Hunter Double Milk Stout
18th Street Brewery - Gary Taproom

Had on tap at Beerhead in Elmhurst, IL. Didn't take notes at the time, but it was difficult not to be impressed by this. I normally find milk stouts too sweet, but this had real nice roast to it, almost coffee like (which I enjoy). Very smooth drinking; would not have been shocked to find out it was nitro (same bar had Deschutes Obsidian nitro). Highly recommended, especially when so many local bars have one craft stout around 5% and all the rest above 12%.

Appearance: Pours onyx colored with a one finger beige head that slowly fades while leaving an array of dots and squiggles behind

Smell: Chocolate and heavily roasted malt with vanilla, milk sugars and prune

Taste: Burnt grains and chocolate forward with vanilla and prune developing; the hops come through, in the middle, adding some bitterness while there is also some alcohol evident in the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderate carbonation; some warmth in the gullet

Overall: A nicely balanced milk stout - a style that often verges in a direction that is too sweet for me

 

 

 

 

 

L- opaque blackness

S- sweet milk/lactose

T- follows the nose, with a slight bitterness on the back end

F- medium

O- quite a nice double milk stout, no obvious flaws, well balanced, would purchase again

creamy milk stout great malt taste great malty after taste

 

Pours a dark brown color with a foamy tan head that lasts quite a while. Aroma is chocolate and roasted malts. Tastes of chocolate with a hint of caramel. Slight bitterness at the end but very smooth and creamy.

 

Off to a great-looking beer deep dark black pitch with a nice half inch of mocha foam that settles to a nice ring. Smells of mild coffee cocoa nibs vanilla and lactose sugars. Taste is pretty nice love the cocoa nib and vanilla combination and the milk sugar is really round everything out very mild coffee presence. Mouthfeel is quite smooth creamy velvety medium to light body. Overall a really nice find from a brewery I don't have very many beers from.

 

 

 

 

No evident canning date. Poured into a stout glass. It pours an inky black with dark walnut hues, and a large, frothy, light-mocha colored head that dissipated slowly leaving a thin film of lacing. The smell was a bit subdued: just roasted malt, nuts, and a whiff of cocoa and caramel/toffee. While there is initial sweet milk chocolate in the taste, it is balanced by slightly bitter, acidity, nutty char. As the glass warms there are caramel and vanilla notes but they fail to overcome the increasing bitterness. For a Milk Stout it boasts a fairly creamy, viscous feel with a very low level of carbonation, and the 8% ABV gives it good substance. Overall, I'm somewhat disappointed. I enjoyed the coffee variant considerably more. I cannot tell the age of the can but 18th Street Brewery only recently began to distribute in New Jersey so it shouldn't be too old.

Big English milk/sweet stout and opted for a snifter for this guy.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a small cap of tan foamy head softly dissipating. Slight filmy lace coating the glass in the corners in a small concave sort of sense.
The aroma had some shaved cocoa nibs jabbing at some sweet ash/char with some earthy sweet character. Coffee grounds coming forward with more warmth. Dried dark fruit (prunes/raisins/dates sort of thing going on).
The flavor leads with a dried sweetness of those dark fruits with some dark toast and dark chocolate bitterness. Quick semi-sticky dark chocolate to dark toasty aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fine sipping quality about it. Good carbonation with some stickiness lingering on my tongue, nothing cloying whatsoever. Nice finish with some grip of roasty coffee bean harshness.
Overall, the balance between all of it is incredible. Let this settle in on your tongue and soak on your palate and you'll find this as enjoyable as I did!

 

 

 

16 oz can poured into a snifter.

Appearance
Oily black. No light penetration.

Nose
Chocolate fudge, prune, charcoal, espresso, and earth.

Taste
Dark chocolate syrup, molasses, and charcoal. Espresso, prune juice, caramel, and earth.

Mouthfeel
Full bodied, sticky, oily, and sweet.

Overall
Slick, rich, and sweet; perhaps too much so for my tastes.

 

 

Pours black with a slight purple hue. Three fingers of dark mocha head. Lasts a good while and leaves sloppy rings of lacing.

Roasted malts and chocolate stand out in the nose. Maybe a slight coffee impression and a hint of stone fruit, too.

Roasted malts, bitter chocolate and milk in the taste. Very bitter finish.

A little more heft than medium bodied. Slick with just enough carbonation.

The bitter chocolate in this is really top notch. Cut just a little by the lactose. Quality brew.

 

 

 

 

 

L - 1.5 finger thick mocha head atop a pitch black body.

S - chocolate pretzels. Milk chocolate, vanilla, salt, caramel.

T- bittersweet chocolate, sea salt, vanilla, anise, tobacco, roast. Moderate bitterness. Low sweetness. Low booziness.

F - medium-full body with average carb.

O - really-well put together, and quite drinkable.

Not overly sweet, but so smooth and very drinkable. I think I'll have another.

 

16oz can, snifter glass. Dark black body, one finger mocha head, good retention, a bit of lacing here and there. Smell is lactose, dark chocolate, a bit of dark fruit, oats and a bit of earth. Flavour follows, a bit less of the dark fruit and more of the milk chocolate presence, Baker's chocolate, a bit of caramel, lactose and oats. Mild earthy bitterness on the backend for some balance. Medium bodied, good carbonation, smooth and savory, a bit of umami on the backend.

Pours like motor oil, taste not bad, but more stouty, than milk stouty. A bit sweeter and this might have been a home run for me. Did I mention this one pours thick, like I've never seen in a beer before, pretty cool.