Portsmouth Milk Stout - Portsmouth Brewery

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rAvg: 3.98
pDev: 10.05%
Reviews: 56
Hads: 21

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Portsmouth Brewery

New Hampshire, United States

Style | ABV
Milk / Sweet Stout | 5.25% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (42), on-tap (9), nitro-tap (4), cask (1).

Notes:
Medium-bodied and black in color, this unique stout is brewed with thirty pounds of lactose, an unfermentable milk sugar that imparts a very smooth, roasty character in this “sweet” stout.

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Reviews by Kaiser81:

Kaiser81

California

3.7/5 rDev -7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Generous extra by 6daysbottomocean

22 oz bomber poured into my snifter glass

A - Super dark brown with very minimal head. Nice lacing left on my glass.

S - Sweet smelling. Condensed milk, maybe, along with mlik chocolate, butter, toffee, maybe buttered popcorn. I'd be concerned with diacytel on this, but it's a milk stout...so I think it's correct. We'll see what happens in the taste.

T - Taste is of condensed milk, butter, toffee, and milk chocolate. There's some minimal roast from the malt, but not a whole lot. The milk qualities definitely dominate. it's kind of almost too sweet for a stout.

M - Fairly medium body with minimal carbonation. A sweet finish left after each sip.

D - It's good. I kind of wish I had a few others to split this with though.

Serving type: bottle

09-05-2010 04:46:35 | More by Kaiser81

More User Reviews:

Kelp

New Hampshire

4.25/5 rDev +6.8%

04-23-2013 05:48:40 | More by Kelp

rayman2112

New Hampshire

3.75/5 rDev -5.8%

02-22-2013 01:49:52 | More by rayman2112

t0rin0

California

4/5 rDev +0.5%

12-16-2012 03:00:45 | More by t0rin0

anewlanguage

Massachusetts

4/5 rDev +0.5%

11-27-2012 17:26:05 | More by anewlanguage

davey101

Connecticut

3.58/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

22 oz bomber into a tulip glass. Purchased from the brewery back in early June, 2012.

A - Dark black body, impressive three finger high light mocha head. Solid lacing and retention. Beer settles down to a thin cap with thick edging.

S - Milk chocolate, coffee, roasty malts, light vanilla and a touch of lactic sugar sweetness.

T - Sweet with notes of milk chocolate and vanilla. Finishes lightly bitter with roasty malts and some of that distinctive sweet stout twang. Mouth feel leaves a lot to be desired. Somewhat on the thin side.

O - Pretty average milk stout. Still damn tasty and highly drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

07-06-2012 02:41:13 | More by davey101

raythealeman

Connecticut

3.75/5 rDev -5.8%

05-28-2012 03:01:12 | More by raythealeman

projektyle

New Hampshire

4.25/5 rDev +6.8%

03-13-2012 18:40:21 | More by projektyle

coreyfmcdonald

Georgia

4.5/5 rDev +13.1%

03-03-2012 21:27:22 | More by coreyfmcdonald

jmilo64

Maine

4/5 rDev +0.5%

02-26-2012 22:35:13 | More by jmilo64

sincereNc

South Carolina

4/5 rDev +0.5%

02-16-2012 06:13:12 | More by sincereNc

eclipse54

Idaho

4.18/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A 22 ounce bottle from inlimbo77; thank you! Poured into a DFH snifter.

Pours a dark brown color with some lighter, almost cherry colored hues towards the edges of the glass. A thin veil of tan head develops, but dissipates to a ring and some swirling legs across the surface of the liquid. Small, scattered bubbles cling to the glass as lacing. The aroma is rather subdued, with not a whole lot jumping out. What is noticeable, however, is very inviting: light cane sugar, toasted marshmallow, hints of milk chocolate, caramel, and a bit of roasted malt. The flavor is similar, consisting of light cacao, sugar, caramel, milk chocolate, roasted malt, and a hint of charred wood and dark cherries. Very well balanced and more complex than the nose had let on. Mouthfeel is very smooth for a stout, and feels a bit thinner-bodied as is par for the style. Finishes cleaner than expected, with only a slight marshmallow aftertaste. Overall, this is a well done, easy to drink milk stout that I really enjoyed.

Serving type: bottle

02-12-2012 01:27:06 | More by eclipse54

fvernon

Indiana

3.73/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A part of a wonderful trade from dpowers - thanks! Bomber with no known date (although from the brewery's cooler, so probably not that old). Poured into my portsmouth brewery snifter.

Out of the bottle it is a black cherry red, but takes on close-to-black colors once in the glass. No head at first, then a building crescendo of beige bubbles rise up to provide a nice, albeit incredibly short-lived, tan head. Traces down to a ring around the sides of the class quickly. The smell is primarily of a chocolate malt ball, and taste is a bit thin at first but quickly translates into a chocolate malt shake with a surprising and satisfying hop bitterness at the end.

It's a little under-carbonated, even for the style, and also a bit muted in the nose and initial taste, but the majority of the sip is rather nice with a good finish. Definitely an enjoyable, easy-to-drink stout.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2012 00:46:05 | More by fvernon

inlimbo77

Delaware

4.22/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

22oz bomber purchased at the brew pub bottle shop on 1/22/12. Big thanks to my sister for picking up while in town on business. Poured into DFH signature glass on 1/27/12. Split 3-ways.

A: Pours a deep dark brown. Not a lot of head. What's there is a light tan color. Lacing bits. Shocked to see ABV feet.

S: Soft milk chocolate and coffee. Smells really inviting. Not like some of the abrasive smells that you might get from a bigger stout (RIS or coffee forward ones).

T: Really a nice smooth little sip. A little soft coffee bitterness on the tip of the tongue. Then you get smooth milk chocolate and some coffee on the middle of the mouth. Not a ton of bitterness on the close, it's pleasant. The carbonation is nice and helps the beer maintain an almost silky feel.

M: Full bodied. But not like and imperial with total mouth coat.

O: I actually really enjoyed this one. I wish I could have tried next to the coffee version to see the differences. Very solid representation of the style IMO. Another solid beer from Portsmouth.

Serving type: bottle

02-02-2012 13:56:09 | More by inlimbo77