Left Hand Milk Stout - Left Hand Brewing Company

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3,366 Ratings

rAvg: 3.97
pDev: 12.85%
Reviews: 1480
Hads: 1886

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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 nrs207:

nrs207

Pennsylvania

3.73/5 rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A - Fairly dark. Can see light through it on the edges of the glass. No head at first, but it starts bubbling up after a couple of seconds as I'd expect with a nitro pour. Off-white head.

S - Sweet sugary smell mixed with roasted malt. Some chocolate and a hint of coffee flavor.

T - Lives up to the smell. Light roasted malt and sweetness. Very small amount of chocolate and a coffee bitterness more than anything. It's like a very weak coffee mixed with some creamer.

M - This is where the beer really makes its name. I wasn't a big fan of the original, but the mouthfeel with the nitro is significantly improved. So velvety smooth. This reminds me of an improved Guinness.

O - Solid beer. Nothing spectacular, but the mouthfeel is very nice. It'd be a nice alternative to a Guinness draft or a good beer for someone newer into craft or into stouts.

Serving type: nitro-bottle

12-03-2012 00:30:04 | More by nrs207

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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