This Week On Tap: Flat12’s Koko B Ware Milk Stout

While at a brewery, restaurant, or store, we only have the names and labels to go off of when choosing our next beer. It can cause a bit of anxiety as we have very little information to make an intelligent decision, especially when our palates are all unique. With no label to stare at, I had only my imagination to figure out how Flat12 Bierwerks’ Koko B Ware Milk Stout would taste, and I was pleasantly surprised.

I’m more of a Pale Ale and IPA fan, so stouts don’t rank near the top of my list; however, as a wrestling fan I couldn’t pass up the chance to try a beer named after a famous wrestler. Apparently Flat12 named a lot of beers after wrestlers in the past, according to Director of Brewing Operations Sean Manahan, and Koko B Ware has stuck ever since.

The first thing I noticed about the beer was its lack of head, likely caused from a carbonation problem in the keg, but still noticeable. From there I noted how dark the beer was; somewhere between a black stout and 100 percent dark chocolate. Once I took a drink, it immediately became clear that calling Koko B Ware a milk stout was selling it a bit short; this was more of a chocolate milk stout.