The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout

Draft at Flying Saucer Raleigh. Deep dark ruby red color. Good head retention. Sweet creamy aroma. Taste is smooth. Sweet/sour with caramel and spice. Could be more complex, but still very good. 6/4/7/3/17/3.7

Rerate: 6/6/08...review from cvillebeergeek.blogspot.com.

Appearance: Very, very, very dark with a three finger brown head. Head retention and lacing are both above average. 3.5/5.0

Aroma: Sweet aroma of milk sugar, roasted malt and coffee with just a subtle hint of spiciness. Fairly complex and interesting. 4.0/5.0

Taste: I like! Primarily roasted malts and lactose, but those are in such a perfect balance that they form a perfect singularity that cannot be indentified by its components. I probably like this a little more than most would, but, well... 4.9/5.0

Mouthfeel: Great taste, creamy, smooth and well-balanced. 4.5/5.0

Drinkability: Just like the porter, this weighs in at 5.7%. Rich, but smooth. Sweet, but not cloying. Very drinkable beer. 4.0/5.0

Overall: I rated this beer previously on April 26th at the Flying Saucer in Raleigh, NC. Part of a sampler. I said: "Deep, dark ruby red color. Good head retention. Sweet, creamy aroma. Taste is smooth. Sweet/sour with caramel and spice. Could be more complex, but still good." I tasted a different beer tonight, in a rare instance of the bottle coming across better than draft. Highly complex, highly approachable. This is a hit. 4.4/5.0

That review uses a different rating scale. For Ratebeer: 6/4/9/4/18/4.1.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smell of roast and sweet. Taste is smooth and sweet. The lactose adds a subtle sweetness. A pretty good beer.

Re-Rate: Beautiful dark brown pour with thin extra light tan head. Not much aroma over the smoking asshole beside me. Flavor notes of chocolate, toffee, and a coffee tartness in the finish. Some lactose is percievable. Creamy medium mouthfeel despite a slightly watery body. Impressive on draught. Much better than my original tasting. I just couldn’t get behind this beer. The lactic flavor was just too overpowering. Smelled sickly sweet. I’ve heard good things about this brewery, so i’ll give it another try down the road, but my sampling wasn’t so great. Original Rating Aroma 2 Appearance 5 Flavor 3 Palate 4 Overall impression 6

Bottle. Taste, malty, caramel, milk chocolate. Very good. Good aroma. Nice brown cow color. Great beer. Highly recommended.

this is good. I bought a single bottle from Sam’s, not knowing what to expect. Opened it, poured, and took a nice sip. tastes like a milkshake.

Very smooth and drinkable. Dark brown pour with a thin tan head. Chocolaty aroma with a flavor that is big on malt and has a nice lactic presence, making it almost silky on the palate. Very pleasant.

Nice aroma of chocolate and caramel. Milky flavor that is original and smooth.

Very dark brown body with a little bit of ruby at the edges. Milk chocolate and caramel. There is also a little bit of peaches and pancakes. The taste has some sweet potato pancakes and caramel. There is also a hint of tobacco. The body is nice and silky smooth. Well made. Thanks for the bottle, Duane.