Oakes (33493) reviewed Milk Stout from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Near black colour. Aroma is similar to Vietnamese coffee, but with a distinct nuttiness. Full body with a rich roasty character. This lends a fair bit of acrid bitterness that is offset by decadent lactose sweetness. Not entirely traditioanl given its strength (and accompanying relatively hefty body) but it is flavourful and showcases the key ingredients well. Cheers to Suttree for hooking me up with this!
shrubber (15804) reviewed Porter from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Burnt caramel, cola and ash aroma. Opaque black brown with slight film of a head. Smokey mocha coffee flavor primarily - mild sweetness with a moderate hops finish. High acidity and moderate carbonation. I really like the smoke flavor - reminds me of a campfire.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
I am not that impressed by this brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark brown color with ruby highlights and a small tan head. The aroma is roasted malts and light chocolate. The flavor is rather bitter and has moderately strong roasty malts and a bit of coffee. The finish is bitter.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Porter from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Very dark brown or a black, With a nice thick light tan head. Overall a pretty fair porter.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Milk Stout from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Best before 1/2006 bottle from Secret Santa consumed on 12/30/2005. Large mocha colored head, initially, atop a transluscent, deep garnet-burgundy tinged coal brown body. Smells of burnt cocoa, light lactic notes, vanilla syrup-flavored coffee. All quite burly and rich. Only the barest hints of dry, earthy barley peek through on the edges. Flavor is at once a creamy mocha latte, with roasted bitterness on the sides of the palate, attempting to clear the sweet creamy sugars on each sip. The crusty, brown, bready malts add a very crunchy coffee-like feel, but the milky aspect seems a bit overly creamy-sweet. As it warms, very light floral hops emerge, providing a touch of flavor and light bitterness. Still, a touch more balance to this vast sea of cream would be well placed. It is a very creamy texture and a medium-full body, despite the filtration. Low carbonation, with the head slowly receding to a ring. Short finish, though; some roast and cream lingers on. Like the other Duck-rabbits, it tends to the less complex side of the malt spectrum, but is certainly well-made. Retronasal floral hops garner some interest. No alcohol noted.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Porter from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
2005 bottle from Suttree drunk on 12/15/2005. Pours a deep, dark brown, transluscent, though settling out clear eventually, with no sediment on the bottom and forced carbonated as their other beers. Head is tan and thick, well-lasting, though not lacing. Aroma of milk chocolate, sweet toffee, buttercream, caramel and a mild roastiness. No real hops noticeable. The aroma is of moderate strength and quite sweet overall, lacking any yeast or alcohol apparency. Flavor is again quite sweet, a not very bashful mix of milk chocolate, toffee, cream, light caramel sugars and mild roast. Light nuttiness and a touch of graininess on the end. It’s very strong and flavorful, and the sweetness is balanced, at least somewhat, by a non-bitter roast and light warmth of alcohol that lingers in the background. Touch of vanillin and dry earthiness. Medium-full bodied, moderately carbonated and overall quite smooth, lightly creamy of texture. Not as thick in the mouth as it could be, no doubt from the filtration, but flavorful to the end.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Amber Ale from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Best before Jan 2006 bottle from Suttree, thanks! Pours very similar to their brown ale, though this is a more cherry-copper-amber color, but the head and carbonation are the same; that is to say, small and rapidly dissipating, with little to no lacing. Sort of a dull-beige color to this one. Aroma shows lightly dry hops, soily, nutty, touch of floral notes, with light crystal malts, a touch of round fruitiness (peaches, nectarines) and a little hint of vanilla or buttercream. Plenty of hard, caramelly sugary malts add enough body but it is just a hard, unwavering crystal malt, with lightly dry, grassy and nutty hops, ultimately. Ends on a dry papery note, rather bland, but there is some caramel flavor lingering from the main body. Heavily filtered, leading to a loose, unsubstantial texture, high carbonation. Medium to medium-light bodied, but otherwise, clean.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Brown Ale from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2005 bottle from Suttree! Pours a chestnut mahogany, with light red tints and a tan overtone. Head is beige and recedes quickly to a ring. Aroma of toasted/roasted malts, light burnt caramel. Hops are soily, farmy, lightly nutty and a touch bitter. Flavor is roasty, light licorice, sweet brown sugar mixed with hay and barley grains. Touches of chocolate and light almonds, walnuts and creme brulee. But not quite that sweet. The roast is dominant, but yet, though it is dry, it is not undermalted. Just roasty, dry and lightly bitter. Low carbonation. Clear, seemingly filtered and force carbonated, with a dry, lively texture and no alcohol. Clean with little to no yeast presence.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
I am not a huge stout fan. This one came to me in my beer club. I have never heard of this brewer before. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer pours thick black and oily with almost no head at all. The aroma is dry roasted malts and light floral hops. The mouthfeel is smooth and silky. The flavor is dry roasted malts with strong coffee notes and a light chocolate undertone. The finish is mildly creamy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Clear deep ruby brown body that forms a huge tan head. Weak aroma. Weak flavor, some coffee notes that lead into a unpleasant astringent finish. Not worth finishing