The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Farmville, North Carolina USA

Courtesy muenster. pours a very dark brown with almost no head. Light fizzy white bubbles hug the edges. Smells of some roast and light coffee, but quite mild. The taste is quite sweet, much more than I was expecting. Some light chocolate, slight bitterness, with some heavy malt characters. Maybe a little too sweet for my liking, although it is a sweet stout.

I’ve been anticipating this beer since I read about it on ratebeer. The pour is black until held up to the light. It is really a very dark red. The head is large, filling the imperial pint glass. Large and small bubbles mix to form a light cream pile that slowly diminishes to leave only chunks of lasting head and lace. The aroma is sweet with a trailing roast. The flavor is sweet malt and mild roast. the body is tight carbonation up front but the finish is smooth. A well done milky smooth stout.

12oz bottle, courtesy of Schutzenliesel. Thanks, Tom! Pours a dark black core; significant, textured, light-brown head with great retention and lacing. Lactic and cocoa powder aroma; some roasted malts and bitter chocolate; reminds me of a foreign stout aroma. Lively carbonation upfront; some milky / oatmeal character, plenty of dark chocolate and charred malts; the lactic quality is really significant here. Medium, milky and milk chocolate finish.

Bottle from Total Wine in Huntersville, NC. Pours a dark brown/black with a small tan head. Aroma is a bit of lactose and cocoa. Taste is strange, hard to characterize. Perhaps extra roasted with a touch of burnt something. Good, but not great.

Thanx to elmatador for this one.Great big aroma of lactose and smokiness.Pours oily and black with a thin beige head that laced up quickly and clinged to the edge of the glass.Full flavor of roasted malt and sweetness with a burnt finish.

Verre de dégustation, provenant d’une bouteille de 12 oz, dégusté lors de la soirée "La croisée des chemins" chez Cathshlag. Arôme: Odeur de café frais moulu et de chocolat à la cerise. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café et de chocolat. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement minéral. (Rating #1019)

Bottle. Heavy black color with brown and ruby undertones and a full and lasting light tan head. Good lacing. Chocolate and coffee mix nicely in the aroma but it is all suppressed by too much of an alcohol smell. An easy feel to this beer that goes along with some sweet chocolate and plum flavor. Finish is moderatly bitter with a nut flavor on the back of the tongue. Decent but seemed like a strange mixture.

OK for a milk stout. Sweeter than most. Not as heavy as I expected. Good overall.