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Goshen Homestead Creamery Chocolate Milk

I'm almost speechless. Dark, sour/mature cocoa flavor-- a signature of local Asheville chocolatier French Broad Chocolate-- over a gorgeous grass-fed creamline base, and sweetened only with honey. Three ingredients-- a match made in heaven, and one of the most unique and memorable drinkable experiences I've had in my life, which includes (but is not limited to) the over 1,700 chocolate milks I've had up to this point. Sure, it might not be for everyone, but that just means there's more left for me.

Meadowburne Dairy Farm Chocolate Milk

Sublime confluence of buttery Jersey cream, delicious medium-to-mature cocoa flavor, and a finely-tuned sweet/salty balance appropriately in favor of the latter. As stunningly gorgeous as the label is, it still undersells what is on the inside-- and we all know it's what's on the inside that counts. And now as I write this-- it's inside me-- increasing my overall worth, if only for a short time.

Bad Farm Chocolate Milk

Gorgeously creamy base that is more than up to the task of delivering deliciousness straight to your brain stem. It starts with a punchy sweetness that remains prominent for the first 2/3 of the sip, then it gives way to the cream flavor which surges in the latter third and sets the tone for the aftertaste. In my experience, the cocoa flavor is tertiary (*fancy word, I know) but pleasantly malty while it lasts. It's unique, and feels brilliantly on the palate; alas I should have bought more.

The Dairy Stop Chocolate Milk

Deliciously straightforward-- strong, indulgent cocoa presence fully supported by its creamline base and a favorable salty/sweet balance in favor of the former. There's a bit of texture that goes along with each sip-- a slightly chalky footprint of the substantial cocoa flavor contained therein.

Hidden Acres Dairy Chocolate Milk

Beautiful coffee-brown coloration with what I swear is a maple-syrup-esque flavor that is tasty, unique, and somewhat...distracting perhaps? I'm enjoying the novelty and drinking experience, but am having difficulty locating the cocoa flavor and there's a bit of a lack of depth as a result. That said, I'm happy to drink more in search of something more tangible.

Clark Farms Creamery Cold Brew Mocha Milk

Well-executed mocha flavor here, where each component has strong representation throughout. The reduced-fat base keeps things moving on the palate, leaving behind a bit of astringency on the tongue, but overall working above its pay grade to deliver the choco-coffee goodness directly to your tastebuds, stomach, and ultimately, brains stem with a pleasant jolt of caffeine.

End of the Lane Farm Chocolate Milk

Among the strongest, most deeply indulgent cocoa flavors I've experienced in potable form! Each sip is like a dark chocolate truffle, but with a very accessible viscosity and texture. There may be issues getting the cream to evenly disperse, but don't let this deter you from enjoying this gorgeous, dark, mature, endlessly chocolaty treat.

Windy Hill Goat Dairy Chocolate Milk

Velvety cream with a wild goaty homage that provides unique depth to each sip. The cocoa is curtailed by a sharp(ish) salty/maltiness that feels like it belongs with the rest of the package. In short, this is a structurally sound, delicious chocolate goat milk worthy of your time and attention.

Teacup Farm Chocolate Milk

Deliciously buttery creamline body with finely-tuned sweet-salty balance in favor of the latter. Its cocoa flavor is on the maltier end of the spectrum and remains a rewarding treat that should pair well with just about anything, though I prefer to drink it in isolation, so I can focus more on the experience. Well that, and because I don't have very many friends. :)

Black River Valley Natural Chocolate Milk

Indulgent upfront pop of cocoa flavor with a buttery smooth back-end with a final hint of delicious grassiness that adds a unique dimensionality to the cream flavor. It drinks magnificently and feels rewarding from initial draw to introspective repose. I'm well into the second pint before I was able to manage 3 sentences of a review. That's a damn good sign.

Upstate Farms Intense Mint Chip Milk

So yeah, the 'chip' part of 'mint chip milk' makes this in-scope for my purposes, and this may not be surprising by looking at its electric green color, there's not really any chocolate quality to be found on the palate. Instead, you're treated to a sweet, cooling, menthol-esque freshness that is unique and pleasantly pepperminty. It lives up to its 'intense' label, and while a noteworthy novelty, it's not something that I would factor into my ideal flavored milk rotation. 

Collins Farm & Creamery Chocolate Milk

Nicely developing flavor where the initial salty/malty punch seamlessly flows into cocoa crescendo in the latter half of the sip. The creamline base is fully burdened with flavor, without feeling bogged down by added thickness-- in a word, it's 'dessertily indulgent.' Ok so that's two words, but one of them I made up, so really it's still just one. Just try it.

Comley's Country Creamery Chocolate Milk

Immediately flavorful with a thin, silky texture that still feels blissfully creamy. The aftertastes leans sweet, but there's a fleeting grassy twinge toward the back end that adds dimensionality to the cream flavor and overall experience. Sixteen ounces goes extremely quickly when you're jonesing local, whole, creamline chocolate milk-- which is why I bought four bottles.

Cummings Farms Chocolate Milk

Approaching a sharp-ish maltiness that feels desserty and is nicely delivered by its substantial but lithe, non-homogenized base. The flavor distributes quickly and strikes mainly to the rear sides of the tongue, making each swallow a purposeful deliverance of yum.

Destiny Dairy Bar Cookies & Cream Milk

Nicely straightforward cookies & cream flavor without any of the cartoonish qualities that typically plague the genre. It starts off sweet and then rounds out with an accurate cookie flavor that carries you into the aftertaste that is well-supported and extended by its luxuriously creamy base.

Destiny Dairy Bar Chocolate Milk

Impressively undersweet and thus focused on the cocoa and cream experience, both of which are well executed and substantial feeling. Uniqueness has cachet with me, and the sweet/salty balance-- decidedly in favor of the latter-- further pops the cream flavor in the back-end of the sip, leaving you satisfied, mildly introspective, and ultimately ready for another sip without the inclination to rush.

Stewart's Lowfat Chocolate Milk

Fairly drab with a sharpish saltiness that causes your tongue to water toward the tip-- not much cocoa presence and the base feels watered down and somewhat depleted. It's a stopgap at best, an underwhelming representation of chocolate milk at worst. Leaning toward 'worst' here.