Saturday, February 2, 2013
Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout from Odell Brewing Co.
Billed as "like drinking a big glass of chocolate milk" Lugene (named for the farmer who hauls away the spent malt from the brewery to feed his cows) is my favored style of dark/heavy beers, the milk or sweet stout. Not much of a head, but a dark, almost impenetrable, not black, but deep red. Lots of chocolate, especially in the aroma and the first taste. A little bit of coffee, and surprisingly, a bit of orange peel. It's 8.5% ABV, and there's a flash of alcohol heat after a while, but nothing overwhelming. No hop bitterness evident, but some peanuttiness at the end of a long draw. This is a brew to sit and slowly savor.
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