Absence Of Light
4 Hands Brewing Co.

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From:
4 Hands Brewing Co.
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #210
ABV:
7.1%
Score:
91
Ranked #7,131
Avg:
4.08 | pDev: 7.11%
Reviews:
78
Ratings:
363
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 09, 2024
Added:
Sep 21, 2015
Wants:
  19
Gots:
  103
This is the new and improved Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk Stout. This is a beer that deserved to stand on its own, so we re-branded it and gave it a bit more body. The beer is now 7.1%, but still holds the same flavor profile you all love from years past.
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Ratings by Franziskaner:
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Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri

3.79/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Fingernail of beige on top and dark brown in color. Moderate lacing. This honestly smells like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. They nailed that aroma of peanut butter and chocolate. The taste while primarily peanut butter and chocolate shows of some bitter roasted barley in the fade which keeps it from being too sweet. Yet that bitter note seems a bit out of place. The mouth is creamy and smooth.
Jan 20, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.28 by emptyglassagain from Massachusetts

Feb 09, 2024
 
Rated: 4.08 by lsudduth from Ohio

Dec 24, 2023
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Rated by NCSapiens from Indiana

3.67/5  rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Ok milk stout with some chocolate and peanut butter notes. Hops disjointedly pome through on the finish.
Oct 03, 2023
 
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Reviewed by TheMatts

3.93/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Dark jet black with slight bits of ruby look with a bubbly beige head. Dark chocolate taste right away, small Reese’s taste. You can taste the alcohol in this. Low to semi-sweet Dark chocolate chip taste. Not too crazy, doesn’t have a ton of smaller flavors present. Heavier feel in your mouth. It’s good.
Feb 05, 2022
 
Rated: 3.47 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Jan 22, 2022
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Reviewed by Irish_Lush

4.1/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
I'm not sure if that thing on the front is supposed to look appetizing, but it sort of looks like diarrhea. So does the beer when you pour it since it's so dark. Luckily, it's pretty delicious (the beer, not diarrhea). The peanut butter taste is very forward. This stuff is understandably thick, but not in an unpleasant way. The peanut butter and chocolate flavoring overwhelms the natural stout flavor. Smells vaguely of peanut butter and at 7.1%, alcohol.

The individual elements don't seem to congeal as well as they could, but that's a minor gripe. I also think it would be better at around 5%, but this is still a delicious brew that's easy to drink.
Jan 02, 2022
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Rated by Cole19065

4/5  rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Nice sweet-tasting stout, but not too sweet. It is a good balance.
Nov 29, 2021
 
Rated: 4.16 by JTuomi from Finland

Nov 20, 2021
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Reviewed by JohnniEMc from Pennsylvania

3.93/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Cola soda brown it is, after the liquid from a pint can has been emptied into a clear glass liter mug. There's almost no head and there's little obvious carbonation. There are traces of the flavors listed on the label, but none are profound. This goes down smoothly, but only gives hints of the taste treats promised. That may not be a bad thing. It's a mildly flavored sweet milk chocolate stout. If that's what you like, this is one for you.
Nov 17, 2021
 
Rated: 4.1 by Taenim from Maine

Oct 23, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by ssimpson89 from Illinois

Oct 22, 2021
 
Rated: 5 by Chris232 from Illinois

May 23, 2021
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Reviewed by TedHead from Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a nearly translucent black that's ruby when you hold it up to the light. It has a very small town head that dissipates within seconds. The smells is like sweet peanut butter with hints of milk chocolate bad slight undertones of butter coffee. The taste is very sweet up front with the peanut butter leading the way followed by sweet milk chocolate with a slightly bittersweet finish. It's not very carbonated but it goes well with the style. Overall pretty good but too sweet for me to have more than one in a night.
Feb 13, 2021
 
Rated: 3.85 by cjgator3 from Florida

Feb 07, 2021
 
Rated: 4.51 by entenduintransit from Tennessee

Feb 03, 2021
 
Rated: 4.14 by Hend from Wisconsin

Dec 23, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by bigred89 from Maryland

Dec 12, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by aszatk01 from Pennsylvania

Nov 24, 2020
Absence Of Light from 4 Hands Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 363 ratings