All tagged 9.0

Peaceful Springs Farm Raw Chocolate Goat Milk

Resoundingly refreshing cocoa flavor with a slightly mature/sour pitch in the first third of the sip. It's not particularly wild or 'goaty' for those concerned about that-- it remains confidently under-sweet and cocoa-focused-- and I applaud the commitment to making chocolate milk that feels like: chocolate, milk.

Pigeon Creek Farm Raw Chocolate Milk

Nostril-flaringly chocolaty in a way that wins your admiration and respect quickly-- thanks in part to the raw, creamy base that knows exactly where to go and how to get there. This stuff has choco 'grit' (both literally and figuratively) so prepare your tastebuds for devastation (only figuratively)-- I mean that in the best possible sense.

Cows Around the Corner Chocolate Milk

Punchy choco-malty flavor with a sweet-salty balance deftly in favor of the latter. The creamline body is fully-burdened with flavor and does its job well to guide the experience gracefully through to the aftertaste, leading you back where you started, albeit significantly better off for having taken the trip.

Ayrshire Farms Chocolate Milk

Very well-balanced flavor, in that it leads with chocolate, and the salty/sweet ratio is spot on and plays its supporting role perfectly. It drinks quickly-- I finished the entire cup before even recording any of the review-- which is always a good sign. It comes off as effortlessly delicious-- which seems congruent with its simple roots-- a very desirable quality that can't be faked.

The Mullen Dairy & Creamery Chocolate Milk

Brightly cocoa-focused with a subtle homage to its grassy roots-- this is a powerful manifestation of what makes chocolate milk a pleasure to consume. The strong cocoa flavor is the star of the show, and the other aspects all play their supporting roles well-- particularly the sweetness, which remains thoughtfully in the background throughout.

Morell Dairy Farm Chocolate Milk

Delicious creamline milk that with a malty cocoa focus and interesting grassy undertone that provides depth and character to the cream. It has a nice 'feel' and drinks fairly quickly in spite of its slightly thicker than average viscosity. Start to finish, it's great stuff and worthy of your hard earned cash.

Rock Stream Farm Chocolate Milk

Immediate blast of mature, sourish, dark cocoa flavor, strongly supported by its thin but lusciously creamy non-homogenous base-- this is a desserty treat that is worthy of self reflection, repose, and several other things that I'm incapable of. The direction and intensity of the chocolate flavor might not be for everyone, but it's a more than welcome experience for me.

Stap Dairy Chocolate Milk

Delicious creamline body that carries a strong, bright cocoa flavor and disperses evenly and delicately, leaving a modest chalky footprint on its way out. It's more chocolaty than sweet-- a great feature that reveals its confidence in the noteworthy cocoa and cream elements.

Legacy Dairy Chocolate Milk

Chocolaty and sweet upfront, with a masterfully grassy cream flavor on the back end (my favorite part). It's a satisfying experience not often achieved in chocolate milk, and when it's pulled off to perfection, each sip feels like a tiny little gift-- paving the invisible road from lips to soul with buttery Jersey cream.

Zeal Grass Milk Creamery Chocolate Milk (2021)

Densely drinkable fully-burdened with chocolate (first) and malt (second)-- a truly unique treat that concludes with a confidently creamy sustain and mild honey afterglow. The flavors cooperate rather than compete, and result in and indulgence you've not likely experienced before. And if you have, you'll want to do it all over again.

Riverbend Creamery Chocolate Milk

Intensely bright cocoa flavor backed by a full-bodied creamy base and sweetness that is more than up to the challenge. Knocks it out of the park for what most people would easily consider the best chocolate milk they've ever had. Parallels to melted chocolate ice cream are often made, but rarely substantiated; but in this case, it certainly applies.

Richlands Dairy and Creamery Chocolate Milk

Powerfully straightforward deliciousness-- this is a premium version of what we all expect great chocolate milk to be-- chocolaty, sweet, and densely flavorful. It nails all those beats, a true melted-chocolate-ice cream proxy, and is both indulgent and satisfying from beginning to end.

Down on the Farm Creamery Chocolate Milk

Thick and chocolaty-- one of the chocolate milks that I could put in front of nearly anyone and be 100% confident that they would enjoy it. It's got a strong cocoa flavor of medium sweetness, and a beefy body does its job more than adequately to deliver the flavor and elevate the experience as one of indulgence and bliss.

Dutch Meadows Raw Chocolate Milk

Brilliantly thin with generous cocoa and lavishly grassy undertones, it's a unique treasure to enjoy raw chocolate milk like this. Its thin viscosity is devoid of any starches, thickeners, or emulsifiers could prove to be a hurdle for the uninitiated. But it's a hurdle well worth pursuing.

Kurtz Family Dairy Chocolate Milk

Densely flavorful with a salty/malty bite in the latter third of each sip which provides a tasty and mouthwatering exit-- imploring you to take another sip (which you'll gladly do). The cocoa flavor is strongest upfront, and then folds gracefully into the aforementioned wave. It's extremely well-built and indulgently flavorful from beginning to end.

Deliteful Dairy Chocolate Milk

Luxurious base that nails the (thin) viscosity-to- (high) creaminess ratio that I enjoy so much. There's no starch to bog this down, just pure goodness that knows exactly how and where to deliver the flavor. The uniquely upfront grassy hit sets the tone for the remainder of the sip, and before you know it, you'll be pouring another glass or cracking open another pint to chase the high.