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Absence Of Light
4 Hands Brewing Co.
- From:
- 4 Hands Brewing Co.
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #211 - ABV:
- 7.1%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,120 - Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 7.11%
- Reviews:
- 78
- Ratings:
- 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 tgdavis:
Rated by tgdavis from Tennessee
3.68/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Jan 28, 2020
3.68/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Jan 28, 2020
More User Ratings:
Rated by NCSapiens from Indiana
3.67/5 rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
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, 2023Reviewed by TheMatts
3.93/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
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, 2022Reviewed by Irish_Lush
4.1/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
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, 2022The 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.
Rated by Cole19065
4/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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, 2021Reviewed by JohnniEMc from Pennsylvania
3.93/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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, 2021Reviewed by TedHead from Illinois
3.5/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
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
Absence Of Light from 4 Hands Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
363 ratings
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