The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout

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

(Bottle) Pours a black body with a small off-white head. Aroma of roastiness, lactos, oatmeal, nuts, vinous, and licorice. Flavor of raotiness, hops, chocolate, and tobacco.

12oz bottles acquired in trades with Suttree & Johnathan3564 (thanks!). Poured a dark brown with an averaged sized tan head. Aromas of chocolate, roasted malts, and lactose. Tastes of lactose, chocolate, roasted malts, some dark fruits and ended in a light coffee bitter finish. A decent tasting stout.

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.

Draft... Pitch black ale with a small, off-white head. Clear and ruby when held up to very bright light. Smoky aroma with notes of molasses, chocolate and coffee. Flavor is full of smoke, dark chocolate and light molasses. Unbalanced by residual sweetness. Medium-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel with fizzy carbonation. Finishes smokey and bitter-sweet with a hint of espresso.

Bottle courtesy of Springslicker: Pours an opaque black with a thin covering of tan head. Aroma of sweet milk chocolate and a touch of caramel with some roasty coffee notes. Body starts a little thinner but has a nice balance between the sweet caramel and chocolate malts and the bitter roasted malt along with a touch of bittering hops. Finishes smooth and enjoyable. I think this would make a great session beer. Thanks Jay!

courtesy of Allen - dark brown colour with a persistent off-white foam; aroma of wallnut, oatmeal and porridge, rounded palate, quite low carbonation and with a late gentle bitterness; quite dry lactic and chocolatey finish - balanced and very well-made

Bottled. Burgundy coloured.Light brown head. Sweetness, light roast, some sweet chocolate and vague spices in the aroma. Flavour has light chocolate, light roast, light herbs and some spiced fruit. Is medium to full bodied. Dry. Chocolatish roasted end. Thanks to Immy for this.

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.