Left Hand's Milk Stout has now been available in Ireland for quite some time in it's original form, and it is a classic example of a milk stout. This however is a different animal, with Left Hand somehow managing to get nitrogen into the beer without using a widget. Nitrogen is used with some draught stouts to give a creamier mouthfeel, like draught Guinness for example. This blows Guinness out of the water however, with a creamy almost vanilla like sweetness, a full bodied mouthfeel and flavours of coffee and milk chocolate. The fun begins with the pour, with the bottle offering instructions to 'Pour Hard, Admire and Enjoy.' The nitrogen in the bottle seemingly activated by a vigorous pour. Simply put, this is the perfect milk stout, and should appeal to both craft beer geeks and Guinness drinkers looking for more flavour.
