Stone - Coffee Milk Stout

Picked this up in Des Moines IA last night 9.99 and was bottled 7/22 i'm anxious to try it, hope OP is right about this!!!!

 

Of course it's black. And it's an ale. But there are black ales that are not stouts and, to me, that's what this was like. A coffee-flavored black ale. I guess I can't get past the mouthfeel.

 

Why is this a summer release?

 

Fall Release. If it would of Been a Summer Release, it would of been on shelves in March/April.

 

I guess I've just read a lot in this thread of people saying the mouthfeel is a little thin for a stout - when there is nothing inherent about a stout that requires it to have a thicker mouthfeel. And as much as I love viscous black ales, sometimes a lighter bodied stout can be quite refreshing and makes it no less of a stout.

 

So this has been released? any seen in MN?

 

Agreed. I feel like everybody seems to think all stouts these days are supposed to be thick, viscous, and high(ish) abv

 

40

 

Anybody seen this in...ah, why should I even bother to ask? We're always the very last market to see any of these releases.

 

Narragansett came out with a coffee milk stout last year and that too was thin. It was absolutely delicious though. Looking forward to this one as well.

 

Had this last night. It's pretty damn tasty. I can imagine it being even better on nitro.

 

I found it thin and smokey. The coffee just wasn't really there for me. More of a weak porter.

 

Had it yesterday, pretty good but I like a little more in my coffee stouts. It's a well made beer, I could taste the quality but when this beer is put in the larger spectrum of other beers it doesn't compare. For what it is, it's great. I would like to see it with a higher ABVl.

 

Found it at Noble Grains in NYC yesterday. I'm a little underwhelmed after all the hype. It's just thin and toasty with slight black licorice. I didn't get a ton of coffee or creaminess.

 

I hope so! Not nearly enough low alcohol stouts that have a lot of flavor.

 

Santa Clara liquors?

 

Just picked one up today. I'm drinking it now and remember the Narragansett to be a lot better than this. It's pretty disappointing. I don't even get much coffee either.

I agree.

 

I mean, for a 4% milk stout, I think it's pretty damn good. It's 4%, its going to be thin.

 

Mackeson makes a XXX stout (milk stout) that is unbelievable at only 4.9% ABV.

 

I am having it on tap right now and it is pretty tasty cofee roast flavor with subtle sweet dry finish but probably wouldn't pick up more than one 6 pack of it just like their saison.