High-alcohol beers like strong ales, imperial stouts and barleywines can last for years without much chill—it's what they were designed to do in the days before refrigeration. They are best served just slightly under room temperature.

Should Stout be chilled?

The reason for drinking darker beer like stouts and porters is for the flavor. If they are over-chilled, you lose most of that flavor. Don't obsess over it, but in general a lot of people serve dark beer too cold. That said, you should drink your beer at whatever temperature makes you happy.

How do you store stouts?

Your strong beers (like barleywines, tripels, dark ales) will be their happiest at room temperature (55-60F), most of your standard ales (like bitters, IPAs, dobbelbocks, lambics, stouts, etc) will be at cellar temperature (50-55F) and your lighter beers (like lagers, pilsners, wheat beers, milds, etc) will be at a ...