Left Hand Milk Stout - Left Hand Brewing Company

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3,373 Ratings

rAvg: 3.97
pDev: 12.85%
Reviews: 1481
Hads: 1892

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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 whynot44:

whynot44

Missouri

4.15/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Dark coffee brown, almost opaque, with some ruby highlights around the edges and a moderate foamy tan head initially.
The head shrinks to just a ring almost immediately but does manage some lacing all the way.

The aroma is reminiscent of malted milk balls with a hint of coffee.

The taste is roasted malt, dark roasted coffee, milk chocolate, hints of plums and just a touch of citrus. Mildly sweet up front with a dry coffee bite at the finish and a lingering coffee/malt aftertaste.

Medium bodied, smooth and very drinkable. A really nice after dinner/desert brew, but good enough for anytime.

Serving type: bottle

01-07-2010 04:18:06 | More by whynot44

More User Reviews:

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