On Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 10:20:18 AM UTC-4, RAG Seely wrote:
> "Glass of Stout"
> by R.A.G. Seely
> IPAs and pilseners
> Have merits I'll not flout
> But the beer style I prefer
> Is, assuredly, stout
> Your first sip may seem a shock
> The drink is dense, no doubt
> When my watch reads Beer O'Clock
> I opt for thick, dark stout
> Stout evolved from stout porter
> It's black as all get-out
> If it's fresh and unfiltered
> I'd like a glass of stout
> Brit brewers may add lactose
> Yeast's benefits I'll tout
> Pick the hops, let barley roast
> Transform it into stout
> Hops bring balance, bitterness
> A pleasing herbal note
> Beamish, Murphy's, or Guinness?
> A dusky Irish stout
> Doppels and dunkelweizens
> Are well worth seeking out
> I savor obsidian
> Velvety, viscous stout
> Germans call beer "liquid bread"
> Quite credible, those krauts
> Though Spaten sports a fine spread
> I'd sooner sip a stout
> San Quentin is the shiz'nit
> Rogue Shakespeare sure has clout
> Ipswich Oatmeal, my fav'rite
> A potent pint of stout
> See the head of fizzy foam?
> Remedy for a drought
> Through the barley, let us roam!
> Silky, sepia stout
> Bubbly beer, "Vitamin B"
> When it pours, I won't pout
> Where's the nearest brewery?
> I'd like a glass of stout
> -=RAGS=-

Here's a great stout that's perfect for Halloween: Pumpkin Spice Yeti. I don't usually like pumpkin beers, but this one is from Great Divide. They can brew no wrong. The base stout is rich and strong enough to hold up the pumpkin pie-type spices.