The White Sow
The White Hag Irish Brewing Company

Copenhagen 1/4 2020. 33 cl can from Voldby Købmandsgaard web-shop. The White Hag's usual design in green, brown and black.

Pours opaque dark brown with a fairly big light beige head. Settles as frothy layer of foam just covering the surface of the beer. Crawling up the sides of the glass. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is intense, very sweet and minty. Like sticking my nose into a pack of After Eight. Brown sugar, fudge and an abundance of cool mint.

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

Flavor is medium intense. Strong sweetness followed by a very moderate bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet. Lingers for a bit. Sweet, minty finish.

You have to be a very enthusiastic fan of mint to really appreciate this beer. A fairly good emulation of this kind of candy.

Had on tap. Basically a more oat-filled irish dry stout with a chocolate syrup bomb on the end of the taste and smell. Body is fuller and brighter as a result as well. Has some booziness to boot

 

 

 

 

Poured from 11.5oz bottles into a Guinness glass.

Look is pitch black with a little tan head.

The nose is a lot of roasted malt and a slight chocolate note.

Taste is very rich but a little thin on the body. A mix between bitter and chocolate syrup.
Good Irish brew.

 

 

 

I'm not usually a fan of milk stouts, with the milky sweetness not appealing to me. The White Sow, however, balances out the lactose with some bitter cocoa, as is indeed done with milk chocolate. This dominates the flavour, with the texture silky smooth, creating a really luxurious treat of a drink.

 

Bottle purchased at Nathaniel Square Corner Store in Rochester, NY.

This one pours a pretty dark black, with a one inch mocha colored head, and a good amount of sticky lacing.

Smells like milk chocolate, roasted malt, and light smoke.

This is maybe a *tiny* bit thin tasting, but it is only 5.2%, so that can be forgiven. There's a good, but not overwhelming, level of chocolate, and some roasted malt, and light warm smoke flavor. This is super drinkable, and nearly sessionable.

This is medium bodied, with a pretty creamy mouthfeel, and a normal level of carbonation.

Nothing too fancy here, just a very drinkable and tasty milk stout.

 

 

 

Dark brown, almost black in colour. Rich, clean cascara, amarulla, sweet chocolate. Balanced coffee, chocolate, and roastedness in the taste, and creamy. Mildler than expected compared to the nose. Soft milk chocolate body and a lovely black coffee bitterness at the end really rounds-off this beer. Creamy mouthfeel at the finish.

Amazing stuff.

 

Time for a change of pace. I've only had good stuff from them, so this might be fun. 12 oz. bottle into a nonic pint glass.

A - Poured a clear dark brown into the glass, becoming almost completely opaque, with a dark ruby around the edges. Not too big a head, but it's a nice chocolaty color with large bubbles.

N - Exactly what it purports to be. Lots of oatmeal and chocolate on this one. Not overpowering, but pleasant.

T - Yep, a little roasty, a little chocolaty, a little oatmeal-y. No frills, just a straight up chocolate oatmeal stout.

M - Thin. Tingly around the tongue and palate, but not much else. It's thin.

O - A perfectly cromulent oatmeal stout on a week night.