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Left Hand Brewing Co. releases Nitro Milk Stout in Texas
Longmont Colorado’s Left Hand Brewing Co. is rolling out their latest brew to the Texas market this week — Nitro Milk Stout.
The brewery claims it is the first nitrogen bottled beer on the market (Guinness employs a nitrogen widget in their canned draught, and recently adjusted the gas mix for bottled draught offerings without a widget). The bottled brew debuted at the Great American Beer Festival last September, and Texas is the third state to get distribution outside of Colorado.
The nitrogen-fueled Nitro is an evolution of the brewery’s regular Milk Stout, which is only carbonated with CO2. Left Hand claims that the nitrogen is employed to replicate the flavor of the brew on draught. The nitrogen “forms small densely packed bubbles which create a beautiful head on beer,” they explained.
Left Hand sent me a few bottles to sample. I was advised to “pour hard,” so that the brew would build in the glass correctly. Watching the thick-looking liquid cascade into the glass like the best of the best Guinnesses, and tighten into a solid black void of brew with a perfectly thick creamy head kicked off the sampling experience.
On the nose, hazelnut, warm brown sugar and vanilla aromas welcomed the first sip, which was creamy as expected, but still relatively light-bodied for a stout. As the brew warmed up (I was also advised to pour when “thoroughly chilled”), more of the natural roasted malt notes emerged, and a delightful chocolate milk-like flavor smoothed out the finish.
Check it out for yourself at one of the two kickoff parties will take place on Friday evening, the first at the Draught House from 8 to 10 p.m., and then at the Flying Saucer after 10 p.m.
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By Beer Drinker
February 6, 2012 8:22 AM | Link to this
I had some of this when visiting the Left Hand Brewery last summer.
It was good. I’m glad they imported it to Texas.
By Realistic
February 8, 2012 9:06 AM | Link to this
Good job, Emma. Having been to Left hand and having your review on the latest, I can’t wait to get my hands on some.