Milk Stouts

Never tried them side by side, and I've only had them months apart. Gonna have to do a comparison next time I'm somewhere that has Left Hand.

 

I think OP would really be hard pressed to find any milk stout without any traces of coffee/espresso flavor, given that the malt billl used by most of the widely available cream stouts on the market includes some variation of roasted barley or chocolate malt which typically produce some degree of a roasted coffee or espresso flavor (i.e. I get a noticeable day-old cold coffee flavor from Left Hand Milk Stout - same goes for Sam Adam's Cream Stout, St. Peter's Cream Stout, 3F Moloko, etc.). I agree, different palates will pick up on flavors with differing levels of intensity/nuance, but it's simply a matter of the ingredient which imparts that flavor being a significant player in the malt bill of this style of beer.

However, if I had to offer up a suggestion that has the least noticeable roasted/coffee notes - Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout. It does feature roast chocolate malt which imparts some flavors that one's palate could discern as coffee-like, but the chocolate profile of the beer is overwhelmingly smooth and predominant throughout.


Side note: I agree with the poster(s) above that Bell's Special Double Cream Stout is a delicious stout, but 1) Special Double Cream Stout is not a milk stout - no milk sugars/lactose in the brewing process; and 2) it most definitely has roasted notes that one's palate could easily surmise as coffee or espresso-like, and so may not be what OP is seeking out

 

The regular Left Hand Milk Stout in the bottle, the draft has more of a coffee taste. THe Nitro on draft is incredible more of a coffee taste with incredible body.
Tallgrass Buffalo Sweat, and 3 Floyds.

 

I think that you'll find there is a major difference, at least I did. The Nitro version is a lot softer on the palate, it is everything and more that a milk stout should be. The regular milk stout they have is good, don't get me wrong, but it's just lacking a bit, in my opinion, behind the nitro version. Let me know what you think when you try the two side by side. Oh, and remember with the Nitro version make sure you pour that bottle hard at a 90 degree angle to activate it.

 

you get duck rabbit up there?