Dragon's Milk
(has 6 batches)
New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.60
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Throughout the ages, the term Dragon’s Milk has been used to describe potent ales and elixirs worthy of celebration – a reward at the end of the journey. We are proud to be stewards of that ancient tradition today, hand-crafting each batch of Dragon’s Milk Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout in Holland, Michigan. The best liquid in our house is now yours.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Pours a dark, dark brown with brown-red edges and gives up a moderate tan head with plenty of lace. Nose is bourbon and chocolate with hints of oak. Falls on the sweet side of imperial stouts, strong veins of milk chocolate backed up by black cherry, molasses, anise, and raisin, leading to a bourbon-soaked back end that mixes bitter cocoa, vanilla, and plenty of wood. The booze and fruitiness grow a bit cloy as the pint warms, though, and the bitterness becomes almost medicinal in its lingering presence. Texture's thin and fizzy for an impy stout, but the alcohol is almost completely hidden so we'll let the weak body slide. Not bad, but ultimately too sweet for me, without much complexity beyond the bourbon and chocolate.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2017
at 19:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from the Hwy 2 road trip. Aroma is chocolate, wood, mint, licorice, earth, raisin, vanilla. Pours black with a thin tan head. Taste is sweet and woody, with flavors matching the aroma; bourbon is noticeable. Too much oak influence in both aroma and flavor for me to really get into this. 7,4,7,4,14=3.6
Re-rate 5 years after initial rating. Not sure what happened, but there’s hardly any wood or bourbon influence now. Taste isn’t harsh at all. Very mellow, good tasting stout. ABV hidden well. 7,4,8,4,17=4.0
Re-rate 5 years after initial rating. Not sure what happened, but there’s hardly any wood or bourbon influence now. Taste isn’t harsh at all. Very mellow, good tasting stout. ABV hidden well. 7,4,8,4,17=4.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2017
at 00:43
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample 2/4 at Yard House, Las Vegas. Pours hazy black with a small, foamy, beige head. The aroma contains roasted malt, milk, coffee (with milk), cream, dark chocolate, vanilla, licorice, dark fruits, anise and bourbon. It tastes medium sweet and medium bitter. Full body, oily texture, soft fizzy carbonation. Deep flavour and complex aroma, great stuff.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2017
at 10:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle kindly shared by Pilsnertest. Pours dark, cola brown with disappearing white head. Smooth, vanilla and chocolate aroma and taste with liquorice finish and slight hints of bourbon. Elegant and dangerously drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2017
at 08:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from Whole Foods. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate milk, vanilla, caramel. Flavor is chocolate, vanilla, sweet sweet sweet caramel, maple, bourbon. Incredibly sweet, perhaps too much so.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2017
at 16:38
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
355ml bottle from Elizabeth Station. Bottled on 2016-11-08. Pours a dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is bourbon, chocolate, some dark fruits notes. Taste is rich bourbon, vanilla, dark fruits, moderate sweetness, slightly boozy. Coffee, dark fruits and dark chocolate aftertaste. Very good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2017
at 02:32