Guinness Black Lager

I decided to follow up the Left Hand Milk Stout with the Guinness Black Lager.  This lager is good, but after drinking the Milk Stout it is hard to really give a good accurate description of the taste.  I will tell you this, I'm now drinking my second beer on an empty stomach and am feeling it.  The creative curve has dwindled, I'm tired and ready for bed.  Must try this one again when not drinking a milk stout prior.

OK, I'm not quite ready to shut down.  I like this beer because it's dark like a stout, but light tasting like a lager - aren't I creative and descriptive??  I think someone at Guinness said, "people like Black and Tans (half Guinness, half lager), let's just put it together in a bottle for them".  I wonder if 'Black and Tan' was already a trademarked name - but, if the shoe fits...

A new day, a new Left Hand Milk Stout

I was really torn with what to open this evening.  Had it not been Tuesday, I would have opened up one of my Belgian bombers in the refrigerator.  But, after having just played golf, and not eaten, I opted for the Left Hand Milk Stout - Nitro.  Notice the picture, I feel stouts need to be drank from a glass, call me old-fashioned:

My first thought after the initial drink?  My God that is good.  I am a fan of Guinness, but find Guinness to be a tad bitter, this milk stout is in no way bitter.  Which leads me to start thinking, what in the hell is a milk stout?
And off I go to do the research - side note, don't you love it when you go to a brewery's website and they have you put in your age, to make sure you are 21?  What, are they going to match this date with my license?

I just saw the 'show us your pour' contest, where apparently you are to post your pour via you tube on the Left Hand Brewery website for a chance to win tickets to the Great American Beer Festival.  I wonder if that picture above gets a consolation prize..

http://www.lefthandbrewing.com/beers/milk-stout-nitro

Wow.  Their pictures look way better than mine...

According to Left Hand, the style is 'sweet stout', the color is...black, the body is full...it's drinkable, and there are no pairings for the Milk Stout listed, at this time.  I should let them know how this stout is going to taste with my teriyaki chicken, as soon as I pull it off the grill.  Oh look!  You can cook with it -

Chocolate Milk Stout Cake
Milk Stout Barbecue Sauce on Beef Short Ribs
Milk Stout Cupcakes
I'd rather drink it, as is.

The only thing I can find, explaining what a Milk Stout is, is this "Milk sugar in your stout is like cream in your coffee", thus I assume that means it is mellowing out the bitter stout taste.  Well done, Left Hand, well done.

This nitro beer is the first bottled nitro beer - so it seems as if my pour was way off, I did tilt the glass, instead of literally opening the bottle and dumping the contents into the glass, which releases all the nitro goodness.  I guess I better buy more.
http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2011/09/milk_stout_nitro_left_hand_bre.php