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New Holland Dragons Milk

New Holland Dragons Milk - Stout

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: Stout

Holland, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6833.71/5.03.7/5.0Winter9%94.5English pint
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Commercial Description:
Dragon’s Milk is a 17th century term used to describe the strong beer usually reserved for royalty. This strong ale was aged in oak for over 120 days. The aging process extracts flavors from the wood, which contribute to its complex character. Hints of bourbon flavor perfectly compliment its roasted malts to produce a beer fit for a King.
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 DragonStout (1380), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Poured a nice brown color with a small beige head.Had a nice roasty nose with hints of caramel and some dark fruits.Smells closer to an Impy stout.Flavor had chocolate, wood, and some coffee. Finished off slightly dry with a nice warming.


 jbuzz (658), South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/513/20
Jul 14, 2008  
Michigan Beers tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee.Taste is dark fruits and caramel, dark chocolate. A bit of lingering roasty malt. Pretty good


 Pastor (509), Maine, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jul 9, 2008  
Bottle poured into a sniffer produced a fingers worth of tan head that turned to lace on top of a black body Aromas of chocolate and coffee filled my nose a nice oak woodiness as well Taste the same as the nose but with slight alcohol warmth Full bodied brew not much carbonation I had this before I flew out of VA and I am glad I did it turned into a long flight. I finished the bomber by myself and was looking for more it’s a good brew


 flatmatt (221), Northville, Michigan, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 7, 2008  
22 oz bottle. Pours deep red, approaching black, with a small light tan head that dissipates quickly. No real lacing. Very nice aroma of rich dark fruits, bitter chocolate, sweet caramel. Flavor is dark fruits and caramel, dark chocolate. A bit of lingering roasty malt. Somewhat weaker flavor than I was expecting based on the aroma. A little undercarbonated.


 timsilvia32 (445), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 6, 2008    Updated: Oct 11, 2008
Dark red/brown pour, almost no head to it. Not a strong aroma, slight coffee and toffe. Pretty malty with carmel and slight chocolate. Nice warming going down, 9% abv not offensive at all. Had some other bourbon barrel aged beers, I don’t get much in this one from oak barrel.. Reminds me of Highland Brewing’s Tasgall Ale. Not bad at all though.


 drewbeerme (2224), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 6, 2008  
on tap at NH brewpub. pours dark red-brown with small white head. aroma is roasty, coffee. flavor is chocolate, coffee, caramel, oak. a bit hot, med body. a bit prickly. not too shabby.


 kmweaver (2396), Sebastopol, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 3, 2008  
22oz bottle. Pours a murky, cola-brown color; khaki-colored head with decent retention and mixed-bubbled lacing. Kind of a relaxed aroma: toasty, burnt wood, hints of bourbon and scotch; some toastiness, but muddled overall. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: toasty vanilla-laden oak and light bourbon notes; milk chocolate, roasted malts, and some bitter coffee notes; very relaxed carbonation; muddled flavor notes overall, though nothing astringent or rough coming through from the barrel character; toasty, basic maltiness; a bit of alcohol showing throughout. Medium finish: coffee, bitter and milk chocolate, and some toasty breadiness; not a lot of barrel character coming through in the end.


 MoDog (909), Griffith, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Jul 1, 2008  
On tap at New Holland and served in a snifter. This beer poured a dark brown with a thin head of tan foam. Some slippery lacing was left around the glass. The aroma of the beer was made up of chocolate, wood, and some mild alcohol. The flavor consisted of bittersweet chocolate, burnt malts, some mild vanilla and oak, and also a mellow note of bourbon. The mouthfeel was full-bodied with minimal carbonation. A dangerously drinkable high-gravity brew.



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