Milk Stout

Bottle. Nose is toffee, malt, charcoal. Taste is sweet malt, hint of charcoal, toffee, dark fruit, sticky slightly sickly.

Bottle from Tesco. Pours black with a thick tan head. Very little on the nose. Faint toffee maybe. Taste is light chocolate, light roast. Faintly sweet. Pretty bland to be honest.

Bottle. Black with a nice beige head. Aroma of cocoa, chocolate and hints of coffee. Taste is milk chocolate, cocoa, some coffee, roasted malts and a little bit of hops. Very balanced and rather dry than sweet. Low to medium carbonation. Silky and creamy. Yummy.

330 ml bottle into pint glass, bottled on 10/12/2016. Pours clear nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a small dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, cream, toasted oats, and dark bread; with light notes of nuttiness, molasses, smoke, dark fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of roast/bready malt, lactose, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, cream, toasted oats, and dark bread; with light notes of nuttiness, molasses, smoke, dark fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, cream, toasted oats, dark bread, light nuttiness/smoke, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt, lactose, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying/acrid roast flavors after the finish. Slightly drying from hop/roast bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is awesome. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a delicious milk stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt, lactose, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter finish. Very rich and flavorful for the ABV. Great well rounded malt complexity, just enough hops to balance sweetness; and nice complementing yeast character, without being overdone. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on English style example.

500ml bottle. Pours pitch black with a small head. Aroma is sweet roast, some veg. Taste has sweet roast to start with a coffee finish.

Black with creamy head. Aroma and flavour have some sugary caramel and burnt sugar. Interestingly sweet. There is still a residual roasted bitterness in the finish.

Bottle from Tesco. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is roasted malt, lactose, liqoourice. The flavour is moderate sweet with a smooth rich, sweet caramel malt, milky, roasty, charcoal liquorice hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Not a bad attempt. Quite drinkable and I’d order a second.

bottle from Tesco Seaton. Deep black, tall and creamy, persistant beige-brown head. Smooth and malty, pleasantly sweet, not too dry. Chocolatey with coffee, dark delight.

Bottle from Tesco. Dark brown in colour, with a thin, beige, head. Sweet milk chocolate, some toasty malts, a touch of fudge, leading to a gentle finish. I’ve had better milk stouts.