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Milk Stout
The Civil Life Brewing Company
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- From:
- The Civil Life Brewing Company
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
- ABV:
- 4.4%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 14.49%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 23, 2016
- Added:
- Jul 11, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
Dry Stouts are to Espresso as Milk Stouts are to Macchiatos. Milk Stouts begin just as many Stouts begin - with Pale type Malts coupled with Roasted Malts for color and bite. The addition of Lactose sugar is what gives a Milk Stout its je ne sais quois- joke sorta stolen from Steve Martin. Lactose sugar isn't really fermented by yeast the way other sugars are and it remains in the brew as a modifier. Lactose gives a light sweetness without being cloying and I think a nice silkiness to the beer as well. At 4.4% you can have a few and decide if I'm right and you can really get into my sorta-stolen Steve Martin Joke.
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Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
3.59/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.59/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Solid black in color with no light penetrating through. Light lacing. Despite repeated efforts, I'm not getting any aroma. Perhaps the lactose nixed it? I taste a chocolatey sweetness that transitions to a light bitterness from the dark malt. It then switches back to sweetness. The mouth is creamy and silky smooth.
Aug 16, 2015Reviewed by Captain_Komamura from Illinois
3.69/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Appearance - It is a dark brown, with not much of a head.
Smell - It is a sweet malty smell, with chocolate as well.
Taste - It is a sweet stout, with a slight bitterness; chocolate and coffee notes.
Mouthfeel - It is has good carbonation for a milk stout, but is a bit light.
Overall - A decent milk stout.
May 19, 2014Smell - It is a sweet malty smell, with chocolate as well.
Taste - It is a sweet stout, with a slight bitterness; chocolate and coffee notes.
Mouthfeel - It is has good carbonation for a milk stout, but is a bit light.
Overall - A decent milk stout.
Milk Stout from The Civil Life Brewing Company
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
32 ratings
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