Hopsmith Kenyan Coffee Milk Stout - 500ml
Picture a cold one that drinks like dessert and a flat white had a baby. This is your late-night, post-nyama-choma pour, the beer you nurse on the couch when you want something rich and a little indulgent without going hard. It's dark, it's creamy, it tastes of proper Kenyan coffee, and at 5% it won't flatten you. Pure chill-mode fuel.
Pour it and you get a deep, near-black body under a creamy tan head that sticks around. The nose is straight-up fresh Kenyan coffee with a chocolate edge, like walking past a roastery. First sip is rich roasted coffee and dark cocoa, then the milk-sugar (lactose) rolls in and softens everything into a smooth, velvety, faintly sweet finish. Barely any bitter bite (just 20 IBU), gentle fizz, medium-bodied. It coats the tongue without feeling heavy.
The details
How to serve it
Don't drink this ice-cold. Pull it from the fridge and give it a few minutes to come up to around 8-12C, that's when the coffee and chocolate really open up. Pour it into a tulip or a pint glass with a steady tilt to build that creamy head. No mixers, no ice, this one's perfect as it is. Feeling fancy? A proper stout float with a scoop of vanilla ice cream is a stupidly good idea.
Pairs well with
Where it's from
Hopsmith started as a UK beer brand, then in 2019 it found a second home in Nairobi when a few people who grew up in Kenya decided the country deserved proper craft beer. They've been one of the pioneers of the local scene ever since. This stout is their love letter to Kenyan coffee culture, brewing the beans the country is world-famous for straight into the beer. Local coffee, local pride, in a glass.
Good to know
- What is the price of Hopsmith Kenyan Coffee Milk Stout - 500ml?
Hopsmith Kenyan Coffee Milk Stout - 500ml is KSh 430 at Oaks & Corks, delivered across Nairobi, usually within 30 minutes, or by courier countrywide on the next working day.
- What does Hopsmith Kenyan Coffee Milk Stout 500ml taste like?
Rich roasted Kenyan coffee and dark chocolate up front, then a smooth lactose sweetness that makes it creamy and velvety. Very low bitterness, medium body, almost dessert-like but still a proper beer.
- What is the ABV of Hopsmith Kenyan Coffee Milk Stout?
It's 5% ABV, so rich in flavour but easy enough to enjoy a couple without it knocking you out.
- What is a milk stout?
A milk (or sweet) stout is brewed with lactose, a sugar from milk that yeast can't ferment. It stays in the beer and gives it that smooth, creamy, lightly sweet character. That's what softens all the coffee and chocolate here.
- How should I serve it?
Not freezing cold. Let it sit out of the fridge for a few minutes to around 8-12C, then pour into a tulip or pint glass. Drink it neat, no ice or mixers.
- What pairs well with it?
Anything smoky or sweet. Nyama choma, grilled ribs, dark chocolate desserts, or a scoop of vanilla ice cream dropped right in for a stout float.
- Where is it from?
It's a Kenyan craft beer from Hopsmith, a Nairobi-based brewery, made with locally grown Kenyan coffee.
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Hopsmith Kenyan Coffee Milk Stout - 500ml price in Kenya
Buy Hopsmith Kenyan Coffee Milk Stout - 500ml online in Nairobi, Kenya for KSh 430, delivered across Nairobi, usually within 30 minutes, or by courier countrywide on the next working day.