Left Hand Brewing Peanut Butter Milk Stout Nitro Review

You’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t like peanut butter and chocolate, and when you combine that with a nitro stout, holy moly, it’s like a taste party of all your favorite things going on inside your mouth.

Incase you hadn’t guessed, I’m a huge fan.

Peanut Butter Milk Stout Nitro Alcohol Content and IBU

Beer: Peanut Butter Milk Stout Nitro
Brewery: Left Hand Brewing
Type of Beer: Stout (Nitro)
ABV: 6.2%
IBU: 25

The Appearance

Typical for your stouts, this is a very dark brown with slight copper coloring when held up to the light. Poured hard, the nitro cascades nicely into the glass, showing off the developing head, which hardly takes any time at all to develop. The head sticks to the side of the glass and maintains a thick creamy consistency. I really don’t love stouts that have foamy heads disappear after a couple of mouthfuls, so it was pleasing to see the consistency throughout the drink.

The Taste

If you’ve had the Peanut Butter Milk Stout from Left Hand Brewing without the nitro, you’ll know how smooth it is, but I have to say, with nitro, this is by far the smoothest stout on the market. It’s not super complex, with definite notes of peanut butter and undertones of chocolate.

Imagine a Reese’s Cup in a glass. I’ve noticed some reviews have said that they hoped for more of a peanut butter flavor profile, but that would remove the slight sweetness that I think adds a lot.

I think it finishes light for a stout, and the 6.2% ABV is spot on. Very easy to drink.

What to Drink With

More Milk Stout? That left over Halloween candy you’ve got would be a great compliment to the sweet notes that cascade throughout the drink. Otherwise, you’re looking at a stout that’s pretty flexible, that’s ready to dress up or down depending on the occasion.

Round Up

I paid about $12-$14 for a six-pack of bottles from a local market. Super smooth, this peanut butter nitro stout is insanely drinkable, and it’s a challenge to drink only one. I would recommend you definitely pour this hard to give the nitro a chance to work it’s magic. There’s a perception that the addition of nitro takes away from the flavor, but I would say give it a chance.

If you’re interest about reading up more on the nitro addition to milk stout, you can do so on Left Hand’s website.