7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours crystal clear nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of blood orange, citrus peel, milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, cream, toasted dark bread, light smoke/char, herbal, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of oranges/peels, roast/bready malt, lactose, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of blood orange, citrus peel, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, cream, toasted dark bread, light smoke/char, herbal, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate roast/char, herbal/grassy hop, and citrus peel bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of blood orange, citrus peel, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, cream, toasted dark bread, light smoke/char, herbal, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of oranges/peels, roast/bready malt, lactose, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and no acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and fairly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a delicious fruited milk stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of oranges/peels, roast/bready malt, lactose, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Pretty much perfectly balanced oranges/peels, and standard milk stout malt profile with the lactose. On the bitter/hoppy side for the style, but really not an issue at all. Not overdone. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
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from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2017
at 19:01