Dragon's Milk Reserve: S'mores (2022)
(Batch of Dragon's Milk Reserve: Smores)
New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
7.35
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This adventure begins with a slumber in select bourbon barrels, imparting notes of vanilla and oak to this brew. Flavors of graham cracker, chocolate, and toasted marshmallow capture the nostalgia of campfire s’mores, completing the quest. Raise a glass to victory!
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz. bottle. Pours black, with a small, tan head. The aroma is milk chocolate, cinnamon, caramel, black pepper, maple, and vanilla. Sweet and malty, with a light, dusty bitterness. Heavy, syrupy, and smooth. Bold and tasty. Smooth and balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2024
at 15:11
8.6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2023
at 23:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled 9/8/22, drunk 6/16/23. Clear, mahogany, tan head quickly to ring. Nose is clean, not excessively sugary. You can pick out the adjuncts easily and the graham cracker's a bit heavy handed. Malts show caramel, vanilla, some fig and a touch of acidity. Very little bourbon, not sure I find any, honestly. But not boozey. Soft, malty, rather simplistic, sweet, not overly so. Lots of marshmallow and graham cracker, again no bourbon. No booze, syrup. It's fine, but just not elevated or remarkable whatsoever.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2023
at 20:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. A- Chocolate, char, marshmallow. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, beige head. T- Roasty, cocoa, vanilla, subtle graham cracker. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Nice stuff. Does lightly resemble a s'more. A slight touch of char helps to break the sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2023
at 03:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle from Festival Manitowoc, 12/5/22. Near black, thini tan head, poor retention. Aroma of roast, booze, whiskey. Taste is roast, caramel, booze, whiskey, coffee, marshmallow, chocolate. A bit boozy but well balanced. Seems oddly full bodied and thin at the same time. Overall nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2022
at 04:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of brown head that dissipates quickly. Vanilla aromas on the nose with warming bourbon and notes of graham present. More of the same on the palate with marshmallow, vanilla, chocolate and bourbon present. Actually nice well-rounded moutheel mid-palate, but thins on the finish. Lingering bourbon and chocolate notes.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 10 Oct 2022
at 02:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
on 01 Oct 2022
at 20:56