Scratch Beer 27 - 2010
Overall: 8.18/10 by 2 dudes
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0.18 or 2.2%
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Style: Milk/Sweet/Cream Sout
ABV: 6.70%
Season: One-time
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370 beers rated with a
7.94 average
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8.00/10
- A: 8.0 | T: 8.0 | L: 8.0 | M: 8.0 | O: 8.0
- sDev: 2.20% Color: Brown
- Quicky: Distinctive lactose sugar, followed by cocoa, and faint roast aroma. Who doesn't love a chocolate milk stout?? Really well balanced milk stout, with a solid cocoa overtone. Clean, well balanced, no single note overwhelms the other. At times milk stouts can be overly sweet or thick...this brew in neither. There's a subtle complexity below the surface, with notes of expresso, vanilla, and nuttiness. Very drinkable.
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- Reviewed: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 22:39:40
- Tasted: Thursday, March 11, 2010
- $0.00 for 12 oz. bottle
1,467 beers rated with a
7.84 average
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8.36/10
- A: 8.0 | T: 8.0 | L: 9.0 | M: 9.0 | O: 9.0
- sDev: 2.20% Color: Black
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Poured opaque with an inch of brown, thick, frothy, foam. Retention is above average while the lacing is splotchy and loose.
Aroma definitely gives it away as a milk stout. The lactate sugar makes it stand out. The overall aroma is slight but does have some roasted scents that, in my opinion, need to be a little stronger in a stout. Chocolate and some coffee makes there presence known too.
Flavor stands out. Roasted malt with some sweetness from the lactose with dose of chocolate and coffee in the finish. A nice malt centered bitterness in the aftertaste as is the coffee and minor touch of chocolate.
Light end of a big body with ample carbonation. A bit coating and hanging after taste.
Okay, four scratch series beers tonight and this one left a lasting impression. Easily the best beer of the evening while not trying to take away from the rest. I would have this again (good thing I have another). Enjoy! - 930 characters
- Reviewed: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 22:38:03
- Tasted: Thursday, March 11, 2010
- $0.00 for 12 oz. bottle
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