatimus Prime Imperial Stout
This Imperial Oatmeal Stout is dark and rich with flavors of chocolate from the blend of roasted grains balanced by warming notes of alcohol. A large addition of Golden Naked Oats lends aromas of oatmeal cookie as well as contributing to the smooth texture and full mouthfeel.
11.5% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Roasted Barley, Golden Naked Oats, Dark Crystal Malt, Chocolate Malt, Medium Crystal Malt
Hops: Magnum, East Kent Golding
O'Stengl's Dry Irish Stout
Our classic Dry Irish Stout utilizes a traditional malt profile based on 2-row and roasted barley with the addition of flaked barley to increase body, sweetness, and head retention. Golding hops are added at the beginning of the boil to balance the malt sweetness. Formerly called “Old School Stout” prior to receiving a Cease & Desist from a certain Delaware Craft Brewery.
5.3% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Roasted Barley, Flaked Barley
Planet Lovetron Chocolate Coconut Imperial Milk Stout
Our Chocolate Coconut Imperial Milk Stout is full-bodied and decadent. It has a delicate, creamy mouthfeel from additions of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, milk sugar and Organic coconut. These flavors are complemented by a bittersweet chocolate character imparted by the roasted malts. This Imperial Stout is then aged on Tahitian vanilla beans lending flavors reminiscent of vanilla, caramel, ripe cherries, and chocolate.
10.4% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Light Crystal, Pale Chocolate Malt, Medium Crystal, Flaked Barley, Roasted Barley, Black Malt, Pale Wheat
Hop: Crystal
Adjuncts: Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Organic Coconut, Lactose (Milk Sugar), Tahitian Vanilla Beans
Ravenglass English Imperial Stout
This classy Imperial Stout expresses pronounced fruity esters from the classic English Ale Yeast. The bold malt profile of hearty biscuit, smooth roast, toffee, raisin and light chocolate malt notes pair seamlessly with the classic British Hops.
8.7% ABV
Malts: British Pale Malt, Munich, Aromatic, Dark Crystal, Double Roasted Crystal, Pale Chocolate Malt, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley
Hop: Golding
Yeast: English
Stoked Oak Stout
Former Mountain Sun brewer Scott Overdorf, who now owns Hobart Brewing in Tasmania, masterfully balanced various malts, vanilla and oak to create an “Old World-Style” stout with barrel-aged character. The combination of smoked malt and the additions of pure vanilla extract and toasted oak spirals give the impression of a barrel-aged stout without having undergone the barrel-aging process.
7.6% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Munich Malt, Honey Malt, Medium Crystal Malt, Dark Crystal Malt, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Beechwood Smoked Malt, Pale Wheat Malt
Hops: Golding
Adjuncts: Toasted American Oak Spirals, Pure Vanilla Extracts
Thunderhead Stout
Thunderhead has been one of our go-to stout recipes for over a decade. This stout is strong and dark with flavors of bittersweet chocolate and dark-roasted coffee imparted by the specialty malts and a full-bodied mouthfeel enhanced by a blend of rye and oats. It has a malt-forward flavor profile and a rounded, balanced bitterness level with minimal hop flavor or aroma.
7.1% ABV
Malts: Maris Otter, Munich, Medium Crystal, Black Barley, Roasted Barley, Flaked Oats, Rye Malt
Hops: Chinook, Crystal
Trickster Stout
Hopheads need stout too!! We loaded this one with Simcoe hops for a pine and citrus character that is atypical of stout. If you close your eyes and inhale the pungent aroma, you’d swear you were smelling an I.P.A. but Trickster still has enough roasted character to be a stout.
6.4% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Medium Crystal, Light Crystal, Flaked Barley, Roasted Barley, Black Malt, Carafa Special III
Hop: Simcoe
Wizard's Staff Imperial Stout
Gather round friends and fiends, there’s tales to tell. For long have we traveled these withered roads, and now is the time to recount our deeds. In your glass, you should have a bit ale, stolen from yonder keep. And in this mighty ale resides many mysteries deep. A hearty earthiness wrought with spice, smoke and oak, lend way to dark fruit and subtle chocolate notes. A bit of magic seems to be in the air this eve, so let us rest our minds and set our worries free. Mind you tread lightly friends and fiends, for the Wizard’s Staff can bring delight or destruction to thee.
10.5% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Rye Malt, Beech Smoked Malt, Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Medium Crystal, Dark Crystal, Peat Smoked Malt
Hop: Golding
Adjuncts: Toasted American Oak Spirals, Pure Vanilla Extracts
Yonder Mountain Stout
From high on a hilltop comes this robust Oatmeal Stout. It is brewed with a hefty dose of flaked oats, which lend a smooth texture and creamy mouthfeel, and a variety of specialty malts that contribute elevated flavors of caramel, chocolate darkness and light roasted coffee. At the end of the day, nothing pleases this lonely heart like an Oatmeal Stout firing on all eight cylinders.
Silver Medal - 2019 Great American Beer Festival
7.3% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Maris Otter, Munich, Dark Crystal, Brown Malt, Chocolate Rye, Black Barley, Flaked Oats
Hop: Golding
YUM ALERT! Vegan Imperial Pastry Stout
Ooooo Eeeee! Whoowh Whoowh Weeee! Do we have a tasty treat for you! Dark chocolate, dark fruit, maple syrup, roasted nuts and fresh herbs all combine with a rich malt profile in this Imperial Pastry Stout to deliver a truly decadent beverage. Call ya friends, call ya momma, tell ‘em all you’re gonna be alright. The alert to yum has been sounded.
11.1% ABV
Malts: 2-Row, Munich, Roasted Barley, Caramelized Oats, Dark Crystal, Chocolate Malt, Medium Crystal
Hop: Magnum
Adjuncts: Vegan Dark Chocolate, Plum Purée, Pomegranate Purée, Sweet Cherry Purée, Vermont Maple Syrup, Roasted Pistachios, Fresh Thyme
!!!*** NUT ALLERGY ***!!! !!!*** VEGAN ***!!!