Very Mad Cow - Revolution Brewing Company - Brewpub

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162 Ratings

rAvg: 4.14
pDev: 8.94%
Reviews: 38
Hads: 124

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Revolution Brewing Company - Brewpub

Illinois, United States

Style | ABV
Milk / Sweet Stout | 9.50% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (25), on-tap (12), nitro-tap (1).

Notes:
Mad Cow Milk Stout aged in Woodford Reserve Barrels for 7 months.

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Reviews by Knapp85:

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

4.51/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

This was sent time from mjmadsen21, major thanks on this one man! This beer poured out as a nice looking black color with a brown head on top. There is a moderate retention and lacing. The aroma on this beer is huge, it screams bourbon, it's sweet and boozy and strangely addictive. The taste of the beer follows the nose, lots of bourbon, chocolate and vanilla with a boozy wooden flavor in the finish. The mouthfeel is pretty slick, lightly carbonated and finishes with some ethanol heat. Overall I loved it, I think if anything there is maybe too much bourbon and it masks the a dual beer, but either way I thought it was great.

Serving type: bottle

01-26-2013 01:39:03 | More by Knapp85

More User Reviews:

Rogorama

Indiana

4.5/5 rDev +8.7%

05-21-2013 14:11:00 | More by Rogorama

Pidzik12

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev +8.7%

05-20-2013 17:07:51 | More by Pidzik12

acurtis

New Jersey

3.5/5 rDev -15.5%

05-18-2013 23:07:35 | More by acurtis

BeerOps

Illinois

4/5 rDev -3.4%

05-18-2013 22:47:47 | More by BeerOps

djrn2

New Jersey

3.75/5 rDev -9.4%

05-18-2013 22:35:00 | More by djrn2

rcdt76

Illinois

5/5 rDev +20.8%

05-17-2013 22:27:25 | More by rcdt76

RadfordBrewing

Illinois

4.25/5 rDev +2.7%

05-15-2013 15:09:32 | More by RadfordBrewing

1noa

Illinois

4/5 rDev -3.4%

05-14-2013 14:39:28 | More by 1noa

Durb777

Illinois

4.25/5 rDev +2.7%

05-13-2013 19:48:05 | More by Durb777

xdtfx

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev +8.7%

05-13-2013 05:48:49 | More by xdtfx

Fetching

Indiana

4.75/5 rDev +14.7%

05-12-2013 22:32:47 | More by Fetching

ThickNStout

Georgia

4.16/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

22oz bottle from The Beer Temple (Chicago, IL). 17.99. No bottle date. Served in a Dogfish Head snifter.

Pours cola brown with three quarter finger pale tan head. The head fades quickly, lacking retention or lace.

Smells of sweet cream, sugar, vanilla and bourbon.

A complex sweet bomb. Lactose, Cadbury cream, bourbon, vanilla, sweet coffee creamer and a little oak. Very little alcohol presence. Nice sweet mixture.

Medium feel with moderate carbonation. The sweet lactose remains on the tongue for a long finish.

A damn fine barrel aged sweet stout that I would definately buy again at half the price. Quite enjoyable but the cost makes it a one time purchase.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 19:46:35 | More by ThickNStout

Hopbully

Virginia

4.25/5 rDev +2.7%

05-12-2013 05:42:36 | More by Hopbully

BrownAleMale

Wisconsin

4.25/5 rDev +2.7%

05-12-2013 02:25:32 | More by BrownAleMale

powz87

Illinois

4.25/5 rDev +2.7%

05-12-2013 02:07:46 | More by powz87

jgarvis

Illinois

4.25/5 rDev +2.7%

05-11-2013 15:12:16 | More by jgarvis

JakeMorgan13

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev +8.7%

05-11-2013 01:58:10 | More by JakeMorgan13

AndyP612

Illinois

4.41/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Served on tap into snifter at Revolution Brewpub Logan Square in Chicago.

A- Deep chocolate brown almost black with no light let through. A fingers worth of dark tan head dissipates quickly not as thick looking as expected from an ale aged for over six months.

S- Bourbon dominated nose with a slight sweet tease but bourbon is mostly present.

T- Taste follows the nose closely with bourbon whiskey attacking my tastebuds. Subtle toffee and chocolate flavors are present with a pleasant smokey finish.

M- Not nearly as big as I thought I would experience with this ale. I would call it a straight medium mouthfeel. Not watery yet not what I have become used to experiencing when drinking milk stouts, not too rich.

O- Very nice, lots of bourbon present but it doesn't come close to the full bodied stouts that I have come to expect when ordering barrel aged stouts. I would say this ale is comparable to New Holland's Dragon's Milk, which is in no way an insult. It's just not what I was hoping for.

Cheers.

Serving type: on-tap

05-06-2013 22:00:14 | More by AndyP612