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Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout
Odell Brewing Company
- From:
- Odell Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #220 - ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,417 - Avg:
- 4.07 | pDev: 10.07%
- Reviews:
- 168
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 17, 2023
- Added:
- Jan 03, 2013
- Wants:
- 157
- Gots:
- 217
If you’ve ever been to our brewery, you’ve likely seen the old, beat-up truck that hauls away our spent grain. That truck belongs to Lugene, who’s been feeding his dairy cows the hearty malt for over a decade. Named in his honor, Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout is brewed with milk sugar and milk chocolate. The rich and creamy brew reminds us of a cold glass of chocolate milk and our hometown “Aggie” roots.
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Ratings by hjmayniac:
Rated by hjmayniac from Minnesota
4.29/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Apr 06, 2015
4.29/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Apr 06, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.5/5 rDev -14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours out with nice thick, creamy beige head. Some sweet chocolate at first sniff, more chocolate follows in the taste, pretty much dominates the character. Mild alcohol burn, but overall pretty pleasant
Jun 07, 2023Reviewed by DarkLordScott from Wisconsin
3.78/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a chocolate brown brew (ahem) with a thin head. Aroma is roasted malt and chocolate. Taste is smooth and clean, very much chocolate. This is a tasty chocolate milk stout that goes down easily. Recommended.
Apr 07, 2023Reviewed by HorseheadsHophead from Colorado
4.66/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.66/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Appearance is pretty much pitch black, with a foamy looking tan head that dies down into a ring of creamy residue and some rings of lacing. Not too carbonated, apparently. A semi-aggressive pour only yielded a small head, but what is there sticks around and looks nice.
As soon as you put your nose near the glass, it smells dead on. Really nails the "chocolate milk" thing going on. Intensely sweet and rich dark and milk chocolate aroma, that malted milk balls thing most milk stouts seem to have, and pleasantly roasted grains.
The taste delivers. Pops with sweetness upfront, rich milk and dark chocolate, creamy vanilla sweetness, really silky-smooth feel. Malted milk balls and roasted barley, caramel, and golden toast. A hint of of coffee, I guess. Finishes surprisingly clean despite initial onslaught of dense milk chocolate and fudge. Smooth all the way down, dangerously drinkable No hint of its 8.5% abv except for the bigly rich body.
This is a damn fine chocolate milk stout. Probably as good as you're going to get, unless they add more oats or throw this in bourbon barrels. (Hint hint...?)
Fantastic.
Nov 17, 2022As soon as you put your nose near the glass, it smells dead on. Really nails the "chocolate milk" thing going on. Intensely sweet and rich dark and milk chocolate aroma, that malted milk balls thing most milk stouts seem to have, and pleasantly roasted grains.
The taste delivers. Pops with sweetness upfront, rich milk and dark chocolate, creamy vanilla sweetness, really silky-smooth feel. Malted milk balls and roasted barley, caramel, and golden toast. A hint of of coffee, I guess. Finishes surprisingly clean despite initial onslaught of dense milk chocolate and fudge. Smooth all the way down, dangerously drinkable No hint of its 8.5% abv except for the bigly rich body.
This is a damn fine chocolate milk stout. Probably as good as you're going to get, unless they add more oats or throw this in bourbon barrels. (Hint hint...?)
Fantastic.
Reviewed by Mindcrime1000 from South Dakota
3.69/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours black and opaque. A nice moderate foamy tan head. Great retention and lacing.
Aromas of roasted malt, chocolate cake batter, coffee, and hints of whipped cream and cashew.
Roasted but sweet malt on the tip of the tongue in the form of chocolate cake batter and cola. Nice spicy herbal balance at the finish. Feels a little "hollow" in the middle.
Medium full bodied. Not too sweet.
Is it good? Yes. But not a clear winner for me. Only a little better than a box-checker for me.
Dec 31, 2021Aromas of roasted malt, chocolate cake batter, coffee, and hints of whipped cream and cashew.
Roasted but sweet malt on the tip of the tongue in the form of chocolate cake batter and cola. Nice spicy herbal balance at the finish. Feels a little "hollow" in the middle.
Medium full bodied. Not too sweet.
Is it good? Yes. But not a clear winner for me. Only a little better than a box-checker for me.
Reviewed by firesidewithphil from Illinois
4.28/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Odell is one of those breweries that makes a lot of good beers. Lugene is my kind of milk stout. It is more focused on the dark chocolate notes rather than overpowering milk sugar sweetness. Highly recommended for stout drinkers.
Jul 31, 2021Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
2.98/5 rDev -26.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
2.98/5 rDev -26.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
I need to have this again so bad. I'm really biased towards chocolate stouts anyways but idk. Look I'm a really positive person about this stuff, just try it. They brought this back after like 5 years I think. Good stuff.
Im laughing at my previous above review from a year ago. This is not good to me. There's absolutely nothing here. It's 100% not the worst thing ever but like....there's just better, period. Literally so much better.
Mar 18, 2021Im laughing at my previous above review from a year ago. This is not good to me. There's absolutely nothing here. It's 100% not the worst thing ever but like....there's just better, period. Literally so much better.
Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
3.69/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Pours a completely dark/black color with a moderate, dark tan head. SRM of 24. (3.75)
Aroma: Strong aromas of deep and rich chocolate. Mostly milk chocolate, but also a little bit of dark roast underneath. Faint dark malt aromas. Deep, dark, and rich.
Flavor: Flavors follows with deep and rich chocolate and some dark malt and alcohol behind that. Deep and rich chocolate. Some dark chocolate roast and faint pine bitterness too, but overpowered by the rich chocolate, malt, and alcohol. The alcohol is detectable within the malt.
Feel: Heavier-bodied as expected. Moderate to strong carbonation. The carbonation is actually respectable and cleans the palate somewhat. Still leaves a dark sweetness that lingers. (4.00)
Compared to Central Waters' Satin Solitude Stout 2/19/21: Pours a similar color with a slightly darker head. More deep and chocolatey aromas. Less lactose and milk. More abrasive going down.
Overall: A deep and rich Stout. Definitely is within the imperial stout level. Maintains the American Stout chocolate flavor, without the other flavors or roast to make it Russian or European. It has deep and rich chocolate flavors with a mild roast and dark malt flavor. A mild pine and/or bitter coffee roast to balance. Strong and drinks as expected for 8.5% ABV. (Final Rating: 3.69)
Feb 20, 2021Aroma: Strong aromas of deep and rich chocolate. Mostly milk chocolate, but also a little bit of dark roast underneath. Faint dark malt aromas. Deep, dark, and rich.
Flavor: Flavors follows with deep and rich chocolate and some dark malt and alcohol behind that. Deep and rich chocolate. Some dark chocolate roast and faint pine bitterness too, but overpowered by the rich chocolate, malt, and alcohol. The alcohol is detectable within the malt.
Feel: Heavier-bodied as expected. Moderate to strong carbonation. The carbonation is actually respectable and cleans the palate somewhat. Still leaves a dark sweetness that lingers. (4.00)
Compared to Central Waters' Satin Solitude Stout 2/19/21: Pours a similar color with a slightly darker head. More deep and chocolatey aromas. Less lactose and milk. More abrasive going down.
Overall: A deep and rich Stout. Definitely is within the imperial stout level. Maintains the American Stout chocolate flavor, without the other flavors or roast to make it Russian or European. It has deep and rich chocolate flavors with a mild roast and dark malt flavor. A mild pine and/or bitter coffee roast to balance. Strong and drinks as expected for 8.5% ABV. (Final Rating: 3.69)
Rated by Captain69 from Illinois
3.91/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
chocolate taste right at first sip malty and smooth great beer
Jan 15, 2021
Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout from Odell Brewing Company
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
993 ratings
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