You might also serve Young's Double Chocolate Stout, made by the oldest brewery in England, which has a taste that goes surprisingly well with both dishes.

Brooklyn Brewery's Black Chocolate Stout would go well with chocolate desserts, although the name refers to the color of the roasted barley.

A mixture of vanilla ice cream and the very adult ingredient Young's Double Chocolate Stout, it was inspired, delicious and so fizzy it drew smiles all around the table.

Brooklyn Brewery's Black Chocolate Stout, at 8.7 percent alcohol, is even more potent.

Wine tasters might consider a sample of Brooklyn's Black Chocolate Stout or the limited editions of Monster Barleywine, which is dated for the collectors who store it for years.

Olde Towne started contract brewing with the introduction of their Chocolate Stout, which was commissioned by The Nook, a local craft brew lounge, in Huntsville, Alabama.

Sometimes, as with Muskoka Brewery's Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, and Rogue Brewery's Chocolate Stout, the beers are also brewed with a small amount of chocolate or chocolate flavouring.

Mr. Oliver poured Brooklyn Brewery's own Black Chocolate Stout - no, it does not contain chocolate; it's just very, very dark.

Sidle up to the bar, where you should have been all along, for a can of Young's Chocolate Stout.

Stout is to winter what wheat beer is to summer, and Brooklyn Brewery's Black Chocolate Stout is a perfect rendition of the style.