Lancaster Milk Stout

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

Had this both on tap at the brewery and bottled. Tasted pretty standard for a stout but with a sweet and sour end to it. A bit different, definetly worth a try.

12 oz. bottle. Pours opaque black with a creamy light tan head. Light aroma of chocolate and malt. Slightly sweet flavor mixed with chocolate and roasted malt. Very enjoyable.

Thanks to Dorwart for the trade. Deep black with a compact dark beige head. Lacing is thin with sheeting action. Aroma of espresso and nuts. Rich smooth body with a semi-sweet flavor of milk chocolate and coffee primarily. Some malt and hops in the background too. The finish is sweet and a little chalky at first, but more cocoa-like later. Pretty enjoyable when all is said and done.

This bitter-sweet stout was metalic with an aftertaste and mild carbonation. The lingering aftertaste is a bit milky and lingers ike cold coffee. Only slightly sweet and mostly hop-heavy with a hint of alcohol on the buds.

On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark almost black with some amber when held up to the light. Head was tan and laced nicely. Aroma was lactose and roasted malts. A light in the aroma overall. Flavor is coffee and lactose. Almost like a chilled coffee with cream and a little dark chocolate in the tail. One of the better sweet stouts I’ve had, sometimes the lactose ruins these for me. This was nicely balanced.

Stouts always look good, hey they’re black and opaque. This one had a small tan head. It also had a metalic taste followed by an unpleasant bitterness. It did not seem true to style. It wasn’t smooth and lacked the characteristic lactose sweetness of a milk stout.

12 oz bottle. Pours jet black with a finger sized light brown head. Aroma was minimal but I detected roastiness and a trace of chocolate. Thin body and finished with a sour taste that completely ruined the beer. I tried this a little over a year ago and didn’t recall it being this bad. I think there may have been something wrong with this bottle.

Poured dark brown with a fizzy brown head. Aroma of chocolate, grass, and some acidity. Taste seems thin, grassy, perhaps burnt... like watered-down coffee grounds and charcoal. Certainly not what I expect from a sweet stout. Average body. Not sure if this is a bad bottle or not.