Dragon's Milk Reserve With Coffee & Chocolate | New Holland Brewing Company
Brewed by:
New Holland Brewing Company
Michigan, United States
newhollandbrew.com
Style: American Imperial Stout
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 11.00%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
Aged with coffee & chocolate. Rich, indulgent chocolate flavors are seductively punctuated with dark and roasty bitterness.
Added by uccle81 on 10-23-2015
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Ratings: 415 | Reviews: 82
4.38/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.66/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Appearance - pours jet black with thin tight tan head that settles to a rocky cap. Spotty lacing.
Aroma - Huge rich chocolate aroma, mild black coffee, vanilla, roasted malts, hint of bourbon, oak. Rich decadent aroma almost dessert like with a touch of bitter coffee.
Taste - Oh yeah wow so where to start bitter coffee hits first with a touch of roasted malt. Next up is rich sweet chocolate and light vanilla followed by a punch in the mouth of bourbon and oak. the bourbon flavor is big but everything is so well balanced the flavors come through in stages.
Feel - Big smooth creamy feel. Warming from the bourbon with a pretty dry finish.
Overall - Love this version huge coffee and chocolate combine with wonderful bourbon.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Appearance - pours jet black with thin tight tan head that settles to a rocky cap. Spotty lacing.
Aroma - Huge rich chocolate aroma, mild black coffee, vanilla, roasted malts, hint of bourbon, oak. Rich decadent aroma almost dessert like with a touch of bitter coffee.
Taste - Oh yeah wow so where to start bitter coffee hits first with a touch of roasted malt. Next up is rich sweet chocolate and light vanilla followed by a punch in the mouth of bourbon and oak. the bourbon flavor is big but everything is so well balanced the flavors come through in stages.
Feel - Big smooth creamy feel. Warming from the bourbon with a pretty dry finish.
Overall - Love this version huge coffee and chocolate combine with wonderful bourbon.
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4.09/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Dark body, some transparency on the edge, tan head fading quickly to nothing. No lacing.
S - The nose is chocolate, some sweet malt, slight acidity, presumably from coffee.
T - Full of chocolate and malt milk ball, with some bean acidity and alcohol on the finish.
M - Pretty light on the tongue, scrubs the tongue with mild acidity and warmth on the close.
O - This had over 2 years on it, and the lush flavor of chocolate survived, but the coffee has faded, so it is not perhaps all it once was. That said, I found it both tasty and still quite drinkable.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Dark body, some transparency on the edge, tan head fading quickly to nothing. No lacing.
S - The nose is chocolate, some sweet malt, slight acidity, presumably from coffee.
T - Full of chocolate and malt milk ball, with some bean acidity and alcohol on the finish.
M - Pretty light on the tongue, scrubs the tongue with mild acidity and warmth on the close.
O - This had over 2 years on it, and the lush flavor of chocolate survived, but the coffee has faded, so it is not perhaps all it once was. That said, I found it both tasty and still quite drinkable.
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3.81/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.5/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Tinypalooza 3/24/2018
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Tinypalooza 3/24/2018
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3.66/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.45/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
3.95/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.38/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.14/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.33/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottled on 3/31/16 and poured into a snifter.
The appearance is pitch black in the glass with little to no head retention.
The aroma is roasted coffee, chocolate, bourbon, oak, some sweetness and a hint of alcohol spice.
The taste is sweet and rich with chocolate and coffee obviously up front along with the bourbon bite. Also some roasted bitterness comes through.
The palate is medium full with lingering bourbon heat that works well with the bitterness from the coffee.
Overall this is a really good and probably my favorite variant of dragons milk.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottled on 3/31/16 and poured into a snifter.
The appearance is pitch black in the glass with little to no head retention.
The aroma is roasted coffee, chocolate, bourbon, oak, some sweetness and a hint of alcohol spice.
The taste is sweet and rich with chocolate and coffee obviously up front along with the bourbon bite. Also some roasted bitterness comes through.
The palate is medium full with lingering bourbon heat that works well with the bitterness from the coffee.
Overall this is a really good and probably my favorite variant of dragons milk.
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4.33/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.1/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dragon's Milk Reserve With Coffee & Chocolate from New Holland Brewing Company
Beer rating:
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415 ratings
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