Milk Stout
Culture Brewing Co.

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From:
Culture Brewing Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.81 | pDev: 10.5%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
19
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 21, 2020
Added:
Dec 17, 2013
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by SDRedDevil:
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Rated by SDRedDevil from California

4/5  rDev +5%

Sep 03, 2014
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Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado

3.39/5  rDev -11%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
April 5th, 2016 - The nose on this beautifully capped Milk Stout is nice, with a smoothness that is inviting, and a rich chocolate taste like chocolate sprinkles busting on your teeth, with a slight root vegetable mellowness (think of a roasted sweet potato.) The flavor is far more interesting though, with both a slight sweet and slight tang, and a dryness that I would not have expected from the nose. The palate is smooth from that nitro treatment, and let's some S'mores flavors appear at the aftertaste before evaporating.
Jul 21, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by mrcraft from California

Jul 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.73 by UCLABrewN84 from California

Jul 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by Avatar113 from California

Oct 01, 2016
 
Rated: 5 by Sbarbosa from Canada (AB)

Jan 02, 2016
 
Rated: 4.17 by Lisa22 from Colorado

Dec 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.48 by Joshmistake from Minnesota

Sep 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by wulfie85 from California

Jun 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Texasfan549 from Texas

Dec 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by HopHead84 from California

Nov 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.09 by jdelenikos89 from California

Nov 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by somalley26 from Ohio

Nov 01, 2014
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

3.55/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On nitro tap at the brewery in Solano Beach.

Pours opaque black with a creamy, durable tan head that leaves decent lacing.

Aroma: excellent aroma mixes dark roasted grains, coffee and dark chocolate.

Flavor: good, but not up with the aroma or their fine coffee stout. Lingering dark roasted grain taste with light smoke and faint burnt elements. Rather bitter and dry for "milk stout" style.

Feel: Smooth, medium body; medium carbonation.
Jun 30, 2014
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Reviewed by retry4z from California

3.33/5  rDev -12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This is not a milk stout. This is an Irish dry stout. It is very bitter and heavy on roasted flavor; not sweet at all.

Here is a description of the style:

Milk / Sweet Stouts are basically stouts that have a larger amount of residual dextrins and unfermented sugars that give the brew more body and a sweetness that counters the roasted character. Milk Stouts are very similar to Sweet Stouts, but brewers add unfermentable sugars, usually lactose, to the brew kettle to add body and some sweetness.

If you aren't going to make it sweet, don't call it "milk stout."
Jun 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by BreweryRun from California

Apr 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by SocalKicks from California

Feb 23, 2014
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

4.09/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Black brew in the tall tulip. Lovely creamy head and a smooth mouthfeel. Less sweet than most milk stouts. It's just the right balance of grainy and creamy, malty and scorched. Not very bitter, yet perfectly beery. IBUs rated at 32. Hops are Perle and Saaz.

This just seems like the way a milk stout should be. Less sugar and more cream. Dark malt taste with a chocolatey hint and a chalky texture. A hint of fruity red wine. Stupendous quaff. On tap at the brewpub in Solana Beach.
Dec 18, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by sd123 from Georgia

Dec 17, 2013
Milk Stout from Culture Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 19 ratings