milk stout
noun
plural milk stouts
: a slightly sweet stout typically brewed with lactose
Milk stout is sweet because ale yeast cannot digest lactose, which remains in the beer as a nonfermentable sugar.—Christine P. Rhodes
It's a perfect milk stout: chocolatey and roasty, smooth and creamy, and topped with a velvety head that caresses your every sip.—VinePair.com
Although it is originally a 19th-century beer style, milk stout did not gain peak popularity until after World War II.—Jeff Mendel and Keith Villa
While a lot of milk stouts tend to get a little heavy-handed with sweetness, this one didn't follow the trend. It tasted like a very standard, tame porter.—Mike Riedel
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“Milk stout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20stout. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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