8 Maids-A-Milking
(has 2 batches)
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Series|
Score
7.40
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Imperial Milk Stout
8 Maids-a-Milking is the 8th beer in our "12 Days of Christmas" series, and we'd be udderly crazy to release anything but a milk stout. So we made an imperial milk stout to stand up to whatever Old Man Winter throws our way from now through 2019 with the final release of our series. 8 Maids-a-Milking is brewed with lactose, which is commonly referred to as milk sugar. It's the only type of sugar that is unfermentable by yeast, which adds more perceptible creaminess and sweetness to the finished beer. This mouthfeel and sweetness is complemented by robust layers of milk chocolate, subtle spice accents from our house Belgian yeast and roasty, cafe elements indicative of our take on the style. Celebrate the seasons with the best of both worlds: enjoy some now, and lay a few down for up to 4 years to be enjoyed upon the release of 12 Drummers Drumming.
8 Maids-a-Milking is the 8th beer in our "12 Days of Christmas" series, and we'd be udderly crazy to release anything but a milk stout. So we made an imperial milk stout to stand up to whatever Old Man Winter throws our way from now through 2019 with the final release of our series. 8 Maids-a-Milking is brewed with lactose, which is commonly referred to as milk sugar. It's the only type of sugar that is unfermentable by yeast, which adds more perceptible creaminess and sweetness to the finished beer. This mouthfeel and sweetness is complemented by robust layers of milk chocolate, subtle spice accents from our house Belgian yeast and roasty, cafe elements indicative of our take on the style. Celebrate the seasons with the best of both worlds: enjoy some now, and lay a few down for up to 4 years to be enjoyed upon the release of 12 Drummers Drumming.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Mikkeller and Friends, Copenhagen. Pours pitch black with a big brown head. Aromas of malts, light tartness, lots of milk, dark fruits, chocolate, caramel. Taste is lactose-heavy, tart, milk chocolate, malty, roasty, dark fruits, yeasty. Ugh.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours inky black, large creamy brown head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is roasty, lactose, chocolate a bit of dust, molasses. Flavor is pretty sweet and medium bitter, roasty molasses chocoate. Full body, creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2018
at 01:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is full of milk chocolate with lighter dark chocolate and roast notes. Some spicy Belgian phenolics with clove and anise. Some light dark fruit and raisin notes. Press black with a medium sized, thick and creamy, light mocha head that recedes fairly quickly to the edges where it lingers. Flavor is fairly sweet with lots of milk chocolate as well as lighter lactose and dark chocolate. Light roast notes. Medium light raisin, prune and plum. Quite a bit of Belgian phenolics with anise, clove and allspice. Some light alcohol spice. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied and somewhat creamy with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, an alright beer but I’m not a huge fan of the Belgian yeast. I’m glad the lactose isn’t super strong though as some milk stouts go over the top with the lactose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2017
at 21:36