We celebrated Veterans' Day by tasting a few strong, able-bodied stouts. From Buffalo to Dragon, and from Milk to Bourbon, we got our Merkin Sweaty with this batch of fine stout beers.
Tastings:
4 Hands Chocolate Milk Stout [89]Tallgrass Buffalo Sweat Oatmeal Cream Stout [87]
New Holland Dragon's Milk Bourbon Barrel Stout [90]
Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin 2013 Bourbon Barrel Oatmeal Stout [96]
Links:
http://4handsbrewery.com/our-beers
http://www.tallgrassbeer.com/beers/buffalo-sweat
http://newhollandbrew.com/our-beer/dragons-milk
http://www.firestonebeer.com/beers/products/velvet-merkin
Style of the Day
Stout: Stout is a dark beer made using roasted malt or roasted barley, hops, water and yeast. Stouts were traditionally the generic term for the strongest or stoutest porters, typically 7% or 8%, produced by a brewery.
Milk / Sweet Stouts are basically stouts that have a larger amount of residual dextrins and unfermented sugars that give the brew more body and a sweetness that counters the roasted character. Milk Stouts are very similar to Sweet Stouts, but brewers add unfermentable sugars, usually lactose, to the brew kettle to add body and some sweetness.
Oatmeal Stouts are generally medium to full bodied stouts that have an unreal smoothness to them from the addition of oats to the mash. The oats not only add a lot of smoothness to the mouth feel but give a touch of sweetness that is unlike any other type of stout. Both levels of roasted flavor and hop character will vary.
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