Southern Tier Double Milk Stout

Southern Tier Double Milk Stout STYLE: Milk / Sweet Stout STATS: 7.5% A very opaque, dark brown pour w/ a large, frothy head. This does not have a strong smell but you can pick up hints of the lactose & chocolate. Taste is what you would expect from a milk stout. Chocolate & creamy with a silky finish. It has a slight aftertaste of coffee with a twinge of bitterness but no alcohol is present. Very drinkable for something approaching double digit ABV. Not too sweet either. Great stout & well done. RATER: Joey - RATE: 4/5 PENDING RATER: Che - RATE: X.X/5 MEDIA TWITTER: @stbcbeer WEB: Southern Tier Website HOMETOWN: Lakewood, New York

Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro

Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro STYLE: Milk / Sweet Stout STATS: 6% ABV I've had this beer before on draft at several Alamo Drafthouse locations while watching movies. Hands down my favorite beer they serve. Che had a bottle of this at his house so I was curious to try the Nitro version. The pour yielded the typical jet black color but the head was initially taller than what I'm used to. The smell was the usual of malty lactose & chocolate espresso. This nitro version started to vary from the normal version in taste/mouthfeel. I noticed the beer was "thinner" than it usually was. The taste contained coffee, cream & chocolate notes still but I wouldn't necessarily say it was more complex. The nitro version seemed to thin out the body of the beer & make it less "stout-like". I still like the beer but prefer the standard CO2 version over this nitro mix. RATER: Joey - RATE: 3.7/5 PENDING RATER: Che - RATE: X.X/5 MEDIA FACEBOOK: Left Hand Brewing Page INSTAGRAM: @lefthandbrewing TWITTER: @lefthandbrewing WEB: Left Hand Brewing Website HOMETOWN: Longmont, Colorado