Kyoto Brewing Co. - Wholesale
二都物語 (Dream of Two Cities - Kyoto edition)
A collaboration with Nara Brewing, this milk stout is as good an after-dinner dessert as it is a beer.
For this collaboration, we wanted to share our love for dark beers. These beers can be some of my favorite on brew days, the roasted and chocolate malts on fill the air with warm biscuit and chocolate notes, it is quite wonderful! We wanted to lean on Nara Brewing style for the inspiration of this Milk Stout. A style known to be full bodied and have a depth of flavor, much of what contributes to that is the malt that is used, and this is one of the more complex Malt bills we have done. Base malt is made up of Maris Otter, then we used a blend of both flaked and malted oats and wheat for a nice creamy full body. A blend of black wheat, chocolate and pale chocolate malts were used giving the beer a soft but rich chocolate flavor with some Sinamar for that extra boost of color while keeping the bitterness low. Conveniently Nara brewing likes to use some similar malts for stouts as us, so this is a great fusion of our styles. We went a bit crazy on the cols side with this one, and really wanted to give you a dessert style beer. Some coffee was used to round out the soft chocolate flavors giving the beer a mocha like characteristic, some vanilla was added to soften up the beer and contribute to even more of a creamy character. Lastly, we added a very small amount of coconut as a not-so-secret ingredient to give just a bit of depth to the sweetness on the finish of the beer. This beer is an after dinner treat for your senses.