Keegan Ales Mothers Milk Stout

(12oz bottle) Medium brown head atop black body. Aroma is medium sweet, coffee, oatmeal, some cocoa. Taste is medium sweet, chocolate, some grape, light lactic. Creamy medium body, low acidity, nicely drinkable.

Name: Mother’s Milk
Date: 12/22/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

black, fine tan head, strong roasted aroma with dark chocolate and a touch of milky sweetness, rich dark chocolate flavor, touch of milky sweetness bring out the chocolate, lots of roasted comes in to balance the sweetness, bitter finish from the dark chocolate character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **/4

Bottle sampled on 9/16/07: Pours a mostly opaque with dark mahogany edges and a frothy, wispy-lacing light tan head. Aroma of sweet dark chocolate caramel with some lightly roasted notes. Body starts sweet and dark chocolatey with good malted milk flavor and a smooth, full body. Nicely-balanced, enjoyable and unique. A great sweet stout.

TAP NY sample. Black, little nose; milky head. Chocolaty, but in sort of an artificial low-cocoa chocolate way. Bittersweet, thin, flat finish.

Any first impressions?
-A sheet of head recedes to a ring around opaque darkness.
-Vanilla-tinged maltiness is covered in timid roastiness; nothing really attracts, but this spells well-crafted.
-Dark chocolate and vanilla sweetness are deepened by cheerful cherry undertones.
-An appropriate CO2 dosage leaves full view of the very well malted, suave mouthfeel.

What if you dig deeper?
-Dark fruit and molasses unite to dominate the finish, yielding only a smidge of roastiness.
-The nourishing mouthfeel is definitely my favorite feature here.
-The malt’s sweetness builds in the aroma upon warming.
-This is a competent sweet stout, no doubt very fine for sessions.

Bottle; no date.