Moo-Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout
Terrapin Beer Company

Note: I am in the process of moving all of my ratings from other beer sites to here, so that all of my ratings are consolidated in one place. The review below is an exact copy of my original RateBeer review from 03/16/2022.


12oz. can, 6.1% ABV

AROMA: Heavenly scents of brown sugar and milk chocolate, with hints of coffee.

APPEARANCE: Pours an (almost black) dark brown, with a tall, tightly packed, dark brown head that dissipates slowly with medium lacing.

TASTE: I first taste sweetness, quickly followed by milk and chocolate. Then I get hints of coffee and brown sugar. The finish is long and consists mainly of the stout's coffee and brown sugar flavors. Although you still get some of the milk chocolate sweetness coming through too.

MOUTHFEEL: This is a full-bodied beer with a luxuriously smooth texture and slightly higher than average carbonation.

OVERALL: The flavor of the beer leans more heavily towards the milk chocolate than the stout. I tend to prefer it when milk chocolate stouts are more stout-forward, but in this case, I find I really like the milk chocolate being the star. And while it may be the star, it is not overpowering, as there is still plenty of supporting stout flavor. Add to that the incredibly enticing aromas and body, and you have a really nice beer! It's a shame that the can says this is a "Seasonal Sessions Limited Release", as I would probably buy this year round. Oh well, I guess that will give me an opportunity to try some of their other beers, as I have yet to be disappointed by them.

Look: Dark
Smell: malt, hops, a little chocolate.
Taste: Malt, and hops in the front. Has that Terrapin flavor profile. Almost IPAish. Wish it had just a little more chocolate. The hops sort of drown out the chocolate.
Feel: medium carbonation. Not thick.
Overall: Not bad if you like milk stout. IMHO Sam Smith is still the king of chocolate stouts.

 

12 oz. can, BBD 3/28/22

Great appearance, opaque mahogany, three fingers fine tan head. Full lacing curtains and cap.

Cocoa, milk, toffee aromas

Smooth cocoa and lactose flavors, very light roast malt flavors.

Smooth and sweet up front, full bodied, light hop aftertaste. Stubborn carbonation.
This can was past its best by, but did not suffer in flavor or head. Old reliable.

En World of the Seas (Playmaker's Bar), en Barcelona. Agradable perfil chocolatoso en una milk stout sin florituras pero muy bien equilibrada

I think I overestimated the chocolate in this one because it's definitely more milk oriented than chocolate oriented. Beautifully black with a dark caramel head that built up and dissipated with minimal lace. The aroma has a little bit of chocolate but honestly it smells just like milk. Nice full bodied texture, well carbonated but not thick or syrupy in consistency with the roasted malts carrying the body well. Slight bitterness that melts with the lactose sweetness. The chocolate becomes more pronounced when you look for it. Overall it's a decent stout to sip on, but nothing life changing. Best by date of 3/14/2022, tasted on 4/14/2022. A little late to the party but it's doubtful if it would have tasted much different.

Picked up a sixer for i think 1/2 off on 12-26-21 for $5.28. No canning date; reviewed 4-11-22.

Beer poured dark brown with a very nice tan head with the original pour.

Nose has hints of lactose and medium roasted malts.

Taste is really well balanced with a light medium roasted malt base that gets some bittering from cacao nibs and light hopping to offset the lactose.

Mouthfeel is light bodied and sort of smooth.

Overall a pleasurable light beer to drink if you are in the mood for a good milk stout!

Pours a very dark color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has roasted malt, lactose and chocolate hints
The taste follows the nose with a roasted malt, lactose and chocolate flavor
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A good Stout

 

 

 

 

This is a 12oz. can poured into the Terrapin pint glass. This brew poured very dark, with a thin cap of dark tan foam with no lacing left behind. This beer is way to dark to notice any carbonation.
The aroma is a light sweet roasted malt that is not very noticeable while cold. There is a light coffee note that the sniffer is picking up.
Sweet milk chocolate up front giving way to the dry roasted coffee finish.
This brew is milky, creamy smooth, carbonation is not a factor.
This stout is enjoyable and pretty much what I expect from a milk stout.

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance:
Dark brown, so lightless and impermeable it appears black. Low retention, forgettable, off-white head. Lace? Hah. Nope.

Bouquet:
Crisp, cool chocolate malts with a half-imagined blip of whole vanilla bean.

Feel:
A thick yet aqueous medium—just like milk. Quietly hums with carbonation, which resuscitates its malt profile. Sweet but in a mild way, like reduced-sugar candy.

Taste:
Ice cold milk chocolate, awkwardly swollen with pilsner malts. A sliver of metallic acidity—the curse of some beers brewed with lactose—sporadically taints the aftertaste; airtime eventually eliminates it.

Overall:
Just ok... but since most chocolate milk stouts are trash (e.g., Samuel Smiths Organic) being ok is actually an accomplishment here. It does have one glaring flaw though. Every so often, it'll taste or smell like olives. Now, you may be asking yourself, "why should a chocolate stout taste like olives?"

The answer is: IT ABSOLUTELY SHOULDN'T. A milk chocolate beer should never have anything to do with olives. That'd be like pairing vanilla mousse with a glass of vinegar. So if you see this stout on the shelf of your local liquor store, I recommend you leave it there.