New Holland Dragon's Milk Oak Barrel Ale - New Holland Brewing Company

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rAvg: 3.91
pDev: 15.35%
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New Holland Brewing Company

Michigan, United States

Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial Stout | 10.00% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (879), on-tap (106), cask (9), growler (9), nitro-tap (2).

Notes:
Strong Stout aged in second use Heaven Hill bourbon barrels.

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Reviews by YumYumGumGum:

YumYumGumGum

Virginia

2.55/5 rDev -34.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Okay, there are a lot of great reviews of this beer and I must've missed the train because it was very very average. This tasted like alcohol from a home brew with to much water added to the primary.

A: Very white head with small amount of lacing when poured into a bar glass from a 12oz bottle. Bottle was dark color like a stout with a decent amount of light coming through.

S: Mostly chocolate roast, with a twinge of sour milk (Which was a good thing).

T: Alcohol with a watered down milk chocolate flavor, and did get and woody flavor from the barrels. The kind of wet sweetness was average. It was very drinkable, just not what I expected from this "High Gravity" series from New Holland. All they did was bump up the alcohol, I didn't get any new body, and I used to really enjoy Dragon's Milk.

M: Pleasant, low carbonation, and if you like to use stouts as your main drinking beers, use Dragon's milk.

O: Don't buy this, its expensive here in VA and New Holland seems to be riding on the back of the reputation of the 09 vintage.

Serving type: bottle

08-22-2011 15:22:14 | More by YumYumGumGum

More User Reviews:

steevbr

Illinois

3.5/5 rDev -10.5%

05-24-2013 20:30:26 | More by steevbr

Dannynoonan123

Pennsylvania

4.25/5 rDev +8.7%

05-24-2013 20:04:40 | More by Dannynoonan123

JJFlowgoer

Alabama

3.44/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

My review will be misleading perhaps, because I don't like bourbon. And this is a Bourbon Barrel Stout! But in spite of that, I'm going to do my very first review here after a year or so of reading all of everyone else. Mouthfeel is nice and thick but to me, which I love. But that 10% ABV is right up front - as is a bit of that bourbon barrel flavor. Everything about the rest of this beer stands behind that. Not that I don't like my hefty ABV - just I think you have to like bourbon, or at least be warm to it, to really enjoy this one. Still glad I bought it. (Probably the 10% ABV that caused me to write my first review! LOL!)

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 04:58:55 | More by JJFlowgoer