New Brew Thursday: 'Single Shot' from Tree House

On my trip to Tree House I was able to pick up a wide variety of cans and a couple bottles. One of which was 'Single Shot' which sounded just heavenly on the can list. When it comes to coffee milk stouts I have routinely been disappointed by multiple different breweries. To me, a coffee milk stout should taste like an alcoholic version of coffee milk. A beer that is both sweet and rich with strong notes of coffee. Now being a Rhode Islander I have had more coffee milk than I care to admit and for years my favorite coffee milk stout was from Narragansett because it perfectly encapsulated what a coffee milk beer should be largely in part to its inclusion of Autocrat Coffee Syrup. My preferred coffee syrup when making coffee milk.

It should come as no surprise that 'Single Shot' has bested the 'Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout.' With a rich dark head and the aforementioned strong notes of coffee this beer looks and smells absolutely perfect. The first sip is rich and creamy with a very subtle sweetness that lingers on the palate well after the beer is gone. Flavors of both chocolate and coffee are present that really show just how rich and creamy this beer is. 'Single Shot' is an awesome and the perfect morning beer. But it is also good at any time of day.