Stout

Milk stout Dark beer scares a lot of skeptics, and milk stout is the cure. The name comes from lactose, the milk sugar, which the yeast leaves unfermented, so it stays behind as sweetness and a fuller body. The flavor is coffee and chocolate with cream stirred in, more like a sweetened espresso than the bitter, heavy pint people expect from anything black. It is not especially strong either, usually 4 to 6 percent. Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro, with its cascade of tiny bubbles and pillowy head, is the bottle to start with. Lactose means it is not one for anyone avoiding dairy.