Believe it or not, I didn't begin drinking beer until I was 60. After about 6 months, it seems that my favorite beers were Porters, Stouts, and Bourbon Barrel Dark Beers, here are some of my favorites I'll recommend (although these recommendations are based on research since I've not tried all of them yet):
Favorite Beers
| Favorite Porter/Bourbon Barrel Dark Beer | City | Alcohol % | Month |
| Anchor Porter | San Francisco, CA | 5.60% | |
| Arbor Brewing Black Bourbon | Ann Arbor | 9.00% | |
| Arbor Brewing Figjam | Ann Arbor | 11.50% | |
| Arbor Brewing Violin Monster | Ann Arbor | 9.30% | |
| Arcadia London Porter | Battle Creek | 8.20% | |
| Arcadia Shipwreck Porter | Battle Creek | 12.00% | |
| Atwater Shaman's Porter | Detroit | 6.00% | |
| Atwater VJ Black | Detroit | 11.00% | |
| Bell's Black Note Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout | Kalamazoo | 11.50% | |
| Bell's Bourbon Barrel Aged Batch 9000 | Kalamazoo | 14.90% | |
| Big Buck Black River Stout | Gaylord | 7.80% | |
| Big Buck Imperial Porter | Gaylord | 20.00% | |
| Dark Horse Bourbon Barrel Aged Plead The 5th | Marshall | 14.00% | February |
| Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Ale | Marshall | 7.50% | |
| Dark Horse Thirsty Trout Porter | Marshall | 7.00% | November |
| Deschutes Black Butte Porter | Bend, OR | 5.20% | |
| Deschutes Black Butte XXV | Bend, OR | 11.30% | |
| Deschutes The Abyss | Bend, OR | 11.00% | |
| Founders Breakfast Stout | Grand Rapids | 8.30% | |
| Founders Imperial Stout | Grand Rapids | 10.50% | January |
| Founders KBS-Kentucky Breakfast Stout | Grand Rapids | 11.20% | April |
| Founders Porter | Grand Rapids | 6.50% | |
| Goose Island Bourbon County Stout | Chicago, IL | 14.50% | |
| Great Lakes Barrel Aged Blackout Stout | Cleveland, OH | 9.50% | |
| Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter | Cleveland, OH | 5.80% | |
| Hill Farmstead Birth of Tragedy | Greensboro Bend, VT | 9.00% | |
| Hill Farmstead Damon | Greensboro Bend, VT | 10.50% | |
| Hill Farmstead Everett Porter | Greensboro Bend, VT | 7.50% | |
| Jolly Pumpkin Magrugada Obscura | Dexter | 8.10% | January |
| Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza | Dexter | 9.00% | |
| Kehnhenn Bourbon Barrel Fourth Dementia (4D) | Warren | 13.50% | |
| New Holland Cabin Fever Brown Ale | Grand Rapids | 6.00% | November |
| New Holland Dragon's Milk | Grand Rapids | 10.00% | |
| New Holland Four Witches | Grand Rapids | 7.30% | April |
| New Holland Night Tripper | Grand Rapids | 10.80% | January |
| New Holland The Poet Oatmeal Stout | Grand Rapids | 5.20% | |
| Russian River Porter | Guerneville, CA | 5.75% | |
| Samuel Adams 13th Hour Stout | Boston, MA | 9.00% | |
| Samuel Adams Imperial Stout | Boston, MA | 9.20% | |
| Samuel Adams Millenium | Boston, MA | 20.00% | |
| Samuel Adams Triple Bock | Boston, MA | 18.00% | |
| Short's Bellaire Brown | Bellaire | 7.00% | |
| Short's Bourbon Wizard | Bellaire | 11.80% | |
| Short's Imperial Publican Porter | Bellaire | 9.15% | |
| Sierra Nevada Narwal | Chico, CA | 10.20% | |
| Sierra Nevada Porter | Chico, CA | 5.60% | |
| Stone Brewing Imperial Russian Stout | Escondido, CA | 11.50% | |
| Three Floyds Dark Lord | Munster, IN | 15.00% | |
| Witch's Hat Night Fury Imperial Stout | South Lyon | 10.20% | |
| Wolverine Massacre Imperial Dark Lager | Ann Arbor | 10.50% | October |
