Lancaster Milk Stout

Brewed by Lancaster Brewing Co.
Style: Sweet Stout
Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA

Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours a black color, with a light tan head. Mild to moderate carbonation. The aroma brings sweeter than expected notes. A touch of caramel, some other difficult-to-pinpoint sweetness, and some roasted notes come through. The palate is far less acrid and coffee-like in character than most stouts, perhaps benefiting from the lactose addition. The latter isn’t as prevelant as I would have expected, but does add a nice smooth sweetness. Hops don’t really make any kind of appearance in terms of bitterness nor character. The finish is moderate and enjoyable. Overall, a nicely done sweet stout.

Pours nearly black with a dark head. Aroma of roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor is huge roasted malt, some milk chocolate, mostly sweet with some lactic sourness. Finish is dry with a lingering roasted malt.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Gilly’s, 9/24/09

Aroma: Mostly sweet roasted malts with mild coffee & chocolate
Appearance: Dark brown color, fizzy brown head that dissipates quickly
Flavor: Roasted malty flavor, but just a touch thin & one dimensional
Palate: Like the flavor the mouthfeel is a touch thin, light-medium bodied
Overall Impression: I’ve had this one a few times before, but this is my first time rating it. It is a pretty decent beer, but unfortunately it just isn’t powerful or complex enough to be more then decent. Not a bad beer, just not exciting enough for me to go much higher then this on the score. A drinkable, but hardly memorable stout.

On tap at Mad Mex in State College, PA. Smooth tan head with brown body. Very creamy and smooth with the sweetness of roasted coffee. Almost no bitterness to speak of. Why is it made in Wilkes-Barre and not Lancaster?

Nearly blacked topped by a tan head. Aroma of roasted barley backed by some toffee like sweetness. Restrained roasted coffee flavors balanced by a light chocolate sweetness. Nice full bodied creaminess. Finishes with a slightly toasted/smoky character. A pretty solid stout overall.

Nice stout with a dark brown head and a good lacing. Thick and black with a sweet chocolately flavor. Smooth tasting on the palate. Slightly bitter aftertaste with a strong roasted flavor. Hint of cream. Somewhat thin.

Pours a dark brown almost black coor with ruby edges and a thin coffee-coloed head. Roasted malt aroma with creamy oatmeal, coffee and toast presence. Well balanced and smooth with some oatmeal flavor up-front followed by a creamy finish with roasted malty flavor and a bitter coffee, toffee and dark chocolate finish.