Milkshake Stout

Sampled from a 16 oz can this beer poured a black color with an enormous creamy-soapy brown head that lingered and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was sweetish and toasty with notes of vanilla, marshmallow and chocolate. The flavor was toasty and mildly bitter with chocolate, vanilla and a lactic note. Long toasty chocolate and almost marshmallow finish. Medium bodied and smooth. Solid.

Draught @ HopCat, Ann Arbor, MI
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, caramel, cocoa and lactose. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee and hint of licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

On tap at Hop Cat, Ann Arbor. Just south of black, with a small dense beige head. The aroma is roasted, with coffee, some vanilla and molasses. A bit plain I think, and a tad weak. It’s quite sweet on the palate, full bodied and with a nice carbonation. Dry, roasted malts, coffee, dark chocolate and some vanilla and molasses in the flavor. Lasting finish. Nice, yes it is, but it lacks character I think. 150615

From a can the look of this borders on a 5, nicely done without a widget. Fairly friendly gentle stout aroma. Head fades. Feel is hollow at times. Smooth going and easy, could have less of an apparent alky personality. Roasty stout personality. Hope nobody thinks this is going to taste anything like a milkshake, heheh.

16 ounce can into pint glass, best before 4/23/2019. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of smoke, charcoal, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, cocoa, lactose, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of smoke, charcoal, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, spicy, roast, charred bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread, light smoke/char/dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, cocoa, lactose, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop 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 carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. A touch thin, but nothing to complain about. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a very nice English milk stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, cocoa, lactose, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Nicely rich malts and balanced lactose/cocoa nib flavors; solid earthy hops against sweetness, and light fruity yeast notes. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example as expected. Was definitely better than the first time I had it in 2013.

Draft at GABF. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose and taste of chocolate, milk sugar and light cream. Medium body.

Very sweet, maybe a bit too harsh finish, black patent?

Draft sample. Smooth, mild milk chocolate; just a hint of roast; creamy mouth feel.

16 oz can. Pours black with a tan head. Sweet dark malt aroma with cocoa and molasses. Flavor has cocoa, with light roastiness and hints of molasses and cream. Fairly clean finish. Decent.