One from Nashville's Tailgate Brewery, purchased in Favourites of Cheltenham and the other from San Diego's Belching Beaver Brewery purchased in Barnstaple's Crafty Beer Shop.
I've had the Tailgate Milk Stout before, once in New Orleans and a couple of times in Pursuit of Hoppiness but I've never had the Belching Beaver before, that said I've only heard good things.
I love Peanut Butter, I love Milk Stouts and I love the USA. This should be good. I poured them both and got stuck in.
Firstly the Belching coming in at 5.3% ABV.
It poured jet black with a small tan head which disappeared very quickly. The aroma hit me immediately, peanut butter and lots of it. As I continued to smell notes of milk chocolate and vanilla came through too.
The Tailgate at a slight lower 5% ABV poured almost jet back with a little more light bleeding through than the Belching Beaver. It was well carbonated, with a small tan head which stuck around a little longer. The aroma was predominantly milk chocolate with some peanut butter coming through eventually. This was the complete reverse of the Belching Beaver Side by side the Belching Beaver appeared thicker, darker and fuller bodied, although only one thing was going to confirm this.
The first sip of the Belching Beaver was great, full bodied with loads of peanut butter and milk chocolate on the palate.
The taste of the Tailgate was equally creamy but with a slightly thinner body. The Tailgate however had more of a milk chocolate taste with peanut butter coming only coming across after a sip or two.
Overall both beers were enjoyable and easy to drink, not overly rich or sweet. Neither was completely balanced, the Belching Beaver was very peanut butter dominated and the Tailgate had a more chocolate focused taste like a regular milk stout with the peanut butter in a supporting role!
Final thoughts? Well......I would happily drink both again, although if given the choice I would reach for the Belching Beaver first. I felt the stronger peanut butter flavour and the thicker body, resulted in the better peanut butter milk stout! The Tailgate was good, it just lacked that punchy peanut butter hit that I wanted and expected when I cracked open the can.
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