Opa-Opa Steakhouse King Oak Milk Stout

Brewed by Opa-Opa Steakhouse and Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Southampton, Massachusetts USA

Draught pint at Sunset Grill on 9/16/07
Dark black body shows medium to medium-high clarity and a thin, but mostly well-retained beige head. Little/no lacing.
Chocolate fudge and mild roastiness cast the aroma in a gentle light, as some sprucey hop notes perk up here and there to add complexity. Sweet, creamy pale and caramel malts slowly emerge with warming, but the fudge never dies down and keeps the aroma round and quite sniffable, never giving way to any dark malt acridness or astringency. Clean yeast and no alcohol or flaws, with a medium aroma strength.
Chocolate fudge, both in flavor and in texture (with a chewy starchiness coming from something, oats maybe?) is well-attenuated in its sweetness, with light roast dryness balancing and hints of dusty cocoa on the finish. Surprisingly well-hopped; not too much so, but there is definitely some juicy c-hop activity in the flavor. Marshmallows and vanilla dot the finish, as a lactose kick reminds me a bit of baileys, taken with the coffee/roast notes. Medium carbonation, no alcohol, flaws. Very drinkable and well-made.

Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Dark black color with a small, virually none, light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark chocolate, strong coffee, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat.

Cask@GBBF2007. Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some hops and old coffee. Flavour is very much the same with some rubbery hints. Nice coffeeish aftertaste.

Cask-GBBF. Black with no head. Woody and roast aroma. Roast flavour but somewhat thin and watery.

Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Wood, oak, vanilla, choc, coffee, not that good to be honest, bit too oaky. Not to my taste.

Solid black ... smokey roast malts nose... rich malts little lactic sour (balanced well) rich sweet roasts.

Cask@GBBF07. Sweet coffee aroma. Black color, light brown head, fair lace. Starts nice and full with coffee but almost immediately turns thin leaving a sandy mouthfeel.

Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - GBBF 2007. A black coloured beer with a tiny ring of beige coloured bubbles. The aroma is lactic and there’s some smoky roasted malts character. It’s quite subdued bit pleasant in the nose. The taste is milky and sweet with some dusty chocolate. Tasty and very decent.