Left Hand Milk Stout - Left Hand Brewing Company

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3,370 Ratings

rAvg: 3.97
pDev: 12.85%
Reviews: 1480
Hads: 1890

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Left Hand Brewing Company

Colorado, United States

Style | ABV
Milk / Sweet Stout | 6.00% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (1133), nitro-bottle (134), on-tap (126), nitro-tap (79), growler (5), cask (3).

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Reviews by knoxtennessee:

knoxtennessee

Tennessee

4.35/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On tap at the only place in Knoxville with half off on tuesdays.

A- Pitch black, little head that could fluff up when swirled and left a litte light brown lace.

S- Lots of sweet chocolate at first. As it warmed hints of coffee and a little roast came out. Only beer I've had with a milk chocolate character.

T- Most stouts with a chocolate character have an unpleasent chalky coco powder vibe. Not so here. Lots of sweet creamy milk chocolate. I don't know how they did it. Almost an ice cream like sweetness. Not like usual dense rich malt sweetness of a high gravity stout but a smooth simple sweetness. Doesn't overwhelm or fill you up, just leaves you wanting more. Like the smell, roasty coffee taste comes out a little as it warms.

M- Full but not syrupy or cloying. Feels like silk. So smooth and inviting. Not heavy or overpowering, just satisfying.

O- really great pint of beer. The beer for the genuine chocolate lover. Not at all heavy or overpowering, just delicious and suprisingly balanced. I would only like a touch more roasted flavor because I love stouts and am acoustomed to a little more espresso. Still as the cold months set in this will be a regular on my list.

Serving type: on-tap

10-06-2010 06:13:26 | More by knoxtennessee

More User Reviews:

KingSlayer

California

3.75/5 rDev -5.5%

05-24-2013 05:22:15 | More by KingSlayer

BFCarr

New Jersey

3.25/5 rDev -18.1%

05-24-2013 00:14:01 | More by BFCarr

iCabaLLero

Georgia

3.5/5 rDev -11.8%

05-23-2013 22:19:39 | More by iCabaLLero

Txgirlie

Texas

3.75/5 rDev -5.5%

05-23-2013 21:10:40 | More by Txgirlie

FrostyJenbaJuice

Iowa

4.5/5 rDev +13.4%

05-23-2013 04:19:14 | More by FrostyJenbaJuice

Isotope

Texas

4/5 rDev +0.8%

05-23-2013 02:11:36 | More by Isotope

Jade

Ohio

3/5 rDev -24.4%

05-23-2013 00:57:36 | More by Jade

Rdc67

Kentucky

3.75/5 rDev -5.5%

05-22-2013 19:14:51 | More by Rdc67

HistoricalMan

Wisconsin

4.26/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured violently from a 12oz nitro bottle in to a nonic pint glass.

Appearance: A jet black body quickly erupts into a thick off-white creamy head. Plenty of lacing.

Smell: Coffee, dark cocoa, sugary lactose, plenty of roasted malts. Inviting and exciting.

Taste: Roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, lactose, with a hint of bitterness towards the finish. Not as impressive as the smell, but still delicious.

Mouth: Nitrogen lends a wonderful creamy mouthfeel that leaves a syrupy film after swallowing.

A perennial favorite with a wonderful chocolate, coffee, and lactose smell, a malty taste, and a creamy, if not slightly syrupy mouthfeel.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 08:03:45 | More by HistoricalMan

BurgeoningBrewhead

Pennsylvania

3.99/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Like others, reviewing the nitro although it says it's an alias. Ironically I also have the regular version, so I'll edit this review with my review of that I guess.

Poured into pokal; jet black with almost no head, tiny bubbles form all over the glass. Smells like a stout: coffee and chocolate, a bit of sweetness behind it. Taste is incredibly smooth; it almost seems like it's not effervescent at all. Follows nose, coffee and chocolate, with a thick sweet character from the milk sugars. All in all it's definitely as thick as I'd want a milk stout to be, but I'd like it to be more creamy instead of syrupy. It claims to be "America's Stout..." I guess I'd prefer that over Guinness. Pick your battles, and all that.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 04:11:58 | More by BurgeoningBrewhead