Cream Stout ABV 4.1% IBU 30 Fermentables: Maris Otter, Munich, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley, Dark Crystal, Flaked Barley, Lactose, Cocoa Powder Hops: Newport, Ultra A cream stout, or milk stout, is a dark and roasty ale brewed with lactose, which is “milk sugar.” Because lactose is unfermentable by brewer’s yeast, it adds body to the finished beer. Chocolate Town is a particularly small beer (low ABV), so the lactose prevents the mouthfeel from becoming overly thin. The lactose is also working against the bitterness of the roasted grain, cocoa, …
GOOD TIDINGS
Belgian Christmas ABV 7.1% IBU 26 Fermentables: 2-Row Pale, Pils, Special B, Candi Sugar, Cranberries, Cherries Hops: Santiam Good Tidings is a celebratory ale brewed with Belgian yeast, candi sugar, dried cranberries and cherries, and cherry juice. It’s hardly a fruit-forward beer, but the cranberries and cherries do impart a slight reddish hue plus a hint of tartness. The yeast esters enhance the beer’s subtle fruitiness, allowing a bit of cherry to shine through. And the Pils malt provides a gentle grain sweetness on the back end. I can’t …