Left Hand Milk Stout - Left Hand Brewing Company

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3,374 Ratings

rAvg: 3.97
pDev: 12.85%
Reviews: 1481
Hads: 1893

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Left Hand Brewing Company

Colorado, United States

Style | ABV
Milk / Sweet Stout | 6.00% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (1134), nitro-bottle (134), on-tap (126), nitro-tap (79), growler (5), cask (3).

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Reviews by phiberoptik:

phiberoptik

Ohio

4.43/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Almost-but-not-opaque black/brown with a creamy full cappuccino colored head. The lactose gives this beer lacing for days.

Smells of dark chocolate, root beer, tobacco, anise, espresso. My wife says it reminds her of tiramisu.

Tastes creamy, sweetened coffee, slight char, cappuccino, buttered spice bread, black molasses.

Full bodied, heavy mouth coating, creamy, viscous.

The is very enjoyable and a great beer after a meal to curb the craving for dessert. Its very easy to drink but very satisfying. Too filling to drink more than a couple. This is a great sweet stout!

Serving type: bottle

08-16-2012 00:43:56 | More by phiberoptik

More User Reviews:

timontheroad

Colorado

4/5 rDev +0.8%

05-26-2013 02:03:06 | More by timontheroad

MatterOfOpinion

Michigan

4.5/5 rDev +13.4%

05-25-2013 14:50:22 | More by MatterOfOpinion

visionaries

California

4/5 rDev +0.8%

05-25-2013 03:07:29 | More by visionaries

andysc83

South Carolina

4/5 rDev +0.8%

05-25-2013 00:15:37 | More by andysc83

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.

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Review for the non-nitro version
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Poured into pint glass; jet black, showing a bit of dark brown in light, with a thick tan head. Smells the same as the nitro (it should, it's the same beer just different gas); tastes the same as well. The only difference is the mouthfeel really; the carbonation really gives this what it needs (although I may have gotten a flat bottle of the nitro). My ratings for this one would be improved in appearance and mouthfeel, the same otherwise.

Serving type: bottle

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