Imperial Milkshake Stout
Rochester Mills Beer Co. in Rochester, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.13
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can, thank you Gregg for sharing. Pours dark brown, almost black. Light brown foam on top. Nice creamy milk chocolate character, some cocoa and chocolate. Warming. Taste is also creamy and smooth, not much sweetness but lots of cocoa powder, feels very drinkable and easy although it has like 9% abv. Good milk stout, well balanced and very much enjoyable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 ounce can into snifter, best before 5/18/2017. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy tan head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice 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, caramel, vanilla, cream, and toasted dark bread; light notes of nuttiness, smoke, dark fruit, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, cocoa/lactose, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, vanilla, cream, and toasted dark bread; light notes of nuttiness, smoke, dark fruit, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, vanilla, cream, toasted dark bread, light nuttiness/smoke, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, cocoa/lactose, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly drying from roast/hop bitterness, but pretty minimal. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, and slightly chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.2%. Overall this is a very nice imperial milk stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, cocoa/lactose, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Well rounded stout complexity with nice lactose/cocoa nib balance. Tastes very similar to the base beer; bigger flavors and fuller/creamier bodied. A very enjoyable offering.