Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout - The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery

RobertColianni

Pennsylvania

4.21/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75

12oz. bottle poured into my 40oz. Brandy Snifter.

A: Black body with a cola colored hue nearing the top and a spotty khaki head with limited retention at most and large bubbles spread distantly from one another.

S: Chocolate malt with resinous hop characters. Reminds me of my homebrew shop.

T: Textbook. Papazian level textbook. Samuel Smith's level textbook. Black Patton malts, chocolate malts, roasted coffee with a splash of sweetness.

M: Goes down smooth with a slight chalkiness from hop resins. Almost creamy before that last sticky kick.

OVERALL: Duck-Rabbit's Milk Stout is so stylistically sound that I'd personally like to give every Beer Advocate that follows the Friedrich Nietzsche herding theory, and migrates towards the modern barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout's, a bottle of this brew and tell them to go learn something about what a stout really is. Absolutely phenomenal example of the style.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 18:16:48 | More by RobertColianni

Mojo

Alabama

3.95/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a twelve inch bottle into a New Belgium globe, the appearance is a deep mahogany with a nice two finger caramel colored head, a little retention and a little lacing. The smell is nice. Chocolate is the predominant note. There are other things too, but my nose is not always able to discern what and all is there. Taste is very sweet up front and a little syruppy tasting. The finish is a nice mild dark chocolate and coffee. Not a game changer, but a nice offereing.

Serving type: bottle

04-30-2013 03:03:14 | More by Mojo

Hopswagger

Oklahoma

3.76/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75

P: Deep dark mahogany hued dark body with a mound if creamy dense cappuccino head. Retention is decent and rests to a creamy tan coffee swirl on top leaving shinny lacing behind.

S: Bitter dark cocoa, old leather, heavy cream, milk chocolate, medium roast coffee, hints of salted cashews and an dusty earth aroma.

T/M: Sweet roasted dark malts, cherry mash, booze, milk chocolate, sweet cream, coffee, hazelnuts and dark fruits. After taste lingers roasted honey dew melon. Medium body a tad oily and moderate carbonation. Finishes wet with a dash of dryness afterwards.

O: A solid offering thy would be a great beer to keep in the fridge. The dark fruit and melon really made this different but refreshing. I like that it was not as rich and sweet as some milk stouts but it really had simple but good flavors. I will drink this again for sure.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2013 23:53:59 | More by Hopswagger

wac9

Pennsylvania

2.45/5  rDev -36%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2

dam so wanted to taste this beer and what a disappointed smells boozy taste boozy but does nothing for me i dont to drink anything by duck rabbit any more yes its dark but i dont taste anything in this beer that makes want todrink it again just taste like a high octane beer read the othe reviews because i did i just dont like this beer

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2013 01:24:49 | More by wac9

tbeckett

Ontario (Canada)

3.86/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 2.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Got this at some liquor store just off the Interstate in North Carolina. Got a 'y'all' are 21 right?' at the cash. Love it.

A - Pours black with a one finger off white head and good carbonation coming up. Barely any lights comes through the edges. No lace, no retention.

S - Iced coffee, lot's of coffee, sweetness and chocolate. Nice sweet aromas. Roast is strong too. Nice.

T - Milk chocolate, roast, coffee. Very straightforward. Nice stuff.

M - Mild carbonation, full body with lot's of creaminess and a sweet finish.

O/D - Quite simple, but also quite nice. The lacto adds a nice element and it stays balanced and doesn't cloy. Well put together.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2013 00:17:00 | More by tbeckett

WanderingFool

Massachusetts

4.19/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Duck Rabbit Milk Stout pours black into the glass with a small, creamy head on top. As the foam fades away it leaves a few spots of lace on the glass.

The aroma has nice notes of chocolate, roast malt, dark fruits and nuts.

Each sip of this medium bodied beer is soft and velvety, very smooth with light carbonation. The flavor is much like the aroma, chocolate and roast malt plus some caramel and nuts. It finishes mildly bitter and grassy. Once gone the roast malt and nuttiness lingers in the palate.

Overall this is an easy drinking, full flavored beer. Other than a slightly thin body I found this beer fantastic.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2013 19:20:12 | More by WanderingFool

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.45/5  rDev -9.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served on tap in a 10 oz chalice glass

Appearance – Served a deep brown colored brew boarding on black. Upon serving there was a nice off white head that sat atop the brew. The head faded slowly over time leaving a nice level of lace on the sides of the glass

Smell – The nose is largely dominated by aromas of roasted malt, coffee, and dark chocolate. Mixed with these however are some smells that bring a sweetness to complement the roastier smells. Notes of caramel and milk mingle among the chocolate and malt to give a overall mocha espresso smell.

Taste – The flavors follow the nose very well. The taste begins with a roasted malt and coffee flavor upfront. The coffee is soon met with some milk however giving an almost cappuccino like flavor. More toward the middle flavors of dark chocolate come to the tongue along with a bit more lactose and some vanilla. The taste overall increases in sweetness at this point. More toward the end a bit of bitterness works its way to the tongue almost tasting of a bitter coffee and slightly herbal and earthy taste. All the flavor combine in the end to leave an oddly bitter sweet roasted flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the brew was on the medium to slightly smoother and creamier side with a carbonation level that was on the slightly higher side. The higher carbonation took away a bit from all the nice cappuccino and roasted flavors of the brew but was made up for by the relatively smother body of the beer.

Overall – Not bad although the slightly bitter flavor at the end of the taste, which didn’t meld so well with the roasted and sweeter lactose tastes, takes away from the beer a bit. Although not the best milk stout in my opinion, it is well worth a try if you have the opportunity.

Serving type: on-tap

03-22-2013 00:32:58 | More by Darkmagus82

BWED

Pennsylvania

3.91/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

Poured from a 12 oz. into a tulip

A- Very dark brown, yet with a deep amber, almost purple highlight. Light brown head retains at 1/4" with some nice specks and stripes of lacing.

S- Roasted coffee, with a subtle dark chocolate in the nose.

T- Slight roast, a little coffee and a little sweetness.

M- Creamy, milky, like it's supposed to be. Sweet finish.

O- Solid milk stout. Sweet and creamy.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2013 18:43:20 | More by BWED

CaptMaelstrom

Tennessee

3.9/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

A little char, or maybe some hop bitterness. Balances the slightly chocolatey/coffee-like notes. Creamy mouthfeel, as expected from a stout with "milk" in it's name, although, the carbonation hits a little too hard at first. Definitely let this one open/warm up to get the aromas and lose some of the carbonation.

Overall, for the price, a good, reliable, drinkable stout.

Serving type: bottle

02-23-2013 00:21:47 | More by CaptMaelstrom

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

3.8/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Soft black in color. Beige head formed a quarter-inch and sat.

Dusty cocoa, lactose, roasted malts, and an elusive note of smoke. Mild, malty, and very approachable.

More cocoa, now paired with medium-roast coffee, plusfeel lactose and mild licorice. Malts are roasty, but low on bitterness. Sweetness is mild-to-moderate with some latent tanginess--mostly in the finish. Dark fruit notes of prune and berry combine with a subtle fusel alcohol. Prototypical milk stout.

Drinks with a velvety body. Smooth and medium plus. Carbonation is nearly medium with a sparkling finish. Plus drinkability.

A solid milk stout with interesting malty flavors. Upper class, if not for some attenuation.

Serving type: bottle

02-12-2013 03:58:47 | More by thecheapies

LambicPentameter

Kansas

3.53/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured out of a 12 oz bottle into a standard tumbler pint glass. Poured with medium vigor to create a half-finger head.

Appearance - dark brown bordering on black with hues of deep walnut wood and subtle hint of red when held up directly to the light. Chocolate mousse-colored head that dissipates within about 30-60 seconds and leaves fair lacing.

Aroma - heavy scent of cocoa nibs, bittersweet chocolate and shadow of nuttiness.

Taste - Starts sweet to semisweet and develops into roasted chocolate. Some hints of dark bread and malt. Promising to begin with, but then the taste just fades away, leaving nothing. Aftertaste is almost imperceptible.

Mouthfeel - suffers from the quickly dissipating taste and leaves no real desire to take the next drink. Finished the beer out of desire not to waste it because it wasn't bad enough for a drain pour.

Overall, I would not buy this again, but I will certainly drink the other two bottles of it that came as part of the beer of the month collection.

Serving type: bottle

01-24-2013 04:16:03 | More by LambicPentameter

BrownAleMale

Wisconsin

3.94/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured into a Sprecher snifter glass.

Appearance- Jet black with about a half finger of white head that quickly dissipates. No real lacing to speak of.

Smell- Lots of roasty notes with lots of chocolate.

Taste- The front of the tounge is hit with a chocolate bitterness. A smooth roastyness hits the middle with more of a bitter chocolate finish.

Mouthfeel- A bit on the watery side for a stout but with the smaller abv that is to be expected. Very drinkable though.

Overall- A very tasty east drinking stout that has a black coffee like bitterness. My only surprise is that it being a Milk Stout that it wasn't a tad sweeter.

Serving type: bottle

01-14-2013 21:40:29 | More by BrownAleMale

Gmann

New York

4.1/5  rDev +7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a black color with brown highlights at the edges. The egg-shell head is short and quickly settles into a light ring.

The aroma is fairly light. There are some subtle hints of roast and milk chocolate. Perhaps a whiff of wood.

Very nice milk chocolate and mild roast. Good earthy flavors. The roasted bitterness is all but eliminated by the milk sugars. Simple flavors but delicious.

Moderate feel is some prickly carbonation. Lightly sweet throughout on the palate not much bitterness. Refreshing stout.

Not a complicated stout by any means but great flavors. Easy drinking stout.

Serving type: bottle

01-06-2013 02:20:20 | More by Gmann

metter98

New York

3.83/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: The beer is close to near black in color-traces of amber are visible near the edge of the glass when it is held up to a bright light. It poured with a finger high tan head that died down and left a large patch of bubbles around the edge of the glass and a collar around the edge.
S: There are light to moderate aromas of lactose in the nose along hints of coffee beans.
T: The taste is similar to the smell, except that there are additional notes of chocolate and roasted malts.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a low to moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer goes down extremely easy and can be considered as a session able stout.

Serving type: bottle

01-06-2013 01:20:23 | More by metter98

morebeergood

Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Received a 12 oz bottle as a gift from Magoo. Poured into two half-pint glasses. Dark black color. Not much head. Decent lacing though. Nice smell of dark chocolate. Taste was very good. Flavors of caramel and hot cocoa. Mouthfeel was quite smooth, which was the most impressive aspect of the beer. This is a great example of the style and this brewery's version should really be considered one of the benchmarks.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2013 03:01:54 | More by morebeergood

TWM

4.93/5  rDev +28.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

I am fortunate to live near this brewery- the milk stout is fairly available in a number of stores. This is my go-to beer, and while I love trying new stuff, I always come back to this one when I want to know that I'm about to have a great glass.

A- very dark, nice 2-3 finger head. Moderate to light lacing most of the time, occasionally more

Smell- almost a winey, rich, complex scent. Something in this beer just seems to hit my nose just right. I can sit just huffing the foam on a glass for a while. In all fairness, I can also understand how some folks would find the smell too strong or not beery enough.

Taste- the best of the bitterness and richness of a stout, and the complexity and hint of sweetness from the lactose. I LOVE this flavor.

Mouthfeel- a little short-lasting for the fact it's a milk stout, but otherwise excellent. Hits with a blast of stout richness and bitterness, then fades as the more subtle flavors come out. Caramel and nuttiness generally come as I swallow, and more of the very subtle fruity aromatics that make me think of wine at the end.

Overall- Love it. My favorite beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2013 03:01:15 | More by TWM

nUgZ

North Carolina

3.95/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12 ounce bottle poured into a pint glass.

A: Pours a very dark brown with a half finger head and some lacing.

S: Roasted malts, dark chocolate, some hops, and a little milk.

T: Nice roasted malts with a slight chocolate flavor and some nice hops to balance.

M: Medium bodied with good carbonation.

O: This is a very enjoyable beer. It's fairly local to me, but I've never had it before. I will definitely be buying some more!!

Serving type: bottle

12-25-2012 17:31:15 | More by nUgZ

brewdude1982

North Carolina

4.49/5  rDev +17.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

This was a pint on draft from Wakefield Tavern.

The appearance is a dark brown almost black but not quite. Great lacing and a slight opaqueness in the bottom of the glass. It smells vaguely of malts and a slight hint of the hops that are yet to come. It tastes like slightly like chocolate upfront but mainly roaste malts followed by a slight bit of hops.
This is a medium body and medium on the carbonation.

Re-review

Pours a dark black with a small head with low retention and medium lacing. It smells amazing. It smells amazingly chocolately and almost immediately hoppy. The initial taste is coffee and then roasted malts and a cascade of hops. It is medium bodied with average carbonation. I love this beer and will recommend to anyone who has not experienced this great beer from eastern North Carolina.

Serving type: on-tap

12-17-2012 20:52:54 | More by brewdude1982

Flounder57

Massachusetts

3.78/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle was poured into a pint glass.

Appearance: The beer poured a one finger head that reduced to a thin layer and left some nice lacing on the glass. It is a pitch black color with

Smell: Sweet faint lactose aroma, possibly some oats, roasted coffee, and some chocolate malts too.

Taste: The flavors follow the aromas in the beer. There is some lingering bitterness in the end too.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, full bodied, medium carbonation, a little chewy, and easy to drink as it got warmer.

Overall: A very nice stout. Was probably looking for not sweetness and creamy notes from the lactose. Still an enjoyable beer though.

Serving type: bottle

12-12-2012 03:17:08 | More by Flounder57

dbrauneis

New Jersey

3.95/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: Pours an opaque jet black in color with some very dark amber/brown highlights that has a very light amount of visible carbonation near the surface of the beer. The beer has a three finger tall foamy dark tan head that slowly reduces a thick layer that covers the entire surface of the beer with a slightly thicker ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of dark roasted malts (with just a touch of ash) underneath moderate aromas of milk chocolate, lactose sweetness, and cocoa.

T: Moderate to strong flavors of ashy dark roasted malts with some lighter notes of cocoa and milk chocolate. There is a fairly strong presence of lactose sweetness and just a light to moderate amount of bitterness which lingers slightly.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate to heavy amounts of carbonation. Milky/creamy but just a little on the thin side (maybe like 1% or skim).

O: This is a very enjoyable beer and one that I have been enjoying for going on a decade now - and one that I missed once I left NC for Northern NJ. There is a nice rich flavor and aroma to the beer that makes it very enjoyable and it has just enough sweetness (and low enough ABV) that it is easy to drink. One of my favorite everyday beers for the winter.

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2012 01:44:39 | More by dbrauneis

mrasskicktastic

New Jersey

3.58/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

A - Enormous tan head - it's rather difficult to make it impossible, lots of lacing, very dark brown brew, a little cloudy.

S - Faint coffee and dates. Also an aroma that is a little off-putting, slightly metallic with a pungent woodsy or mossy aroma.

T - Sweet coffee, cola and forest floor. A bit of mud. Aftertaste is lingering bitter forest floor. Overall good.

M - Smooth, thick, refreshing.

D - Pretty good. It is enjoyable - I'd definitely have again.

Serving type: bottle

11-18-2012 02:21:56 | More by mrasskicktastic

Dave1999

Virginia

3.2/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours black with a red hue and a small tan head.

The smell is dark malts and coffee,quite subtle.

This beer has an unusual taste,it has a citrusy bitterness. Weirdly the biggest flavours I'm getting is oranges.

The mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation.

Overall I expected more, the flavours where all off, maybe a bad bottle.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2012 00:45:46 | More by Dave1999

obywan59

Virginia

3.78/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Very dark brown, nearly pitch black, with a 3 finger chunky/clingy tannish head.

Almost fruity just after the pour. Aroma of toasted nuts and burnt malt. Kind of woody.

A bit of sweet malt upfront with hints of chocolate milk. Plenty of roastiness and the biterness associated with it. Tart in the end.

Milky as is expected. Medium thick in body with plenty of carbonation.

A decent brew. A bit dry for my taste, but a pleasant drinking experience nonetheless.

Serving type: bottle

11-14-2012 04:17:54 | More by obywan59

hardy008

Minnesota

4.03/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Dark brown with a very large tan head with very good retention and lacing. The aroma has chocolate, roasted malt, and cocoa.

Tastes just like the aroma suggests it should. Milk chocolate, roasted malt, and cocoa. Sweet, with bitterness provided by the roasted malt, as expected. Nice balance. Neither the sweetness, nor the bitterness from the roasted malt, are too strong. They balance nicely together.

Medium bodied with average carbonation. Somewhat creamy. Very nice.

Serving type: bottle

11-04-2012 00:29:01 | More by hardy008

SolipsismalCat

Pennsylvania

4.13/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured into a glass mug.

A: Clear dark red-brown with three-finger, tan, foamy head that lasted several minutes. Okay lacing.

S: Chocolate, milk, malt.

T: Moderate to high sweetness and light hop bitterness. Kind of a bittersweet chocolate taste along with the milk. Toasty, nutty finish. Delicious.

M: Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation. Creamy and smooth.

O: This is a pretty good milk stout. Although the nose isn't that great, I think the taste is one of the best of the milk stouts I've had.

Serving type: bottle

10-28-2012 02:48:08 | More by SolipsismalCat