Milk & Cookies Stout
Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.23
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Milk & Cookies Stout transports us to our childhood kitchens where freshly baked cinnamon-raisin cookies warmed us against winter nights and familiar grandparent voices permeate the sounds of the night. Hints of cold milk, sweet vanilla, and hearty oatmeal overwhelm and remind us that our memories are forever lead by our senses. In this case, we are led home.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
12 oz. can
8.7% ABV
Best by: 09.19.26
$11.49 (on sale) 6-pk @ Publix
AROMA: Mildly sweet, with mild scents of raisins, cinnamon, and a bit of booze. As the beer warms, I start to pick up on other scents like, fresh-baked oatmeal cookies, vanilla, and dark-roast coffee.
APPEARANCE: Pours an opaque black with a 4-finger, loose-frothed, tan head that dissipates very slowly with excellent lacing. To be honest, it reminds me of a freshly poured Guinness from a tap. Very inviting!
TASTE: Sweet, with solid flavors of cinnamon, raisins, vanilla, and dark chocolate. I also get hints of coffee, milk, and booze during the finish. While the cinnamon is fairly evident, it is not in-your-face. In fact, none of the flavors really dominate. Instead, there is a nice balance between all of them. And even though the beer is on the sweet side, it is not overpowering. Especially with the coffee bitterness coming in during the finish, which helps to counter-balance some of the sticky sweetness you get at the very beginning.
One thing to be aware of is that as the beer warms, the raisin, vanilla, and milk flavors get a bit more prevalent, while the cinnamon lessens a skosh. While this does change the flavor profile a bit, it is not a big change, yet it is noticeable. And I'm okay with that.
MOUTHFEEL: Full-bodied with a smooth, silky texture at the beginning of a sip and then there's a bit of "grabiness" at the very end. Carbonation is a little above average.
OVERALL: I've had mixed experiences with beers from this brewer. Some I like, some I don't. This is one that I do like, and will buy more of it in the future. However, it is fairly sweet. So it's not going to be a beer that I buy on a regular basis. Still, I would probably buy it a few times, each year, for those times when I want something sweet with a well-balanced flavor.
8.7% ABV
Best by: 09.19.26
$11.49 (on sale) 6-pk @ Publix
AROMA: Mildly sweet, with mild scents of raisins, cinnamon, and a bit of booze. As the beer warms, I start to pick up on other scents like, fresh-baked oatmeal cookies, vanilla, and dark-roast coffee.
APPEARANCE: Pours an opaque black with a 4-finger, loose-frothed, tan head that dissipates very slowly with excellent lacing. To be honest, it reminds me of a freshly poured Guinness from a tap. Very inviting!
TASTE: Sweet, with solid flavors of cinnamon, raisins, vanilla, and dark chocolate. I also get hints of coffee, milk, and booze during the finish. While the cinnamon is fairly evident, it is not in-your-face. In fact, none of the flavors really dominate. Instead, there is a nice balance between all of them. And even though the beer is on the sweet side, it is not overpowering. Especially with the coffee bitterness coming in during the finish, which helps to counter-balance some of the sticky sweetness you get at the very beginning.
One thing to be aware of is that as the beer warms, the raisin, vanilla, and milk flavors get a bit more prevalent, while the cinnamon lessens a skosh. While this does change the flavor profile a bit, it is not a big change, yet it is noticeable. And I'm okay with that.
MOUTHFEEL: Full-bodied with a smooth, silky texture at the beginning of a sip and then there's a bit of "grabiness" at the very end. Carbonation is a little above average.
OVERALL: I've had mixed experiences with beers from this brewer. Some I like, some I don't. This is one that I do like, and will buy more of it in the future. However, it is fairly sweet. So it's not going to be a beer that I buy on a regular basis. Still, I would probably buy it a few times, each year, for those times when I want something sweet with a well-balanced flavor.
Tried
from Can
from
Publix - Winter Springs Town Center
on 11 Jan 2026
at 18:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Can) Brownish black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted, slightly spicy nose with notes of chocolate cake, cinnamon, raisins, coffee and vanilla. Malty, roasted, sweetish taste with oatmeal cookies, rum raisins, cinnamon, chocolate, coffee, vanilla and a mild roasty bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, sweet. On the sweet side, but rich, smooth and tasty. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2025
at 20:43
7/10
Bottled. Dark brown pour. Pleasant malt and fruit aroma. Tasty cookies dough. Good
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very dark brown with small light brown head. Smells great, like cookies. Taste is just average.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Stadsbrouwhuis, Leiden: Opaque black coloured brew with an gentle sweet bitter taste with hints of lactose, oats, dried fruit and cookie dough.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:13
7/10
Tried
on 05 Nov 2024
at 18:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Black with a large foamy tan head that lingered and left great lacing. Toasty with Vania, chocolate and giant cinnamon. Long finish. Moderately full bodied
Tried
on 04 Mar 2024
at 00:45
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
S: roast - coffee - alcohol A: dark oily body - thin head T: roasted oats - icing sugar - molasses P: toffee - burnt sugars \ here vanilla O: rich malts - sweet cream - pungent, but easy-drinking 11 ounce pour on draught - Union Stage: Washington - sampled on draught on 19-October-2023 while watching Be Your Own Pet
Tried
on 07 Dec 2023
at 18:51
8/10
Tried
on 14 Jun 2023
at 18:00
6/10
Tried
on 13 Mar 2023
at 00:40