Nitro Chocolate Milkshake
Southern Tier Brewing Company

 

had this one aged for awhile - no much head lacked the taste when i first tryed it

 

 

2 April 2020 - Beer #65

Corona Day #21

Price: $3.99 at Quarry Wine and Spirits in Baltimore

Appearance: 5 - what can you say? Nitro beers are hotties. The video shows it all. I'm left with a beautiful frothy tan head that looks like it'll never move.

Nose: 5 - like I mixed a chocolate milk with the Hershey's syrup.

Taste: 4 - yeah, pretty much like chocolate milk. Fairly mild.

Mouth: 5 - extremely thick and frothy. Nitro is like magic.

Overall: 5 - won't win any awards, but just plain fun to drink. I should buy a few sixers.

Cheers!

Sampled in a taster glass from draft at O'Toole's on November 1, 2019. Southern Tier's Blackwater Series now offers a next-level drinking experience with its newest launch, Nitro Chocolate Milkshake. Using nitro capabilities with smooth chocolate, vanilla profile with a hint of Himalayan sea salt, this brew offers cascading, creamy richness that is a step above traditional imperial stouts.

 

 

Southern Tier has created a rich and creamy chocolate milkshake with 10 percent ABV. This beer is smooth and deceptively delicious. It smells like milk chocolate - Willy Wonka style. This is a sweet dessert beer and I am drinking this one in front of a fire reminiscing about all the chocolate from my youth. Give it a try - it's definitely worth it!

Picked up a 9.6 oz single from the Craft Beer Hop Stop cooler 10-22-19 for $3.99. Canned on 9-25-19; consumed 2-1-20.

Beer poured black with a beautiful tan head that has some great hang time.

Nose is a pleasant chocolate milk forward.

Taste is chocolate and lactose forward with a nice touch of high concentrate cocoa to help balance some of the sweetness.

Mouthfeel is light bodied and not overly smooth.

Overall a very nice dessert beer, fun to try!

L: jet black, big fluffy tan head, tons of lacing
S: chocolate, cocoa, dome roasty malts
T: follows the nose
F: super creamy, great mouthfeel, full bodied, great finish
O: a little sweet, but I love this beer!

 

 

Taste: sweet, milky, chocolate, nutty notes, smooth finish. Lactose, malty coco nose. Black/brown, opaque, tan soft nitro head some lace. Medium to med/light body. A little thin to be an imperial stout.

 

 

Huge frothy nitro head to start

Cocoa/vanilla dominates the nose

Not unlike a chocolate milkshake, with a bit more vanilla, a hint of booze.

Mouthfeel velvety, but ultimately feels quite light and undercarbonated; trading some front end smoothness for backbone with the nitro

Nobody does desserts like Southern Tier

 

 

 

 

 

Canned on 7/31/19. 12oz can poured into a tulip. Pours almost black with a creamy khaki head that falls leaving great retention and nice lacing. The aromas have some vanilla leading the way along with some caramel. Subtle hints of cocoa and chocolate. Malts are there. The flavors basically follow the nose. More vanilla and caramel. Some coconut in the mix. The sea salt definitely comes through and accentuates everything that's going on. The chocolate does its thing. There's a sweetness to this one, but it's definitely not cloying or over the top. Nice malt backbone. It finishes with a subtle warmth, but it's not hot at all. Mouthfeel is on the lighter side of full-bodied with low carbonation. It's creamy and velvety while remaining light and slightly "watery". It's basically what you would expect from a nitro beer, more or less. It's smooth.

This is a nice "dessert beer". Nice aromas and flavors. It's basically what you would expect from a Southern Tier stout. It might not be my new personal favorite stout from them, but it's still good stuff.

On tap at Oak and Stone. After a Founders stout, this feels like the chocolate and vanilla are trying to hide the stoutness of the bier. Still, with the nitro edge, it does feel like a milkshake - with a shot of booze.

12oz nitro can. Poured out an opaque, jet-black color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It smelled of chocolate milk, vanilla and rich toffee. Sweet chocolate and vanilla. Really tastes like a milkshake.

 

 

 

Poured from a can into a snifter glass. Resulted in about 2 fingers of thick creamy head after the nitro settled. Nearly black color beneath the head that stuck around for the entire drink. Head also has strong legs after every sip. Smells like cocoa powder/chocolate milkshake. Tastes basically the same for a mildly boozy, intense chocolate milkshake flavor. End is maybe a bit malty. Somehow not excessively sweet. Super creamy nitro feel. Amazing package I need to find more of.

Presentation: 12 oz. can with the caning date printed on the bottom. Served in a Willi Becher glass.

Appearance: The dense, thick, one and a half finger, tan colored head stays around for a very long time and leaves a web of lacing that covers the entire glass. It's a deep, black color with some reddish brown showing up on the edges when held up to light.

Smell: There's a rich, milk chocolate sweetness, vanilla and brown sugar with some darker, roasted notes of cocoa powder and roasted malt in the background.

Taste: It's mostly sweet at first with a strong milk chocolate and vanilla flavor. The pure cocoa and roasted malt bitterness is subdued and only comes though in the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: It's a perfectly smooth and creamy nitro texture that's fantastic. There's some body and heft but it's mostly on the lighter side which is great. It makes it easy to drink and keeps it from getting cloying.

Overall: A rich, creamy and decadent beer that's a perfect pairing for deserts or just to have as a desert all by itself. The sweetness is never overwhelming or cloying and the nitro lightness and smoothness make it deceptively easy to drink for a beer that clocks in at 10% ABV.

Pours black with the massive cascading beige head that you expect from a nitro beer, amazing lacing. Smells and tastes of chocolate, fudge, vanilla, cocoa and roasted malts. On the light side of full bodied, creamy mouth feel, light carbonation. Excellent dessert beer.

 

 

A - Pitch black pour with a two fingered layer of creamy head on top. The separation between foam and beer is a laser sharp line.

S - Creamy chocolate and cocoa aroma with a little bit of vanilla.

T - Creamy cocoa and vanilla from start to finish with some saltiness. Some booziness does poke through.

M - Velvety and creamy texture on the palate.

O - I love the Blackwater Series and this one doesn't disappoint.

L - Deep, opaque black with a large tan head that sticks around. Perfect looking beer, like nearly all nitro beers.
S - Rich milk chocolate, graham cracker, some vanilla, roasted/toasted malt
T - Follows the nose: rich milk chocolate up front and throughout followed by roasted/toasted malts, vanilla, graham cracker and slight toffee notes.
F - Medium leaning on full bodied with a light amount of carbonation. Rich, smooth, creamy
O - A decadent dessert beer that provides a ton of chocolate. The nitro makes it feel somewhat like a float.

Pours opaque, dark brown in color with 1/3 inch head. Taste is chocolate milk shake, milk and dark chocolate. Medium-heavy bodied, low carbonation, sweet and slightly roasty. Makes for a good dessert beer. I prefer other Black Water series beers as this is a bit one note, but still a good beer by the dessert beer kings.

 

 

Very smooth. Zero after taste! Definitely a winner!!!