The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout

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

Bottle thanks to the duck rabbit guy. Almost gusher. Dark brown with large fizzy brown head. Sweet milk chocolate aroma with some roasted malt. Flavor is much the same with some bakers chocolate as well with lots of dark fruit. Medium well carbonated body. Very nice, sweetness doesnt take away from it at all.

12oz bottle via trade with decaturstevo. Aroma: Light cream aroma, chocolate, coffee, sweet malt, and a light sour fruitiness. Appearance: Pours black, but shows ruby highlights when held to the light. Light tan head was very full and frothy with great retention. Great lacing. Flavor: Deep maltiness with some coffee and chocolate, light smoke, a moderate sourness, and a touch of dark fruitiness. Palate: Medium bodied. Medium carbonation. Overall: Good beer. Lacking a bit in mouthfeel. Not as full as I would have liked. Also, would have preferred a little more sweetness. Still, good stuff.

Bottle courtesy of pantanap (thanks!). Dark brown/blaqck with large foamy tan head. Aroma is very pronounced in this one, definitely get the lacto-smell (at least that’s what I think I smell), along with roasted malts. Taste brings more of the same, with some sweet chocolate flavor, which then leads to a slight coffee taste. This is only my second milk stout, but there’s something about the lactose addition that doesn’t do too much for me. Get some coffee/chocolate bitterness in the finish as well. This was certainly an easy drinker for a hot summer evening.

Bottle sampled with stegosaurus, care of drbayern trade.Dark pour with a sweet malt slightly chocolate aroma. Roasted taste with a smooth finish. I liked it not bad at all.

12oz bottle courtesy of my Summer Secret Santa. Dark brown pour with a huge, loosely compacted chocolate brown head. Made up mostly of carbonation bubbles, this thing dies away fairly quickly but is still an impressive sight. No real evidence of lacing anywhere, so that knocks down the appearance a few notches. Nose of roasted coffee grounds, rich chocolate milk, hot cocoa powder and dairy creamer. The back end of the aroma brings an unpleasant chalky note into the fold, almost musty, but thankfully is just at the very back end. Fore is sweet milk chocolate, some coffee roast, lactose sweetness and some caramel. Back end brings a lot more sugary sweetness into the mix, almost cola like at times, but always backed by a rich milk chocolate and malt pairing. Medium bodied, very creamy and feels more substantial than what it really is, I guess thanks to the milk sugars present. Finish is chocolate, malts, some coffee, milk and then more chocolate taking me all the way through the super long finale. Finally had my first brew from these guys and I was not disappointed in the least. Good stuff.

A/A: Poured a pitch black w/ very thin burlap colored layer of foam. The bubbles dissipated quickly leaving on a few stragglers on the surface. Not much aroma coming off this one; some faint roasted malt & coffee with a faint lactic sharpness F/P: Very smooth and mellow, still strikes me as being similar to the last house stout I brewed w/ the chocolate malt addition (w/ some extra caramel & lactose added). Flavors of roasted grain, coffee, bittersweet chocolate & coca combined with the back end sweetness of the lactose then into the mild sharp sour lactic flavor revealed in the aroma. Moderate body and light-moderate carbonation. This milk stout has a nice composed feel to it, as the ingredients all blend well and yield a nice smooth beer.

poured from a 12oz. bottle into a dimpled glass mug, beer thanks to mikesgroove :-) A: Pours very dark brown, nearly black, looks "burnt" and features a big pillowy beige head. S: Not what I was expecting, this ale’s aromas fall somewhere between sweet and soapy, with a touch of grass or hay. Some mildly piney hops scents in there too. T/M: Thankfully the soapy aromas don’t translate over into the beer, so it’s back in business. The initial nose is very sweet, with some predominantly milk chocolate flavoring right up front and not hiding. Nice feel to the beer too, I found it to be quite lip-smacking and sugary, though there is nearly no finish to speak of. D: While I enjoyed this beer for the most part, and it’s relatively reasonable ABV make it a beer that’s easy enough to put back a few, I didn’t find myself going ga-ga over this one. Probably wouldn’t seek this out too often.

Nice dark color with a caramel nose. Thick mouth feel with a dry grin flavor. Thanks to Joebrew for sharing.