On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, exemplary chocolate-espresso blend retains refreshingly clean-watered crisping. Delicately creamed milk chocolate sweetness and lactic-sugared vanilla surge pleat neutral cocoa nibs midst. Mellow espresso macchiato roast deepens mocha resolve. Wispy jalapeno burn stays recessive.
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CARTON OF MILK STOUT – NITRO
Excellent nitro version of increasingly popular milk stout maintains similar attributes of original, though resinous bullion hop bittering seeps deeper into dark-roasted chocolate malting and nutty coffee roast. Lactic sugaring contrasts raw molasses acridity, dry espresso milking and burnt wood wisp at downplayed black currant midst. Guinness fans should give it a go.
GREAT SOUTH BAY SNOZBERRY STOUT
Elegantly soft-toned milk stout drapes raspberry puree atop coffee-stained dark chocolate with unique precision. Espresso macchiato milking enhances ancillary blackberry, black cherry and grape jam illusions. Subtle vanilla sweetness seeps inside glorious fruited mocha theme. Perfect dessert fodder.
ROCHESTER MILLS MILKSHAKE STOUT
Ineffective lactose-milked medium body lacks expectant creamy ‘milkshake’ sweetness. Instead, dry dark-roasted black patent malting and light cocoas nibs influence prove ill-equipped to carry the mushy nutty mocha load over its murky earthen bottom. Sour dried fruiting seems outta place. Closer to a thin Irish stout, perhaps.
PALE HORSE EXPORT STOUT
Brisk clean-watered milk chocolate entry picks up dark toffee, cocoa and coffee highlights over mild toasted hop char. Whoppers-like malted milk ball pleasantry contrasts lactic-soured dark chocolate bittering at the midst. Tart black cherry waver, wafting anise spicing and light bourbon nip fill out silken brownie-battered finish.
(DE PROEF) TO OL BY UDDER MEANS MILK STOUT (AGED IN MUSCATEL)
On tap at Julian’s Restaurant, fabulous milk stout, aged to perfection in muscatel barrels, seamlessly blends chocolate with red wine. Creamy molasses-sapped black chocolate overture enriches sweet dessert-wined muscat grape segue. Plum-sugared black grape, green raisin, blueberry and sherry undertones reinforced by soy-milked hop char. Subtle mocha illusions of chocolate cake, cocoa and vanilla waver beneath.
CARTON SOMETHING LIKE SANDY
Distinctive cola-hued sour milk stout hybridized by incipient bone-dry brettanomyces-like wild yeast lactose. Lemon rind-embittered espresso frontage and musty ground coffee veneer reach tart black cherry-soured midst, picking up acrid charcoal reminder. Vinous red and purple grape esters cover earthen bottom to tempting mocha-soured dried fruited finish.
SOUTHERN TIER 2X STOUT (NITRO)
On tap at Julian’s Restaurant, nitro-injected milk stout with whipped cream head spreads lactic sugar across soft-hopped cocoa bean chalking, black chocolate oats toasting and sweet toffee malting. Mild creme brulee, coffee and espresso undertones provide extra mocha lift. Tertiary black cherry, blackberry and black currant illusions whisk by.
BIG MUDDY VANILLA STOUT
Creamy Madagascar vanilla sugaring drapes rich milk chocolate center. Coffee bean, chalky cocoa, Baker’s chocolate, coconut and cola nut illusions get dessicated by moderate oats-charred bittering. Resinous hop astringency contrasts mocha-sweetened vanilla theme well.
HARDYWOOD CHOCOLATE HEAT (DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MILK STOUT)
“Luscious yet piquant,” correctly states the label for this well-rounded dark ale. Ample dark chocolate bittering and light cacao nibs powdering contrast creamy brown chocolate sweetness above reserved hop-charred chile habanero peppering. Musky bourbon, burgundy and Muscat wining seep into the backdrop alongside tertiary red cherry and anise snips, sidewinding its massive mocha-milked conviction.
DU CLAW X4 MACCHIATO MILK STOUT
Tranquilizing sweet stout made with ‘real espresso verdi’ perfectly re-creates silken cappuccino-milked macchiato with its compact sweet n’ sour java theme. Maple-sapped molasses creaming, sharp blackened hop char, light cola-walnut conflux and dry bourbon sedation induce ethereal coffee-roasted pleasantry. Lactic-sugared latte finish freshened by smoothest mineral water soothe.
TERRAPIN MOO HOO CHOCOLATE MILK STOUT
Intensely resembling Yoo-Hoo chocolate drink upon impact, sweet maltose-intense medium body also assimilates dark toffee-centered Hershey’s Whoppers, chocolate nougat-derived Milky Way Bars, caramel-candied Milk Duds and vanilla-doused creme brulee. But its recessively contrasted charred-oats astringency works against the creamy milk chocolate dessert treat, depleting some of its rich mocha resonance.