Milk Stout
Lake Louie Brewery Company

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From:
Lake Louie Brewery Company
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #469
ABV:
6%
Score:
86
Ranked #19,017
Avg:
3.82 | pDev: 11.26%
Reviews:
78
Ratings:
129
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 19, 2023
Added:
Jan 02, 2003
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  8
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Rated: 3.75 by Dovers from Wisconsin

Feb 19, 2023
 
Rated: 3.77 by wl2bill from Wisconsin

Sep 28, 2021
 
Rated: 3.75 by bpfrush from Wisconsin

Feb 19, 2018
 
Rated: 3.97 by Wisconsin_IPA_Lover from Wisconsin

Nov 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.74 by AuntBea from Illinois

Apr 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.83 by jakea from Wisconsin

Mar 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.6 by Zatch90 from Wisconsin

Oct 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.74 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Sep 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.17 by TheStoutHound from Wisconsin

Mar 16, 2015
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Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona

3.81/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Plenty of lacing sticks.

The smell is of chocolate with a hint of milk and roast.

The taste is of bittersweet chocolate, lactose/milk with a subtle hint of coffee in the finish.

It is creamy smooth.

A nice, easy-drinking smooth milk stout.
Mar 01, 2015
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

2.6/5  rDev -31.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
BOTTLE: 12 fl oz brown glass. Unbranded pry-off pressure cap. Generally appealing label art. Huge thanks to Duff27 for sending this in a trade.

Served cold into a goblet and allowed to warm over the course of consumption. Expectations are above average.

No bubble show forms as it's poured.

HEAD: Half finger wide. Retention is quite poor - maybe 10 seconds. Leaves no lacing as it recedes.

BODY: It's an inappropriate cola black - very schwarzbier-esque. Not the opaque solid black it should be.

It doesn't look very good for a milk stout, but I'm optimistic. Appears adequately carbonated.

AROMA: Dark malts, chocolate malts, lactose sugar, schwarz malts.

No yeast character, alcohol, or off-notes are detectable.

Overall, it lacks the robust malt backbone it should have, and could do with some vanilla or something to set off the chocolate.

It's a pleasant aroma of average strength, but doesn't impress as a milk stout aroma.

TASTE: Has a schwarz malt backbone - not the dark malt and chocolate malt backbone it should. Generic notes of lactose sugar lend little of interest, and it's not quite cream-forward enough. There's no roasted barley, and it's just not robust enough. Balanced enough, I suppose. There's not much here in terms of intricacy/complexity or subtlety, but I do like it for what it is. Average depth, duration, and intensity of flavour.

TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, weak, a bit thin, and medium-bodied. Well-carbonated. More heft and weight on the plate would better accentuate the milk sugar. This texture fails to elevate the beer, but it suits the taste decently I suppose.

Not oily, gushed, hot, boozy, astringent, harsh, gushed, or rough.

OVERALL: Drinkable but ultimately quite generically built and dull for a milk stout. I can't say I'd buy it again myself, and the weak texture really holds it back. A middle-of-the-road milk stout that can't compete with superior and more widely available offerings in the style like Left Hand Milk Stout. I wouldn't recommend it to friends.

C-
Feb 21, 2015
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Reviewed by TheSSG from Illinois

3.41/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a soapy, tan head that collapses into a soft puff of head. Really excellent head retention. Toasted malt aroma. Black. Starts with a REALLY robust toasted malt flavor. Notes of citrus hop bitterness come through. There is an underlying sweetness throughout here, just off in the back.

This isn't too bad. Pretty much a solid stout with a creamy mouthfeel and a touch of sweetness way in the back.
Feb 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.68 by Faunland from Wisconsin

Feb 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Zuidman from Illinois

Feb 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.63 by ffshore545 from Illinois

Feb 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.38 by egrace84 from Illinois

Feb 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.53 by Duff27 from Illinois

Feb 02, 2015
 
Rated: 4.19 by CraigTravor from California

Jan 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4.08 by 9udders from Wisconsin

Jan 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.29 by WastingFreetime from Wisconsin

Dec 19, 2014
Milk Stout from Lake Louie Brewery Company
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 129 ratings