Krougar
03-25-2004, 11:32 PM
I noticed this milk stout on the brackets for the "competition", so I had to try it when I found it on tap in my recent visit to my hometown. I didn't enjoy the Sawtooth Ale that I had where I live now (only 1.5 hours west), but I figured being on draft and apparently good enough to be in the race to begin with...what the hell.
First impressions: My experience with milk stouts is small, the best being with Mackeson. Didn't get a real chance to see any head on my beer...I guess in a college town the existance of head on a beer is considered "cheating you out of extra alcohol". The aromas were subtle, but not overpowering to me. I think the reason behind this might be that it seemed very rich and chocolaty (as I expected), but without much bite or sweetness in it's initial taste. The chocolate hints were powerful enough to dominate the flavors, but not enough that I would consider it 'un-drinkable'. Overall I felt like I could substitute this for my favorite milk stout and feel happy that I could make up for it's weaker presence by being able to drink more of it :)
As far as the Nut Brown is concerned: I wasn't happy with the way I received it. I expected a heavy nutty flavor, but I wasn't prepared for the yeasty aspects that seemed to take the real flavor out of the picture. The body of the beer was, as far as I am concerned, almost as heavy as the milk stout. I was hoping for a bit lighter of a beer than the stout I had pulled before it... Maybe I would think better of it had I tried it first, but it took me 45 minutes to finally leave the last 1/4 of the glass to the bartender and have a Blue Moon to bring my tastebuds back to reality.
Am I crazy? It might be the fact that I asked for the LH porter and got the nut brown from the idiot and figured I'd give it a shot anyway...I could have just been mentally biased.
Krougar
First impressions: My experience with milk stouts is small, the best being with Mackeson. Didn't get a real chance to see any head on my beer...I guess in a college town the existance of head on a beer is considered "cheating you out of extra alcohol". The aromas were subtle, but not overpowering to me. I think the reason behind this might be that it seemed very rich and chocolaty (as I expected), but without much bite or sweetness in it's initial taste. The chocolate hints were powerful enough to dominate the flavors, but not enough that I would consider it 'un-drinkable'. Overall I felt like I could substitute this for my favorite milk stout and feel happy that I could make up for it's weaker presence by being able to drink more of it :)
As far as the Nut Brown is concerned: I wasn't happy with the way I received it. I expected a heavy nutty flavor, but I wasn't prepared for the yeasty aspects that seemed to take the real flavor out of the picture. The body of the beer was, as far as I am concerned, almost as heavy as the milk stout. I was hoping for a bit lighter of a beer than the stout I had pulled before it... Maybe I would think better of it had I tried it first, but it took me 45 minutes to finally leave the last 1/4 of the glass to the bartender and have a Blue Moon to bring my tastebuds back to reality.
Am I crazy? It might be the fact that I asked for the LH porter and got the nut brown from the idiot and figured I'd give it a shot anyway...I could have just been mentally biased.
Krougar