Dark Horse Too Cream Stout

Poured dark brown with ruby highlights and a large fizzy/frothy brown head. Rich sweet aroma of chocolate, dark fruit, a bit of alcohol, some light bitter coffee. Flavor follows with notes of roasted coffee beans, some 60% cacao bitter chocolate, a bit of vinous fruits, some dry alcohol. I’m impressed how this beer balances sweetness and bitter roastiness. At first I thought they traded off, with sweetness coming first and bitterness following, but as I went though the glass I felt more that they somehow worked side-by-side, the virtual ideal for a milk stout. Mouth feel is sufficiently creamy for the style. Overall I was very impressed by beer which finally penetrated my select group of favorite stouts that are not brewed Bell’s.

Bottle courtesy of someone from the Tampa crew. Pours black with a small tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, and sweet malt. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium creamy mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness and well hidden alcohol. Very good.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown black body with a creamy white head. Aroma is sweet and matly and some chocolate malt. Flavor is milk chocolate, chocolate malt, lactose mostly. Easy to drink. Good beer.

Bottle, courtesy CIgarCityBrew I believe. Black pour, not much of a head, and a ring of white lacing on the glass. Chocolate nose, giant roasted malts, some oats. Creamy chocolate flavors, some lactose, oats, malts are very fulfilling, with full of life. So good. Smooth and frothy mouthfeel, drinkable, delicious.

thick black with a (dark tan rich head) pour....roasted malts and sweets and chocolate aroma....bitter chocolate and strong coffee flavor and a very good thick mouth feel......Dark Horse has yet to let me down.