DuClaw Devils Milk

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle at BCTC Saturday night back at camp. Pours a lightly hazed amber with a thin white head. Big sticky sweet malt, loads of caramel and toast. Rather sweet, caramel. Sweet caramel, touch of soft bitterness on the finish.

In short: A nice hoppy sticky barley wine.
How: Bottle 22oz. Consumed approximately 9 months after purchase, given to me a BA dude.
The look: Almost clear dark amber body topped by a very small beige head
In long: Nose is on the hoppy side of things for a Barley wine, which is a good thing. Aromas of fruity resinous hops, apricots and heavy malt caramel backbone. Taste is cookie dough, a lot of caramel, apricots concentrate, pineapples, toffee, apple juice concentrate, resinous hops, soft candies, oily nutes, light notes of cooked vegetables. Carbonation was very smooth and I thought the body had a very oily texture, maybe a bit too much so. The oily body, rich caramel and resinous hops all add up to create a very sticky sensation. Overall I liked this beer, good malt-hops confrontation. I liked that Devil’s Milk, but imho the true devil’s milk is low fat nature yogurt.

Bottle. Dark amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is licorice, malt, hop, caramel, alcohol. Flavour is licorice, malt, hop, alcohol, caramel, dried fruits. Full bodied nice beer.

UPDATED: JAN 12, 2013 On tap. Pour is a hazy red orange. Medium head, lacing is awesome spidery trails with heavier spots. Aromas and taste are truckloads of coconut, mounds bar, soft wood, butterscotch, dark cherry, almond, milk chocolate. Taste is the sweetest chocolate coconut easter egg with spicy, fuely hops, and crystal malts. This beer was unreal. Had a 2012 bottle recently and it was a huge letdown compared to the max’s version a couple years ago. Moved it down a few ticks.

Bottle 22fl.oz.

Unclear medium red and amber orange colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel malt, dried fruit, alcohol, orange. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, malty, dried fruit, bright tobacco, alcohol. Body is medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110416]

Sweet and bready. Cherry. resoinous american hops. well mellowed even though not that old. great name. very tasty stuff. not hot.

It’s just an very very awsome Barley Wine. Just teaste it. I love it on draft.

pretty decent for a cheap drink. I thought "milk" in the name was just being cute, but their actually is a milk-like mouthfeel which I love - a little slippery which coats the mouth with a sweet film. Very nice. The first flavor is a molasses cloying sweetness which seems too much, but the aftertaste is pleasant like a ginger cookie. I’d buy it again.

Bottle opened by Jared. Served in a wine glass. Pours a copper color with a minimal off-white head and a touch of lacing, though most of the head fades into a thin color. Some light legs as well. The nose is really quite plain with only a bit of bread and some brown sugar. The taste is mildly sweet and has a bit of light booze. Moderate caramel and brown sugar there as well. Mild cherry in the back end. Medium body with low carbonation and a dry finish. Not bad, but not particularly good, either. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 04-12-2011

UPDATED: SEP 18, 2011 Bottle @ FOneFan, Rating #2000. Hazy amber with small tan head. FLavour is malt, caramel, fruit, dark, fruit, hops, bitter and citrus.