SKA Steel Toe Stout (Milk Stout)

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

Draught at GABF 2008. Black coloured with a meidum sized beige head. Roasted aroma of coffee, caramel and chocolate. Roasted flavour of coffee with notes of chocolate and caramel. Roasted finish.

Name: Steel Toe Stout (Milk Stout)
Date: 10/14/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

black, thin tan head, strong roasted aroma, creamy roasted malt flavor, balanced bitterness, all roasted and nothing else

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.3/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *+/4

12oz bottles acquired in trades with cbkschubert & FlacoAlto (thanks!). I’m really into the SKA labels. This one makes me want to break out an old pair of my steel toe cherry reds or even a pair of my Ox Bloods and go stomp in some heads! Poured a dark, dark brown color with a smaller sized tan head. The aromas instantly reminded me of Almond Hersey Kisses. Other aromas of coffee, roasted & burnt malts, and some lactose. The tastes were a little softer than the aroma lead me to expect and consisted of chocolate, roast, coffee, and a touch of milkiness. Had a light sour finish. Softer and creamy body. Interesting for a sweet stout. Looks like I’m going against the norm, but I liked this one.

(12oz bottle, courtesy of Cavie) Pours a dark brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, burnt toast, and coffee. Flavor of coffee, roasted malt, lightly burnt grain, and lactose.

12 oz bottle-pours a fizzy foamy tan head and black in color. Aroma is milky, chocolate-dark malt with acidic notes. Taste follows aroma. Medium/full body. OK carbonation.

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.

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?

bottle. cola brown, dark, clear. vanilla and sweet amaretto nose covering some chewy caramel and chocolate fudge scented malt. medium to light body, moderately creamy texture, somewhat rough malts across the palate. sweetened vanilla extract and cream with fairly typical chocolate malt. bit of isovaleric acid and lactic acid show up when warmer.