Soothing, creamy-headed, nitro-injected stout brings bittersweet black chocolate subtlety, light coffee tones and charred hop singe to dark-roasted malting. Pleasingly astringent Band-Aid reminder provides unexpected changeup. Just a bit watery.

Fantastic milk stout powered by dark-roasted black chocolate creaminess and cookie dough yeast retains silken flow. Bittersweet cocoa, sweet brown chocolate, milk-sugared coffee, burnt caramel, espresso, marshmallow, molasses, vanilla and almond undertones enrich massive mocha mantra. Wispy blackberry, black cherry and blueberry undercurrents add further complexity to capacious chocolate-cocoa finish. On tap at Poor Henry’s, smoked chocolate entry gets embittered by black patent malting and dark-roasted hop char, picking up subtle dried fruiting.

On tap at Poor Henry’s, smooth coconut-milked dark ale leans on brown chocolate creaminess to reinforce subsidiary shredded coconut, toasted almond, burnt caramel and fudge illusions. Mild vanilla, cocoa, coffee and molasses hints help sweeten lactic mocha-laden coconut finish.

On tap at Ambulance, creamily lactic milk stout offers mild cacao nibs influence to bittersweet coffee-roasted dark chocolate malting. Light vanilla bean, almond milk, dark cocoa, Baker’s chocolate and espresso undertones scatter beneath.   

On tap at Ambulance, thin lactic milk stout maintains soft water base as dark-roasted mocha malts and flaked oats sugaring take center stage. Black chocolate, chalky cocoa, burnt caramel, fudge, toffee and coffee illusions never prove to be as sweet as advertised since ashen hop astringency brings overstated mid-range bittering. Subtle vanilla, burgundy and burnt nut snips stay below the surface.

On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, exemplary chocolate-espresso blend retains refreshingly clean-watered crisping. Delicately creamed milk chocolate sweetness and lactic-sugared vanilla surge pleat neutral cocoa nibs midst. Mellow espresso macchiato roast deepens mocha resolve. Wispy jalapeno burn stays recessive.

Elegantly soft-toned milk stout drapes raspberry puree atop coffee-stained dark chocolate with unique precision. Espresso macchiato milking enhances ancillary blackberry, black cherry and grape jam illusions. Subtle vanilla sweetness seeps inside glorious fruited mocha theme. Perfect dessert fodder.

Ineffective lactose-milked medium body lacks expectant creamy ‘milkshake’ sweetness. Instead, dry dark-roasted black patent malting and light cocoas nibs influence prove ill-equipped to carry the mushy nutty mocha load over its murky earthen bottom. Sour dried fruiting seems outta place. Closer to a thin Irish stout, perhaps.

Brisk clean-watered milk chocolate entry picks up dark toffee, cocoa and coffee highlights over mild toasted hop char. Whoppers-like malted milk ball pleasantry contrasts lactic-soured dark chocolate bittering at the midst. Tart black cherry waver, wafting anise spicing and light bourbon nip fill out silken brownie-battered finish.

On tap at Julian’s Restaurant, fabulous milk stout, aged to perfection in muscatel barrels, seamlessly blends chocolate with red wine. Creamy molasses-sapped black chocolate overture enriches sweet dessert-wined muscat grape segue. Plum-sugared black grape, green raisin, blueberry and sherry undertones reinforced by soy-milked hop char. Subtle mocha illusions of chocolate cake, cocoa and vanilla waver beneath.

Distinctive cola-hued sour milk stout hybridized by incipient bone-dry brettanomyces-like wild yeast lactose. Lemon rind-embittered espresso frontage and musty ground coffee veneer reach tart black cherry-soured midst, picking up acrid charcoal reminder. Vinous red and purple grape esters cover earthen bottom to tempting mocha-soured dried fruited finish.