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Alewerks Brewing Company

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From:
Alewerks Brewing Company
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #357
ABV:
5.4%
Score:
89
Ranked #12,043
Avg:
3.97 | pDev: 9.82%
Reviews:
190
Ratings:
541
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 11, 2023
Added:
Mar 28, 2009
Wants:
  59
Gots:
  69
This Milk Stout is brewed with a generous amount of Guatemala Antigua coffee. There's a noticeably sweet character but we don't shy away from the coffee's bitter nature. It's the coffee drinker's coffee stout.
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Ratings by 7UCK:
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Reviewed by 7UCK from Virginia

3.65/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A- Poured out a dark brown with a light amount of head.

S- Coffee smell with a light milky chocolate aroma

Taste- Stong taste of coffee present with a sweet cafe-mocha taste.

D- very plesent for sipping of that of an after dinner beer.

As a coffee drinker myself, I liked the way this tasted and would buy again.
Feb 22, 2011
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Reviewed by DimlyLitQuonsetHut from Virginia

3.45/5  rDev -13.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Drinking one that I've had tucked back for 5 years as an experiment. Has held up okay, with muted aroma and taste of vanilla, coffee, oak, baking spices and a gentle sweetness. Very little carbonation or head, some sediment. Drink this one fresh or tuck back for a year or two.
Nov 11, 2023
 
Rated: 4.28 by KensWorld from Florida

Dec 15, 2022
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Rated by howardnss from Pennsylvania

3.73/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
If I didn’t read the label I would have just thought it was a nice milk stout. Barely any of the coffee flavor that I expected
Jun 30, 2022
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Reviewed by JohnniEMc from Pennsylvania

4.31/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
It's as close to black as any dark brown can get. Two brown twelve ounce bottles have been emptied into a clear glass liter mug for display. On top of the liquid is a modest and enduring khaki head. The smell of roasted coffee is very enticing. It smells as if a can of roasted ground coffee was just opened for the first time. That roasted black coffee character extends into the taste, but not as poignantly. Perhaps the milk stout medium takes a little of that edge off. Still, there's plenty of coffee to taste and the milk inclusion doesn't keep this from tasting more like black coffee than anything creamy. Unlike some in the category, there's no stickiness at the finish. It finishes toward the light side. If anything could improve this, it would be by adding just a little more body to the mouthfeel. Definitely, this is for coffee lovers.
Dec 25, 2021
 
Rated: 4.08 by DrBass from Maryland

Feb 09, 2021
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Reviewed by Guppy314 from District of Columbia

3.96/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
From a bottle, pours as opaque black with a frothy khaki colored head. The aroma is pretty modest but like dark roast coffee grounds. Malt-forward with mostly coffee but also chocolate flavors the back-end has milky-lactose sweetness. I love coffee and milk stouts, so this was a natural. But, overall, this one is "thinner" and more watery than some. Check out a Founders Breakfast Stout ... you can thank me later.
Dec 16, 2020
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Reviewed by akaizer from Virginia

4.23/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Poured a pitch black with a nice tan foam head that quickly recedes to leave a nice lace. Scent is roasted malts, a bit of sweetness, and a delightfully coffee-like coffee scent. Taste is well rounded, with malty sweetness and coffee bitterness interplaying nicely. The milk stout component also comes across nicely. Feel is medium bodied and smooth with a nicely balanced coffee aftertaste. Overall a superb pour that comes in nicely at 5.4% that you won't regret having a glass or two of.
Jan 10, 2020
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Reviewed by BillRoth from Maryland

4.21/5  rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Grabbed a bottle while at Alewerks LAB Taproom.
Very nice coffee stout. Not used to milk stout with coffee, but this worked very well. Good choice in coffee and roasters, well made brew.
Dec 15, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by McBraniel from Virginia

Dec 03, 2019
 
Rated: 4.16 by robebo44 from Virginia

Nov 27, 2019
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Reviewed by JediMasterLenin from District of Columbia

4/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz bottle into a snifter

Look: Pours a deep opaque black, with no light penetration/lightening at the edges whatsoever. A tan, velvety head with good retention leaves behind some fine, spotty lacing.
Smell: Roast malt, light chocolate, roast coffee bean, and that milk stout sweetness.
Taste: Follows the nose but more robust. The roasted malt, toffee, and coffee bean all roll up into a delicious, complex roasty/toasty delight offset by lighter notes of sweet chocolate and lactose sweetness.
Feel: A smooth, soft, medium-to-full bodied beer with low carbonation.
Overall: A delicious beer. Incredibly well balanced with coffee and roast malt bitterness and faint chocolate and lactose sweetness.
Nov 25, 2019
 
Rated: 3.89 by Sludgeman from District of Columbia

Feb 17, 2019
 
Rated: 3.96 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Dec 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Jason_cs from Florida

May 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Nichols33 from Massachusetts

Apr 20, 2018
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Reviewed by Almost_retired from Virginia

4.04/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Good coffee stout. Always purchase when in season. Slightly bitter aftertaste makes it enjoyable. Recommend this for those that enjoy a strong black coffee.
Apr 07, 2018
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Rated by degarmot from Scotland

4.53/5  rDev +14.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Excellent beer. A good coffee aftertaste, which is not overpowering. Very easy to drink. As a beer, it comes together very well.
Feb 23, 2018
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Reviewed by 88caprice from Virginia

4.02/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a bottle into a glass.

Overall, a great coffee stout with great flavor.

Looks super dark. Thin medium drown head. Smells of coffee grounds, dark roasted malts, tobacco, and charred coals. Taste is robust at first, but trails a bit as you swallow. Fairly low carb mouthfeel and fairly smooth. Really good and easy to drink.
Feb 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Dec 28, 2017
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