Double Chocolate Milk Stout
Lancaster Brewing Company

12 oz. can. Black body with a creamy beige head. Strong chocolate flavor with a smooth mouthfeel. Slight roasted bitterness and minimal hop presence.

This is wonderful example of the style and a long-time favorite of mine.

 

From a 12oz can marked 11626 (whatever that means) into a glass. Can message: HEYO CHOCO

Pours a very, very dark brown with about a finger of fine tan head. Ok retention and lacing.

Some nice roasty notes on the nose supported by light dark and milk chocolate and coffee.

Taste Department-A smoky twinge up front with mostly dark chocolate and coffee in back.

Thinner bodied with low carbonation. Roasty, bitter aftertaste.

Nice enough beer overall.

 

On Nitro draught, at the brewery.
Pours jet black with a lively cascading foam show.
Head retention is decent, subsides into a foam ring that yields some nice lacing.
Dark caramelized sweet malt and chocolate flavors dominate. Bittersweet hops accent is pleasant. Tastes like you’re drinking adult chocolate milk, lol.
A real chocolatey treat!
You could pour a couple ounces of this over a scoop of vanilla ice cream and call it dessert.

Poured from a 12oz can into a Sam Adams perfect pint glass. Color is dark, almost black with a thin, 1-finger beige head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is chocolate, but not overly aggressive. Taste follows the nose, with a slight alcohol aftertaste. Mouthful is a little thin. Overall, an OK milk stout.

 

 

Pours a very dark color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has decent milk chocolate hints
The taste follows the nose with a nice milk chocolate flavor, with a slight sour aftertaste.
A medium bodied stout
A decent Stout

Nice double chocolate milk stout

I used a "Gatekeeper" glass, which is a pint glass with a top that pinches in then flairs out sharply. The coal black beer is pretty in the glass, especially with the 1/2" foam filling the flared portion of the glass. The head is similar in color and looser that Capuchino foam, and quickly fades to a ring, leaving patches of lace and a syrupy film along the way. When put to a light, the beer has a reddish-auburn halo.

It smells of milk chocolate fudge and malt balls. There is a mild coffee mixed with faint soapiness. The soapiness is never a pleasant aroma.

When astringency in the finish is strong enough to garner first mention, one knows something is off. This said, warmth clears that out, allowing roasted malt and fudge to take proper place. Mild notes of cherry are evident, along with sweetness. further warmth brings cafe late. The finish ultimately transforms, becoming rather mild, sweet and tasting of cafe late.

A full body with a sticky texture. Alcohol is more prevalent than expected. Carbonation provides a light scrubbing. And the astringency varies from initially high to slight over time.

This is one that should sit open for about ten minutes to be enjoyed after it warm a good bit. Definitely more on the dessert end of the spectrum, although not as sweet as some can be. The roasted malt maintains drinkability. Thanks to Dana for this offering.

 

Double Chocolate Milk Stout pours black with not much head. The aroma is mild but sweet and filled with fresh milk chocolate. The flavor is sweet and very creamy, lots of lactose sweet milk chocolate, very candy like. Good body and feel. Overall, a very rich milk stout loaded with sweet milk chocolate notes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A semi-aggressive pour from a can into a shaker provided a khaki 2-finger head, which dissipated to a skim that laced nicely. Very dark brown but not black.

Nose is heavy (I mean HEAVY) chocolate, almost like chocolate liqueur. A hint of coffee if swirled. Hop aroma is close to nil.

Taste of chocolate follows the nose, but to a lesser degree. No harsh roast, and I didn’t get the “intense roasted malts” mentioned in the description by Lancaster. I was pleased/impressed by the bittering; coupled with the roast and chocolate it gives me on/and/off impressions of coffee and bitter-sweet chocolate.

Mouthfeel is not as thick as a ‘heavy’ oatmeal stout, not as thin as a regular stout. I’ll call it “baby bear” good for this beer. Carbonation is just enough to escape you in a swallow, but enough to fizz a bit if swished in the mouth and release the mild roast/coffee and (again) chocolate.

Overall, this is a winner in y book. Not only because I liked it, but also because I think the brewer hit the target. This is my second Lancaster double chocolate milk stout. It was supplied by a friend up PA way who comes to my area only occasionally…..I’ll be hitting him up for more.