The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout

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

Pours a deep brown with a foamy/creamy tan head that left some lnice acing. Aroma of chocolate, sweet citrus hops, more fruity than I would originally expect from this style. Flavor is chocolate, roasted sweet malts, some cappucino, lactose and oats. Had some lingering hop bitterness and flavor. NIce bit of roasted malts that linger.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Light Brown(1)->Pitch Black(5) : 4     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   Off-White(1)->Dark Brown(5) : 3   Lasting: 1   Lacing : XX   Nitro : XX
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : XX   Bread : XX   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Ink : XX   Tar : XX   Olives : XX   DMS : XX
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 2   Burnt Toast : XX   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : XX   Coffee : 2   Dark Chocolate : XX   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : XX   Blackberries : XX   Cherries : XX
Hops : 1   Noble(1)->American(5) : XX   Leafy : XX   Floral : XX   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : XX   Wood : XX   Mint : XX   Smoke : XX   Soy : XX   Bourbon : XX   Anise : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : XX   Lactic : 3   Bitterness : XX   Complex : 1   Length : 2
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 4   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : 2   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: A rather simple sweet stout, faultless, but sweet enough that I would not want a whole pint.

Bottle courtesy bleacherbum. Thanks! Pours a clear dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of coffee, cocoa and molasses. Creamy, silky medium body that would probably seem full with a touch less carbonation. More chocolate in the taste, along with vanilla, roasted nuts, and fruit. A touch of pine and grapefruit hops shine through the bittersweet finish. This one brings some nice flavors through, flavors that sometimes get lost in the sweetness of other milk stouts.

Cola-black body with a very large, creamy, light tan head. Nose of Dutch processed cocoa, espresso and leather, primarily, with vegetal undertones. Sweet and cream-like at first with chocolate and coffee. Finishes slightly drier with a roasty bitterness. Hops are pretty much non-existant to me and there’s a vegetal flavor in the aftertaste. A red-grape acidity creeps up as the beer warms. Creamy mouthfeel and decently think, but way over carbonated (not a problem with a sturdy pour and some swirling, but still.) 12 oz bottle, snifter.

My Bottom Line:
Sugary lactose joins the dry roastiness in a vanilla-like diplomatic sweetness which is diluted by the light tartness perceived in the finish. Yet another well-crafted beer from Duck Rabbit, right on style and very drinkable.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam provides some lacing around the browned black.
-The lovely body coats the palate while its fine carbonation quickly washes the plump impression away.
-Supporting hops are felt, but don’t bring much to the flavor profile.

Bottle; best before June ’07.

Pours dark with a nice tan head. Aroma of roastiness and chocolate. Flavor is full of roasted malt and not much else, maybe a little hops. This is a love-or-hate offering, but not much of a milk stout.

dark brown with a thick tan head. this smelled like dumpster. it was fucking foul and tasted like sour dumpster. it was horrible but i’m a trooper and finished much to my friends’ chagrin. maybe i got a bad bottle

12 oz bottle from beerlord’s mom’s trip to NC. Got to taste both the porter and the milk stout, and I agree with beerlords’ assessment that the porter was better. The only thing close I’ve had to a ’milk stout’ is the SA Cream Stout which I really love. This has a nice appearance and aroma, but the taste is just a little off, and I can’t place what it is. Whatever it is, whenever there is an ’off-taste’ to a beer, that will usually put me off on it. Seems like a good brewery though, and would like to try other selections.