I'm sorry to see that this has not turned into a longer thread, but I'm sure James will be interested ... Morrells of Oxford used to have a nice sweetish `milk stout' - I've no idea if it's still produced as Morrells have now been taken over. And I was once introduced to something called imperial Russian Stout. Again I don't know if it's still available. On 18 Mar 2002, James Ogley wrote:
I wouldn't normally go so OT, but...
Marston's Oyster Stout is my fave - it comes only as a bottle-conditioned product (for those who don't know, that means that there is yeast in the bottle so that it undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle, like cask-conditioned ale does it the barrel, so pour carefully) and cannot be beat IMHO.
The Carlow Brewing Company (http://www.carlowbrewing.com/home.htm) does a *very* good stout - O'Hara's (voted the world's best stout in 2000). The Porter House (in Dublin, Cork and London) (http://www.porterhousebrewco.com/) do some very good stouts as well; Oyster Stout and Plain Porter. O'Hanlon's (in London) also do a very good home-produced Port Stout.
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