Beer CaseSome prized gems in Papazian's private collection include a 3-year-old Raspberry Imperial Stout, an Apricot Ale and a smoke-flavored Swedish beer called Boulders Dricka.

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The bottled beers included Massey's 6d Special Mild Ale, Prize Stout, King's Ale, Golden Bitter Beer and Pale Ale.

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He had a great selection of beers, including Mikkeler Black, a 17.5% imperial stout, which we both agreed would be a good beer to end on.

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With that thought, the Beer Geek Brunch was born, an imperial oatmeal stout that has a roasted, chocolaty flavour thanks to the addition of Vietnamese ca phe chon, known colloquially as weasel or cat poo coffee.

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Tipple on any number of Mexican beers -- Pacifico, Tecate, Bohemia (dark or light), Indio or Corona -- but while in Guadalajara try its locally-brewed beer, Minerva, which produces a pale ale and a stout in addition to the more common lagers.

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Since Arthur Guinness first started brewing stout in the late 18th Century, very few other breweries have successfully produced the beer in its ancestral home.

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Or Tactical Nuclear Penguin, an Imperial Stout, which, at 31% alcohol, was at the time of its brewing the strongest beer in the world.

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But when he started brewing beer in 2003, he realised the civet coffee would lend the ideal taste to a strong stout.

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