The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout

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

Deep brown appearance with a medium sized, mocha colored head. Acerbic, roasted malt aroma that takes on characteristics of chocolate, coffee and caramel. Sweet malt taste that is a tad cloying; chocolate and caramel prevail along with almonds. Sweet, smooth, long lasting finish. (thanks to vikingsman69 for the bottle)

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.

Deep and dark brown. Lively, tingly carbonation. Fairly light body, but with a creamy base. Big chocolate, roast and dark toast. Finish was filled with bitterness and coffee. Not really enough sweetness, and not much lactic.

Silky black color with an umber edge. Fading tan head. Sweet dark chocolate, and roasted malt aromas, rather plain and all to familiar. Smooth and luscious feel. Mild tar and heavy cola flavors. Hints of butane. I don’t catch much in the form of lactose. Some charcoal and coffee in the finish. Lots of flavor in this one, a touch too strong with a roasted malts at time. Still and nice stout. Thanks Jonathan.

Best before 1/2006 bottle from Secret Santa consumed on 12/30/2005. Large mocha colored head, initially, atop a transluscent, deep garnet-burgundy tinged coal brown body. Smells of burnt cocoa, light lactic notes, vanilla syrup-flavored coffee. All quite burly and rich. Only the barest hints of dry, earthy barley peek through on the edges. Flavor is at once a creamy mocha latte, with roasted bitterness on the sides of the palate, attempting to clear the sweet creamy sugars on each sip. The crusty, brown, bready malts add a very crunchy coffee-like feel, but the milky aspect seems a bit overly creamy-sweet. As it warms, very light floral hops emerge, providing a touch of flavor and light bitterness. Still, a touch more balance to this vast sea of cream would be well placed. It is a very creamy texture and a medium-full body, despite the filtration. Low carbonation, with the head slowly receding to a ring. Short finish, though; some roast and cream lingers on. Like the other Duck-rabbits, it tends to the less complex side of the malt spectrum, but is certainly well-made. Retronasal floral hops garner some interest. No alcohol noted.

Date: 03/16/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade

black with ruby edges, thin brown head, sweet roasted malt aroma, drippy lace, creamy body, nice roasty flavor, touch of sweetness, a strange bitter tartness, turns into sour milk
-------- /> Date: 01/01/2007
Mode: bottle
Score: i+ to ii+

picking up some milk chocolate in the aroma, rich sweet cream character along with the roasted flavor, chocolate gets richer and richer, this is the award winning beer

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Black in body with small tan head. Roasted coffee aroma with a touch of chocolate. Milky smoothness and lighter bodied. Flavors of roasted coffee, chocolate, and a mild prescense of alcohol.

Pours a dark brown colour with a small tan head. Mocha and grassy aroma. The flavour is coffee and semi-sweet choclate. The sweet milk chocolate taste in your mouth turns slightly drier on the finish. Medium bodied with a decent creamy texture.