White Russian Nitro
Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.42
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White stout with coffee and vanilla added
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Medium roast coffee, soil aroma. Clear amber, firm creamy medium head. Sweet coffee, cane sugar. Medium body, soft creamy mouthfeel. I like the coffee in this and the texture, but this delivered none of the hoped for complexity. Naked sweetness. Better on draft.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Sep 2020
at 01:18
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Deep clear and ever so lightly hazy golden, amber and copper coloured body with a super thin, barely coating the top, pure white, nitrogenated head - looks pretty nice, but I was expecting a larger head from this nitro can. Aroma of coffee (brewed light roast), light malts, yeast, bread and tons of both - lactose and vanilla that are very strong, especially for being under nitrogen. Medium to Full-bodied; Deep velvety lactose, creamy and malty flavours dominate with a strong coffee, white chocolate, earth, nutty and yeastie bite with a deep bitterness that is assertive and slightly pervasive and cloying. Aftertaste shwos the grainy, malty, nutty and very creamy flavours with the coffee, lactose, creamy, vanilla and especially white chocolate tastes that end a bit too sweet and pungent. Overall, an interesting beer, and while I'm not sold on 'White Stouts', this at least had a great texture of course (nitrogen), some enjoyable and complex flavours, but this was just too cloying overall to be enjoyable in the larger format - even for a single can! It's like a dessert, and I wasn't really expecting that, sadly. I sampled this 13.65 ounce, nitrogen can, purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 15-September-2020 for US$3,99 sampled at my house here on the next day, in Washington, on 16-September-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Sep 2020
at 06:27
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
13.65 ounce NItro can from Festival Northland, 9/10/20. Some clear gold bits on the bottom but generally hazy from an aggressive nitro pour. Aroma of coffee and vanilla. Taste is coffee, cream, vanilla, honey, pale malt. Boozy. Medium bodied very sweet. More gimmick than beer but its not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2020
at 00:58
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
After the head dies down there is a clear gold body with a large foamy white head. Aroma is toasted marshmallows. Flavor is a huge sweetness with some candy sugar. Blag way too sweet. This should come with a shot of insulin. No coffee, vanilla I guess and sugar.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2020
at 23:31
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Best by February 5th.
Pours a clear gold with the usual head of foam and lacing for a nitro beer.
Smells light. I get vanilla and coffee, lactose.
Taste is the same though a tad more assertive. Vanilla is most noticeable, light coffee, getting some chocolate flavour, lactose, somewhat sweet, almost like a vanilla milkshake.
Body is good.
Not my cup of tea but it is decent.
Pours a clear gold with the usual head of foam and lacing for a nitro beer.
Smells light. I get vanilla and coffee, lactose.
Taste is the same though a tad more assertive. Vanilla is most noticeable, light coffee, getting some chocolate flavour, lactose, somewhat sweet, almost like a vanilla milkshake.
Body is good.
Not my cup of tea but it is decent.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2020
at 16:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
How: Can.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Dark golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Coffee, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, malt.
Body: Medium body and acrbonation.
Flavour: CHocolate, vanilla, coffee, caramel.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Dark golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Coffee, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, malt.
Body: Medium body and acrbonation.
Flavour: CHocolate, vanilla, coffee, caramel.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2020
at 09:29