Vache Folle Imperial Milk Stout

Poured from 500mL bottle (bottled 2025/12/16; lot 1081). Very dark brown with small beige head. Mild fruity roast with a touch of chocolate. Simple, competent imperial milk stout.

A thin light tan head on a chocolate body. The nose is chocolate and sweet malt with a slightly disconcerting vegetal element. The body is surprisingly thin for an imperial. The taste, unfortunately follows suit. Chocolate, caramel and cream are well blended but that slightly vegetal je ne sais quoi lingers in the back of the taste as well. It is not bad for what it is, but what it is is not much.

very dark pour with a thick mocha head. Aroma of sweet malt, fruity alcohol, and muddled hops. Flavor is roasty, and bitter with a sweet hoppy finish. The alcohol disapears in the finish.

Bière 50 cl ramenée de vacances au Canada. Jolie couleur brune foncée intense, mousse café qui persiste bien. Nez chocolat et café. En bouche, côté fumé et torréfié, corps dense et texture onctueuse apportée par le lactose, notes d'olive noire. Très bonne, un super souvenir à ramener de Baie St Paul !

Bottle. Almost black. Malty roastaroma. Malty sweet roasty caramelly, alcoholic flavor. Coffee, lactose. Dryish roasty finish. Lots of flavor!

Got in a BIF from TheDoctor. Rated blind. 500 ml bottle into snifter, bottled on 5/17/2018. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, whipped cream, nuttiness, dark/brown bread, toasted biscuit, and dark fruit; with lighter notes of smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, lactose, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, whipped cream, nuttiness, dark/brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of dark fruit, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate Light-moderate herbal, grassy, peppery hop; and roast/char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, whipped cream, nuttiness, dark/brown bread, toasted biscuit, light smoke/char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, lactose, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium-plus carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9%. Overall this is an excellent imperial milk stout! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, lactose, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Nicely rich English malt complexity, lactose, balancing earthy hops against sweetness, and restrained English yeast presence. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

Bottle from La Fringale du Monde. Opaque mahogany under a two finger rocky khaki coloured head that lingers and leaves tight lace. Nose is dark chocolate, coffee, lactose, light vanilla, roasted nuts and hints of plum. Flavour is light+sweet milk chocolate with a medium- coffee bitterness and a slight cherry tartness. Mouth is medium+ and creamy with soft carbonation and a medium length bitter finish. Alcohol is well integrated. Nice Milk stout. 8/4/7+/4/16

From mon frere: pours black with a small head. Aroma is chocolatey, sugary, malty. Taste is kind of sweet... not cloying. Some chocolate. Smooth and creamy body. Not huge on flavorside. Pretty light for an IS. Not bad.

Tap. Bottle color with beige head. Aroma is chocolate, lacto. Taste is chocolate, lacto, some ash, quite sweet, a hint of spiciness in the back. Silky mouthfeel. Very drinkable and very nice.

Bottle shared with Inoven, TomHendriksen and Roelzie1986 @ random tasting. Very nice deep dark red-brown color with a medium sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, some milk chocolate, lightly dusty, lightly bitter, slightly toasted malts. Decent to medium body, decent carbonation. Ok beer.