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Cigar City Imperial Milk Porter

Cigar City Imperial Milk Porter, released in 2011.  

The barrels are Stranahan Colorado Whiskey barrels.  Milk Porter in Stranahan. Sounds like a silky smooth whiskey winner.

So, what you have here is a high gravity Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Fat Head's Brewery

Drink Like an Oompa Loompa with Fat Head’s Choco Cream

Want to drink like an Oompa Loompa? You will in February. Those little helpers at Fat Heads Brewery (Middleburg Heights, OH) will release Oompa Loompa Chocolate Cream Stout.  You can probably guess – this scrumdiddilyumptious beers is brewed with Belgian dark chocolate and Madagascar Vanilla Beans. Pleasing to those with both a sweet tooth, and a booze tooth. (Is that a thing?)

Oompa Loompa Chocolate Cream Stout is the golden ticket to luscious indulgence. Brewed in small batches with Belgian Dark Chocolate and  Madagascar Vanilla Beans to yield giant aromas and flavors of dark chocolate, roasted malt, caramel and vanilla with a creamy mouthfeel and bittersweet finish. All other stouts seem dwarfed by comparison. This is one
Whimsical, Snozzwanger Concoction.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Chocolate, Vanilla Beans, Lactose)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: February, 2013

6.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Odell Brewing

Odell’s New Chocolate Milk Stout Released

Odell Brewing has officially launched Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout.  Yesterday the brewery threw a party to celebrate it’s release. Named after a local dairy farmer, Lugene is an imperial stout with milk sugar and copious amounts of chocolate.

If you’ve ever been to our brewery, you’ve likely seen the old, beat-up truck that hauls away our spent grain. (That truck belongs to Lugene, who’s been feeding his dairy cows the hearty malt for over a decade. Named in his honor, Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout is brewed with milk sugar and milk chocolate. (The rich and iht creamy brew reminds us of a cold glass of chocolate milk and our hometown “Aggie” roots. 

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Chocolate, Lactose)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft.
Arrival: January, 2013

8.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, NoDa Brewing

Holiday Mac Attack Drops This Week From NoDa [VIDEO]

The week’s NoDable beer from NoDa –  Holiday Mac Attack. An imperial porter brewed with lactose sugar, cocoa nibs, vanilla beans and roasted macadamia nuts. 8%ABV

Read more: NoDable Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, New Releases

Hardywood Ages Gingerbread Stout in Bourbon Barrels

Did Hardywood Gingerbread Stout make you giggly? Try not to pass out if you get to taste this. Headed for the Hardywood Barrel Series – Bourbon GBS (Gingerbread Stout) Aged in Virginia Bourbon Barrels. Boom.

Hardywood Gingerbread Stout, described by BeerAdvocate as “freakin’ Christmas in a bottle,” is an imperial milk stout brewed with vanilla beans, cinnamon, fresh Casselmonte Farm baby ginger and Bearer Farms wildflower honey. Gingerbread Stout is then matured in Virginia bourbon barrels, where it adapts an incredibly mellow character with oak, caramel and bourbon undertones, and emerges 12 weeks later as Bourbon GBS. A festive blend of spice character laces this rich, chocolatey stout, which warms the palate and the soul.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Ginger, Honey, Lactose, Barrel Aged, Bourbon)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: 12/15/12

10.6% ABV, 55 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Odell Brewing

Odell Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout Arrives in January

Newbie from Odell Brewing – Lugene. A stout brewed with milk chocolate. Look for this beer to debut this January. Apparently, the beer is named for a local dairy farmer.

If you’ve ever been to our brewery, you’ve likely seen the old, beat-up truck that hauls away our spent grain. (That truck belongs to Lugene, who’s been feeding his dairy cows the hearty malt for over a decade. Named in his honor, Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout is brewed with milk sugar and milk chocolate. (The rich and iht creamy brew reminds us of a cold glass of chocolate milk and our hometown “Aggie” roots. 

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ milk chocolate)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Seasonal Release.
Arrival: January 2013

8.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Terrapin Beer Company

Get Your Chocolate Fix. Terrapin Moo Hoo Returns

Terrapin Beer Co’s instantly popular chocolate offering Moo Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout has returned. The creamy sweet offering features cocoa nibs from Olive & Sinclair in Nashville, Tennessee and milk sugar for a silky feel. Look for it in 4 packs and draft through the first of the year.

Style: Milk Stout (Cocoa Nibs, Cocoa Shells & Lactose)

Hops: Nugget, Willamette
Malt: 2 Row Pale, Flaked Oat, Chocolate, Crystal 85, Carafa III Special, Roasted Barley

6% ABV, 30 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, New Releases

Cigar City Imperial Milk Porter

Cigar City Imperial Milk Porter, released in 2011.  

The barrels are Stranahan Colorado Whiskey barrels.  Milk Porter in Stranahan. Sounds like a silky smooth whiskey winner.

So, what you have here is a high gravity porter brewed with lactose and aged in whiskey barrels.  It tastes like catching your favorite song on the radio with hints of the parking meter expiring, but not getting a ticket.  It’s good.

Cigar City Imperial Milk Porter was available for a limited time in 750-milliliter bottles.

Style: Milk Porter (Barrel Aged. Whiskey)
Availablity: 750 ml bottles.  Draft
Debut: 2011
Status: Retired

 

by Reid Ramsay