The Temptress
Lakewood Brewing Company

The TemptressThe Temptress
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From:
Lakewood Brewing Company
 
Texas, United States
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #214
ABV:
9.1%
Score:
92
Ranked #6,191
Avg:
4.13 | pDev: 9.44%
Ratings:
887 | reviews: 129
Status:
Active
Rated:
Wednesday at 12:49 AM
Added:
Oct 13, 2012
Wants:
  77
Gots:
  267
Va-va-voom! Our Temptress is seduction in a glass. Curvy in all the right places, this Imperial Milk Stout pours with a thick, milk chocolate head. Chocolate and caramel malt give it a rich and complex body while the lower carbonation gives the beer a silky mouth feel. She’s voluptuous, with a soft alcohol warmth that grows deeper with every sip. Take your time with her and she’ll reward you.
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Rated by Mikelikesbrew from Texas

4.08/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a can into a glass. Dark color with medium foamy head. Smell of chocolate and coffee. A smooth rich taste
Wednesday at 12:49 AM
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Reviewed by Braunmeister_1943 from Pennsylvania

4.35/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Received in a trade with @techichi .

L- Pours a viscous ebony color with a thin tan head.

S- Sweet brown sugar, dark chocolate and subtle coffee aroma.

T- Molasses, cocoa, sweet coffee flavor.

F- Moderate mouthfeel with moderate carbonation.

O- A killer Imperial Milk Stout!
Nov 09, 2025
 
Rated: 5 by doctorgary from New York

Sep 22, 2025
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Reviewed by sglooney316 from Texas

4.47/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12 oz can,Poured on a Pint Glass:

LOOK: Chocolate brown with very thin head

SMELL: Malty with strong smell of chocolate

TASTE: Roasted malt with milk dark chocolate

FEEL: Good carbonation maintains the taste of chocolate on the opening and a hint of caramel on the finish.

OVERALL: First time trying it bought it local HEB 6-pack can. Good tasting beer maintains the milk chocolate taste. Recommend.
Jul 21, 2025
 
Rated: 3.98 by cmrncrzy10 from Ohio

May 18, 2025
 
Rated: 3.77 by JohnDee from Texas

Apr 26, 2025
 
Rated: 4.28 by TastyIsBeer from Illinois

Feb 19, 2025
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Reviewed by doulos31 from Delaware

3.36/5  rDev -18.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap, nitro, at Frankie’s, downtown Dallas. Dark as night pour. Thin head. Sweet malt ball aroma. Flavor is same. It’s sweet, like malt balls and very milky. Just a little too sweet and artificial.
Feb 18, 2025
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Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark

3.76/5  rDev -9%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Copenhagen 26/9 2021. 35,5 cl bottle from Meny, Borups Allé, Frb. F. Slightly sexistic label with a female silhouette in high heels sporting a goblet of imperial Milk Stout.

Pours opaque, dark brown with a small light beige head. Bubbly. settles as thin rim of foam running along the side of the glass. No lacing.

Aroma is fairly intense with a sweet, lactic odor mingling with sweet spices. Lactose, brown sugar and toffee. Vanilla and almonds. Dark alcohol peeking in.

Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft, smooth, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is fairly intense with a strong sweetness followed by a modest bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet with burning, boozy undertone. Lingers for a while. Finish is lightly burning and semi-dry.

Pleasant with a looming, boozy presence.
Jan 25, 2025
 
Rated: 4.15 by MGibbons from Maryland

Jan 13, 2025
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Reviewed by dd53grif from Michigan

4.15/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a dark brown color with a minimal head that lasts quite a while. Aroma of roasted malts. Taste is sweet vanilla and caramel and roasted malts. Smooth and creamy.
Nov 29, 2024
 
Rated: 4.62 by 00gnirts from Arizona

Sep 24, 2024
 
Rated: 4 by smithj4 from New York

Sep 10, 2024
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Reviewed by Cigarhound66

4.45/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
I love this beer. An enormous and dense head. Takes what seems like years to go down. Creamy, notes of chocolate. It’s almost like a chocolate milkshake in beer form. Just fantastic.
Jun 16, 2024
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

4.18/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2023-12-10
12oz bottle served in a little snulip. I can't be sure, but I think the bottled on date is 10/05/22. Got it in a trade with @MrSandman101.

Pours black with a small light brown head. Smell is molasses, black licorice, strong medium roast coffee. Lots of anise, maybe a hint of smoke or char. Maybe burnt chocolate?

Taste is toasted marshmallows and semi-sweet chocolate, tasty but feels totally disconnected from the aroma. Vanilla, coffee bitterness, maybe because of the marshmallow note I feel like there's some graham cracker in there.

Mouthfeel is thick but not sticky. Overall, interesting, tasty, and fascinating olfactory illusion.
Dec 11, 2023
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Reviewed by Radome from Florida

4.27/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a snifter.

L - Dark, dense, brown beer that no light gets through. Thick, creamy, tan head that remains as a solid cap throughout the drinking experience.

S - Delicious sweet stout aromas of dark, roasted grains, milk chocolate, Ovaltine/chocolate milk.

T - Flavors emphasize chocolate and milk sweetness, but with a hint of smokiness from the malt and low herbal hops.

F - Medium to heavy body with some silkiness and mouth-coating sweetness after the swallow. Low carbonation that goes well with the silky mouthfeel. Moderate bitterness from hops and acrid roasted grain. Some alcohol presence, but surprisingly little for the ABV.

O - A very nice beer with the unusual twist of being an imperial stout but with a sweet stout base. The lactose sweetness and chocolate are unusual in a stout of this strength, but it's perfectly balanced by the hops and grain bitterness and alcohol warmth.
Dec 10, 2023
 
Rated: 3.9 by sbuck from New Mexico

Jun 20, 2023
 
Rated: 4.38 by TrojanRB from Texas

Jun 15, 2023
 
Rated: 4.33 by Mardinae from Texas

Jan 28, 2023
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Reviewed by tyden46

2.77/5  rDev -32.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Poured in a glass with little to no head. Probably a technically good beer but just didn't like the flavor personally. Notes of bitter chocolate and coffee.
Dec 14, 2022