Left Hand-Milk Stout

O.K. folks, winter is here as I freeze my ass off getting in the car every morning on the way to drop the little man off at daycare and having to listen to Rusted Root’s- Send me on my way from the Ice Age movie for the thousandth time.  Guess it could be worse, I dig RR.  One good thing about winter is stout time.  They just seem to fit so well with cold hands.

Man I really dig this stout and have to mention that the Left Hand brewery is partially run by solar power. Nice.  Pours out a nice bark brown with no haze.  Head is minimal and light tan in color.  I get a hint of cocoa on top of the dark roasted malt that is a bit more pronounced than the other stouts I have tried.  The taste is all stout, big roasted malt and coffee flavors but, with a nice milky/creamy flavor derived from the addition of lactose.  The body is not too heavy resulting in easy drink-ability.   The 5.8% abv is unnoticeable and it has the perfect amount of carbonation.

This is one of my favorite stouts and is becoming a staple in my beer fridge, year around.  I am the IPA man here at BeerSnobs but, one can not live on IPA’s alone, right?