New Holland Dragons Milk

Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Holland, Michigan USA

Pours black, with a fine, white head. Aroma is coffee and chocolate. Mouthfeel is thickish with flavors of chocolate, coffee, nuts, and bourbon.

Poured a dark chestnut brown, with a reddish tint, and a tan ring of carbonation lacing the sides of the glass. Aroma was rather porter-like, with roasted malts predominating. Flavor was similar to the aroma, with roasted malts at the beginning of the sip, followed by strong wood flavors and tanginess. Finishes creamy, with a touch of dry fruit. Very smooth.

on tap at galway tribes... Pours black, looks like cola. Head light tan with very nice lacing. aroma is packed with vanilla, oak and toffee with chocolate overtones. Palate is a little thin for a 10.5% beer. Flavors has a nice roast malt feel up front ,with vanilla and hints of chocolate and toffee. wonderful finish as well.

Black with fair, creamy tan head / Nose of roast malts, cocoa, & oak / Full body, chewy, with fine carbonation and good hop balance on the finish / Flavors of chocolate, toffee, vanilla, oak, and coconut / Very nice job by NH.

On tap at Mad Max Cranberry. Nice and different. Aroma of wine, wood and vanilla. Very complex. Pour was a nice deep dark brown with a 2 finger tan head. Taste was vanilla, oak, coffee and chocolate with dark fruits and a strong alcohol burn. Very nice. I haven’t seen this in a bottle, but hope to before they are done with it.

Dark, opaque color; pours with a nice head. Smoky, malt aroma; you really pick up the notes from the wood barreling giving it an almost bourbon-like quality to the nose. The flavor is complex, there is a sweetness to it along with vanilla, coffee, chocolate, fruit, and almost a liqueur quality. You can taste the alcohol on the finish, but it is not at all unpleasant. All around an excellent dark beer and probably the best thing New Holland Brewery produces.

Name: Dragon’s Milk
Date: 04/28/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Appearance: dark ruby red, thin beige head, nice lace,
Aroma: sweet lactose aroma,
Flavor: big buttery butterscotch flavor, like a butterfinger in a glass, lots of vanilla
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Date: 06/09/2007
Mode: bottle
Words: Noog 3D

Aroma: sweet dark fruit aroma,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: big sweet fruity flavor, milky sweetness with rich chocolate, lots of vanilla brings out even more sweetness, no dyactyl at all
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Date: 07/14/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

quite subdued but very well blended
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Date: 10/03/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

I think they have this one tuned in pretty well

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: ***+/4

Coffee, dark chocolate and alcohol greet the olfactories, dark brown, has a tiny tan head. Some wood has imparted to the flavour, perhaps even, whiskey barrel? An appreciated smokiness to the malt as well. Full bodied, bitter as can be. Great! Thanks mds.