Coffee House Milkshake Stout
Rochester Mills Beer Co.

 

 

Pours a brown color with a foamy tan head that lasts quite a while. Aromas of coffee, vanilla and a hint of chocolate. Taste is sweet with coffee, and vanilla up front. A hint of chocolate at the end. Creamy and smooth.

16 ounce can into pint glass, best before 6/11/2019. Pours crystal clear nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big nutty medium roast coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, toffee, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of molasses, dark fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, cocoa, lactose, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big nutty medium roast coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, toffee, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of molasses, dark fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Very mild herbal/grassy hop and roasted coffee bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of nutty coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, toffee, toasted dark/brown bread, light molasses/dark fruit, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, cocoa, lactose, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a nice roasted bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is an excellent milk stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, cocoa, lactose, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Great balance of nicely rich malts, cocoa, lactose, and fruity/nutty coffee complexity; with mild fruity yeast and earthy hop presence against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected.