The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Farmville, North Carolina USA

Bottle from ucusty. Dark brown beer with a big bubbly tan head that settles into a nice lasting layer above the beer. Aroma is roasty and sweet with notes of brown sugar or maple. Interesting flavor. Definitely strays from the aroma. A tad sour and roasty up front with lightly sweet notes and then a roasty finish. This is carbonated to high hell which detracts from the overall experience. It also seems a bit thin for the style. All in all, this is interesting for a rather regular style. Hmmm.

bottle from secret santa 2007: a deep brown or ruby tinted liquid with a dense beige head. roasty and sugary aroma, slightly tart and bitter but smells thin. light-bodied for a stout, which was evident from the translucency and sweetened aroma. somewhat astringent despite an overall sweetness; decent brew.

Pours a rich mahogany with a very thick head. Aroma was very nutty with some chocolate nuts as well. Taste is very much what the aroma promises but with a slight something I’ve encountered only in some dark lagers I’ve had in Germany. Beer warms quickly and hits hard for its APV...interesting beer.

I was surprised to find that I never got around to rating this one. Pours out a deep brown, almost black with a decent brown head that bubbled up quickly but then dissapeared. Aroma was lightly sweet but also sort of tart smelling. I don’t know what it is about Duck Rabbit beers but they all have this. Taste is rich chocolate and nutty with a thicker mouthfeel to it. Not a bad stout but certainly not the best either. Fairly dry finish.

Poured to a dark brown with hints of red and a nice, thick brownish head that lingered well and left good lacing. Aroma was a sweet, malty milk chocolate with a slight side of roasted nuts. Mouthfeel was smooth and full, ahnd the taste foloowed suit with the nose. Finish was long, and as the beer warmed, an amount of alcohol crept ito both the nose and taste that surprised me for a beer with only 5.7 %. I did not like previous Milk Stouts I’ve had, but Duck-Rabbit did the style proud with this one.

12 oz. bottle from Suttree. Pour is deep brown with ruby highlights and a nice looking 3 inch khaki head. Really good retention. Aroma of some nutty (almost almondy) malts and tobacco or smoke. Taste reveals some milk sourness, along with the nutty-roasted malt. Some of the woody smoke tobacco comes through in the flavor, causing it to be very dry. Unique stout.

12oz bottle via trade bonus with Jmichael. thanks Jon. Pours Black with a 3 finger creamy tan head. Aroma is sweet but faint. Taste takes a little while to settle through the foam, chocolate notes, and some sweet sugary feeling. Pretty nice overall.

Now this is a milk stout! Awesome beer courtesy my Secret Santa. Aroma was great...sweet chocolate all the way. Pour was a nice dark brown with a one finger tan head. Taste was strong...nice milk and chocolate combination with a sweet cream aftertaste. Nice carbonation carries this beer which I find missing in a lot of stouts. Wish I could get Duck Rabbit in PA.