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The Bottom Line This is an average brew that is worth a sampling, but not very appealing overall.
Located in Farmville, North Carolina, the Duck Rabbit Brewing Company is a relatively new brewing operation. This company has been in existence for less than two years and it offers products that are narrower in style than other craft brewers, with dark beers comprising all of the product offerings. One of this company’s products is Duck Rabbit Milk Stout, a dark roasty brew. Basic Characteristics of This Beer: This beer is very dark in color and it produces a good head of foam with a solid pour. Held up to a strong light source, the color is a little bit reddish. The aroma is one of roasted malt, but isn’t very appealing because there is some sourness present. From the start, this beer seems like one with only average potential, based on looks alone. When you taste this beer, the flavor that stands out more than anything is the flavor of roasted malt. I could also detect some chocolate, a good deal of coffee, some nuttiness, even a little bit of burnt malt. The finish of this beer is a little weaker than I prefer, mainly because the hops fail to make their presence known. The beer tastes a little bitter at the end, but only for a brief moment. It then goes back to tasting sweet. Duck Rabbit makes this stout using Two- row pale malt, roasted barley, flaked barley, nugget hops, fuggles hops and, of course, lactose like one expects in a milk stout. The stout has an alcohol level of 5.7 percent by volume. Food Compatibility: This beer is designed mainly to be consumed as a dessert or after dinner drink. The taste of chocolate and coffee makes it a natural accompaniment to coffee cake, dark chocolate cake, and similar dessert foods. It could also be consumed alongside a nice, roasty beef dish. But it goes best with desserts. Final Thoughts: Duck Rabbit Brewing is one of those companies whose products I have noticed when I visit specialty beverage stores, but have failed to sample until now. I received a couple of Duck Rabbit products in the mail, as part of my monthly beer shipment from the Microbrewed Beer of the Month Club. I’m not sure why, but this company’s products never managed to catch my attention when I paid a visit to the store. There was always something else that looked more interesting. The name of this company is unusual and so is the packaging. With a name like “Duck Rabbit”, you are likely wondering where/how the owner came up with such a strange name. Well, according to official sources, the owner, Paul Phillippon, a former Professor of Philosophy, took the name from the Duck- Rabbit diagram featured in philosophical book by Ludwig Wittgenstein. This image is shown on the label of each bottle. The ears of the “rabbit” facing to the right can also be viewed as the open beak of a “duck” facing to the left. This is a creative name for a brewery and an interesting design. But the overall packaging never really caught my attention so I never bothered to try a bottle of the beer until now, when I received some in the mail. Duck Rabbit makes this beer with added lactose, which is typical for milk stout. However, this beer isn’t quite as creamy as others of its style. But it does tend to be on the sweet side, which is expected for this type of beer. The sweetness in this product is so pronounced, in fact, that you can barely detect the hops in the finish. You know the hops are there, but they are covered up by the strong contributions from the roasted malts. This beer has a good amount of body, but it isn’t quite as tasty as some other milk stouts. I would like it to be a little creamier, like some of the classic milk stouts I have tried over the years. I think it tastes ok, but it isn’t anything special. And I really do not like the aroma of this beer. At first, I thought I had received a bad bottle and decided I needed to give the beer another chance. But the second bottle was the same, emitting the same aroma with that somewhat sour edge. Overall, this is a decent attempt at making milk stout, but I doubt I will purchase any more of it in the future. It has some nice things to offer, but it isn’t a great beer. I’m going to rate this dark brew 2.5 out of 5 stars. It’s worth a sample, but not much more.  |
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