Dogs love peanut butter. Baxter is no different. When I go to make a PB&J for lunch, he knows the sound of the peanut butter jar opening. In recent years, brewers have been playing with peanut butter as a flavor for beer, which makes Baxter very excited. The natural pairing with that is a stout, of course.
I’ve seen and drank a lot of peanut butter stouts at this point. Many times, they are disappointing, either suffering from not enough peanut butter flavor or too much, leaving the roasty goodness of the stout behind. One brewery in San Diego County—Belching Beaver--seems to have perfected the balance of peanut butter and stout better than most, with its Peanut Butter Milk Stout.