Fight Milk Stout
Odd Side Ales

Fight Milk StoutFight Milk Stout
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From:
Odd Side Ales
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
ABV:
8%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 9.46%
Reviews:
24
Ratings:
74
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 13, 2021
Added:
Feb 04, 2016
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  17
This Imperial Milk Stout has flavors of roasted malt and cocoa. Drinks incredibly smooth with a lingering sweetness and mild bitterness. This beer was made with 100% Crowtein to help you fight like a crow.
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Ratings by SerialTicker:
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Reviewed by SerialTicker from Michigan

4.14/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
$2.99 bottle. Bottled 1/20, poured 2/14.

Better than I was expecting, just because I've had so many average-ish imperial milk stouts or regular milk stouts with lactose added over the past several months. I'd say Fight stands out a bit. The aroma is reminiscent of black coffee and milk -- the alcohol is basically invisible as far as i can tell. The taste is more roasted malt than coffee, with heavy roasty flavors -- almost char -- from beginning to end. The finish rounds out with a sweetness due to the lactose, which balances the roasty bitterness. Too many milk stouts I've had are already sweet bases made sweeter because of the lactose, and are a little unbalanced -- this is balanced very well. Obviously slightly on the sweet side, but the malts are awesome in this.

The mouthfeel is nearly perfect -- almost feels like it has nitro carbonation, but with the prickly aspects I love about CO2. This has a medium-full body with an excellent, silky smooth feel.

Totally delicious. Reminds me of a more balanced Swirl Stout by Short's, which I just had a week or so ago with a better mouth feel. This isn't my favorite style because milk stouts tend to be a little too sweet for my liking, but this is a great, very well-balanced beer.
Feb 15, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.85 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Dec 13, 2021
 
Rated: 3.99 by jduprey007 from Michigan

Jul 18, 2020
 
Rated: 4.73 by Dreamergal

Apr 23, 2020
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Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana

4.35/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours black with a dark tan head, there’s some leakage on the extreme edges to mahogany brown. Such a gorgeous beer. The nose is filled with huge cocoa, dark chocolate, and char notes. Wow.

The taste translates directly from the nose, with gargantuan cocoa, dark chocolate, and especially char notes on the taste. Gadzooks, this is impressive. I’m heading back to the beer store where I acquired this and picking up another 6er.
Aug 31, 2019
 
Rated: 3.83 by AuntBea from Illinois

Apr 14, 2019
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

3.06/5  rDev -21.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottled 1/29/16; drank 4/9/16 @ the Yarchives.

A rough pour yielded a small dark tan head; nice lace.

Cream, mild dirt & faint peppermint notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Cream & mild raspberry flavors up front; dry dirt notes on the finish.

Cloying & dry; drinkable but not enjoyable.
Mar 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by pstam87 from Illinois

Mar 07, 2019
 
Rated: 3.94 by DrNonic from Michigan

Feb 19, 2019
 
Rated: 4.22 by MeIquiades from Illinois

Feb 14, 2019
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Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon

3.99/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz bottle, snifter glass. Dark cola brown body, opaque and nearly black, one finger white head, fair retention, not much lacing. Smell, and really, also the palate, is big lactose, milk chocolate and roast. It's a fairly simplistic milk stout, but certainly what you get on both the nose and the palate is fairly substantial. Maybe a touch of espresso, but mostly it's milk chocolate, plenty of roast and a dab of char, sweet lactose to finish things off. Medium bodied, good carbonation, nice body with what ends up being a mildly roasty char on the finish.
Feb 09, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by -Andrew- from Michigan

Jan 15, 2019
 
Rated: 3.79 by Calraven from Michigan

Jan 06, 2019
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Reviewed by beersampler6 from Michigan

4.05/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Outstanding beer tried on tap at Odd Side Ales. Great black-looking color with just a little head and some spotty lingering lacing. Smells of dark roast coffee and malt. Tastes of dark roast coffee, milk chocolate, caramel, vanilla, cream and malt. Perfectly balanced with good amount of sweetness and just a little bitterness. Smooth creamy mouthfeel with perfect amount of carbonation. Excellent beer, one of the better stouts I’ve had. High ABV is well hidden.
Sep 05, 2018
 
Rated: 4.7 by Rostie from Michigan

Apr 12, 2018
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Reviewed by Tripel_Threat from Michigan

4.14/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Fantastic milk stout, and probably one of the best I've had. Pours a dark cola color with several fingers of thick mocha head. Nice aromas of toasted malt, cocoa, slight earthy hops, cream.
Flavor is sweet and has a slight dark cocoa/coffee bitterness. Not cloying at all. Big flavors. Most impressive is the creamy feel. Usually I find Odd Side stouts to be on the thin side but this one hits the creamy, fuller feel on the head. Highly recommended.
Feb 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.95 by kjkinsey from Texas

Feb 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4.04 by RobinLee from Wisconsin

Jan 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.68 by blissfulNemo from Michigan

Dec 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.72 by BarryMFBurton from Indiana

Dec 21, 2017
Fight Milk Stout from Odd Side Ales
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 74 ratings