Brewed By: Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois
Purchased: 22oz bottle bought at Half Acre in Chicago, IL; 2013
Style/ABV: Milk Stout, 6.0%
Reported IBUs: ?
Staying with the local option this Friday night....about Half Acre:
I'm feeling a Light Above-Average on this. I could see myself drinking a few of these at the bar over the course of a night. This has tremendous drinkability and balance. Also, if you are aversive to the more lactose-forward Sweet Stouts, you might like this. You could pair this with a burger, things with chocolate, things with coffee, and a pantheon of desserts. Considering this was like 10 bucks, I'd say this beer is worth checking out.
Random Thought: I just listened to the Michigan comeback on the radio. I can't imagine being a Kansas fan right now.
Reported IBUs: ?
Staying with the local option this Friday night....about Half Acre:
The Half Acre Beer Company was founded in October 2006, which is young for craft beer in general, but great for the local Chicago scene. The founders of Half Acre started out by working with the Sand Creek Brewery in Black River Falls in Wisconsin. They eventually developed their Half Acre Lager, and began distributing and selling it in Chicago during the August of 2007. The beer was successful enough that Half Acre was able to buy out a space in the Bucktown area of Chicago. With continuing sales, Half Acre was eventually able to purchase equipment from Ska Brewing Co. and moved to their current location on Lincoln Avenue on the north side of Chicago. Half Acre has been brewing at their Chicago location since 2009, and seems to be really expanding in both amount of distribution and popularity. Check out the full story HERE, and check out their website for a low-down on all their beers and info.
If you roll over to the Chocolate Camaro page, you can get the vitals on this beer. This is a Milk Stout brewed with lactose and cacao, clocking in at a very reasonable 6.0% ABV. Let's glass this up.
The beer pours with 3-fingers of thick, bready, coffee-brown head. The body of the beer is cola-black, with hints of red/brown. As the head drops, you get some nice lacing. You can also see some carbonation in this. This is standard stuff, but a nice pinky's worth of head won't die. Solid.
The aroma is fairly mild, with ash, ashtray, dirt, a lot of grain, some malt (like malt balls), faint chocolate, coffee, a hint of earthy roast, and some faint lactose. It's a very earthy and grainy nose, with hints of chocolate and coffee.
Wow! This actually tastes really nice, with noticeable burnt sugar/caramel, coffee, espresso, light cacao, and bitter chocolate. There's a bit of molasses up front, and the beer finishes roasty with some lactose to round things out.
This has a medium to medium-full mouthfeel, with carbonation that is just there to support the beer, like your deadbeat dad that showed up once a week to pay alimony. This is slightly thick/oily, with mild hints of lactose on the finish. Palate depth is good, complexity is average. What this lacks in complexity, it makes up for in balance and drinkability. At 6.0%, this goes down with ease. Up front is molasses, followed by caramel, coffee, chocolate; that turns into some roast, with more malt sweetness; the back end is lingering coffee, roast, rounds out with lactose.
Rating: Above-Average
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| Half Acre Chocolate Camaro |
The beer pours with 3-fingers of thick, bready, coffee-brown head. The body of the beer is cola-black, with hints of red/brown. As the head drops, you get some nice lacing. You can also see some carbonation in this. This is standard stuff, but a nice pinky's worth of head won't die. Solid.
The aroma is fairly mild, with ash, ashtray, dirt, a lot of grain, some malt (like malt balls), faint chocolate, coffee, a hint of earthy roast, and some faint lactose. It's a very earthy and grainy nose, with hints of chocolate and coffee.
Wow! This actually tastes really nice, with noticeable burnt sugar/caramel, coffee, espresso, light cacao, and bitter chocolate. There's a bit of molasses up front, and the beer finishes roasty with some lactose to round things out.
This has a medium to medium-full mouthfeel, with carbonation that is just there to support the beer, like your deadbeat dad that showed up once a week to pay alimony. This is slightly thick/oily, with mild hints of lactose on the finish. Palate depth is good, complexity is average. What this lacks in complexity, it makes up for in balance and drinkability. At 6.0%, this goes down with ease. Up front is molasses, followed by caramel, coffee, chocolate; that turns into some roast, with more malt sweetness; the back end is lingering coffee, roast, rounds out with lactose.
Rating: Above-Average
I'm feeling a Light Above-Average on this. I could see myself drinking a few of these at the bar over the course of a night. This has tremendous drinkability and balance. Also, if you are aversive to the more lactose-forward Sweet Stouts, you might like this. You could pair this with a burger, things with chocolate, things with coffee, and a pantheon of desserts. Considering this was like 10 bucks, I'd say this beer is worth checking out.
Random Thought: I just listened to the Michigan comeback on the radio. I can't imagine being a Kansas fan right now.
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