Chai Milk Stout Nitro
Left Hand Brewing Company

Opaque very dark brown color with a creamy tan head and nice lacing.
The aroma is amazing chai tea spices and roasted malt, very nice. The taste is cinnamon, cardamon, ginger, hints of all spice, clove, nutmeg, mild chocolate, toffee all blended pleasantly. somewhat warming, no real bitterness.
The body is iight/medium, creamy nitro, very smooth and very drinkable.
Altogether, this is a very tasty brew with the chai spices blended nicely,great for after dinner or anytime in cooler weather, I would love to try an Imperial version, very well done.

Nitro cam poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass

A: Pours cascading milk to dark chocolate with a creamy tan head that slowly settles to a firm layer and laces very nicely.

S: Rich chai spice, roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, subtle earthy char, and a little toffee sweetness.

T: Chai spice jumps right out, cinnamon, cardamom, black pepper, nutmeg, ginger, and clove, followed by roasted malt, light earthy char, milk chocolate, vanilla, and a little toffee sweetness.

M: A little on the lighter side of medium body, mild carbonation as expected, creamy smooth.

O: This might actually be my favorite Milk Stout variant that I've tried so far, and I've had a few. The chai flavor shows up really nicely plays perfectly with the base beer. I'd love to see an imperial version, maybe even with a little coffee, for the winter season. That being said, I'll take this as a flavorful 5% crusher any day.

 

 

 

 

Pours dark. Thin foam. Spicy aroma. Chocolate and chai body. Sweet but not too sweet. Smooth roasted flavor. Better than expected.

 

 

 

I love nitro-pour beers. I wish more companies did this. The head is milky fine and slow to recede. It doesn't get as thick as some other nitro stouts, but it does last throughout the tasting. It also leaves plenty of webs for lace. The liquid is deep brown, naturally, but faint light does pass along the edge.

I get lavender to the nose and very little chocolate or coffee.

The body leans thin and the "carbonation" notable and fairly large bubbled. This beer doesn't have the mouthy smoothness I would expect from a nitro-pour. The taste is more spicy than like a stout, although I do get some baseline dark chocolate and latte flavors. The spices are lavender and licorice. If I'm honest, I find these distracting and too strong to enhance the stout. It seems like an experiment where the flavoring kept getting added because the tasters were becoming "blind".

Pint copped as part of a Left Hand sampler purchased at Ridgedale Liquors in East Hanover. Pours a frothy, tan hue with a prominent laced cinnamon head. Assertive aroma redolent of caramel and butterscotch. Excellent depiction of the style.

this is really excellent, the nitro tap is the perfect format for this, so creamy and fluffy and luxurious feeling, the texture is amazing, and the flavors seem just built for it too, really nice, and good to see some more left hand in idaho, its pretty sparse most of the time, especially on tap. this is deep matte black with a tall and lathery lighter tan head, looks almost like a guinness and has a nice cascade to it. the smell of these beers always seems a little muted on nitro to me, but the chai spices are bold enough to come through that organic fade, to me its black pepper and earthy tea, vanilla and cardamom, possible mace or allspice too, tons of roasted dark barley, really deep. the flavor is awesome, balanced but unique, not as milk forward as their original, definitely seems less sweet to me with the spices, tea bitterness combines with all the roasted grain to keep it that way even as it warms. still, enough vanilla, warming cinnamon, and fragrant herbal character for this to be approachable, drinkable, and balanced. there is a smoothness from the lactose thats awesome with the nitro though, im just glad its not objectively sugary. the chai is obvious but its as much tea as it is spices, and i dig that too, the base beer is plenty robust for the chai to not overtake it too. the texture makes it, but this is a really cool edition of this iconic beer. usually i am not a fan of messing with the classics, but they nailed this straight up!

On-tap on nitro near my work; served in a snifter.

A: Opaqur black with that light khaki/mocha nitro head that laces beautifully.

S: Amazing chai aromas of sweet vanilla cream and cinnamon/spice; mild chocolate character as well. That chai tea aroma is fantastic.

T: Slightly muted from the nitro but still pushing the chai flavors to the forefront with cinnamon, clove, mint, vanilla, chocolate, cream, and roasted sweet dark malt.

MF: Smooth, creamy, light-to-medium nitro body. Finishes very clean.

O: Love the chai on this one, it is well executed, and the nitro seems to lend some soft body and lowered carbonation which serves this brew well. Delicious.

Another victory for the nitro widget. Pours deep red/black with a thick tan head that holds on. Aroma is sweet with cinnamon, clove and all spice. Taste is sweet roasted malts and that same spice mix. I get mostly cinnamon but there are more subtle notes in there. Feel is excellent thanks to the nitro widget, nice and creamy. Overall, a very nice winter variant of a milk stout.

Thanks hophound.
Deep brown with a slight ruby border. A milky milk stout head. Lush. Excellent retention with a solid wall of lacing.
Nose begins with toasted cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, and a splash of ginger. An ever so lightly burned milk note peaks in as well, in a great way.
Flavor is a step back. Not as bold as the nose which is definitely a good thing. I mean the nose is fantastic, but if the flavor followed with the same intensity this would be overwhelming. The cinnamon and cardamom are carried gingerly by the creamy milk stout base. Ginger peaks in almost more as a mouthfeel or a "presence." They really hit what they were going for, a Chai milk stout.
Mouthfeel is only a tad light for style but oh so smooth and creamy. Finish starts almost sweet but dries out in a woody way.

Hard pouring gives you a nice cascading tri-coloured brew. Smells and tastes just like a Sherpa Chai Latte. Mouthfeel is smooth, and spices are very upfront (in a good way). Would recommend trying this seasonal at least once!