SKA Steel Toe Stout (Milk Stout)

Brewed by SKA Brewing
Style: Sweet Stout
Durango, Colorado USA

Bottle. Pours a deep brown with a small off white head. Aroma is malt, roast, chocolate. Flavor is roast, coffee, nuts, malt, chocolate. Nice slick mouthfeel with a sweet yet slightly bitter chalky finish.

Pours relatively dark with a moderate-sized foamy head. Aroma is weakly of chocolate and miscellaneous sweetness. I was a little surprised by the sweetness present in the flavor-fruits, floral, and a bit of malts are present. The body is disappointingly watery, though. Unfortunately, I tend to prefer thicker beers, so this effect was a little lost on me.

Sampled on 4/20/2009. This sweet stout pours a deep black color from a 12oz bottle. Small sized off-white foamy head with a quickly disappearing head. The aroma is chocolate and coffee. A medium bodied sweet stout. The malts are chocolate and coffee, roasty malts with some sweetness. The hops are earthy. Nice balance. The roasty/bitterness at the start is offset by the sweetness at the finish. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Pours a dark brown with reddish tinges. A small tan head that disappears quickly. The nose is smoky with notes of coffee and chocolate. Definitel malty sweetness in the background. Flavor is light with a nice sweetness. Definite coffee and a roasted almost burnt (not in a horrible way) flavor mid palate. I like Milk Stouts and this is another good one. Just a little lighter than some others.

Pours a transparent deep mahogany with ruby hues and a large, frothy tan head. Aroma of sweet caramely malt with lots of milk chocolate character and a hint of light fruits. Body starts fairly full and sweet with some lactose flavor and light roasty bitterness. Finishes smooth and semi-sweet with lingering milk chocolate. A decent milk stout, but could use a richer aroma.

Bottle. Steamboat Co. The Working Man’s stout. That’s a good name for it. It’s not too overpowering, but has some notes of fruit and chocolate.

Crushed with Jakebra. Some chocolate, coffee, milkyness, and POOP. Looks nice. Flavor is sour milk minus the chunks, which is cool, but not good. God, I can’t wait to brew my own better beer than this crap.

Pours dark brown with a thin off white head. Smells of cocoa, some dark fruit. Tastes of sweet malt, tarte, some raisins, molasses. What’s with the tartness in all their stouts and porters?