Grab a pretzel and a pint at these Long Island beer gardens. Dark Horse Tavern. 12 S. Park Ave., Rockville Centre; 516-442-5477, darkhorservc.com.

To help you navigate all these options, check out what we believe are some of the best dark beer brands available in 2025. ... Best Dark Beers of 2025 Goose Island Bourbon County Stout.

Stuttgarden's Texas City restaurant, located in the Mainland City Centre development, will remain open, as does Brewchachos.

OK, for the last time: it’s almost certainly not the 30th anniversary of Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout. As we first reported in 2016, the groundbreaking beer aged in bourbon barrels was ...

Another favorite returning in 2023 is Backyard Stout. Originally aged in rye barrels, Goose released the beer in 2013 with a dark crimson label, it’s made with mulberry, boysenberry, and ...

In December, Goose Island Beer Co. closed its original brewery after 35 years, ... The beer, credited as the first aged in bourbon barrels, is thick, dark, and boozy.

There's a lot of mystery surrounding private label brands and which companies are making their products. Some have theories about T.J.'s Black Toad dark ale.