Third Eye Brewing in suburban Cincinnati has enjoyed a remarkable run of success with their milk and sweet stouts—often enhanced by chocolate, coffee, or spices, sometimes imperial-strength or barrel-aged, but always rich and flavorful yet balanced. On the watch of co-owner and head brewer Kelly Montgomery—the “milk stout whisperer”—Third Eye since 2021 has won five medals for stouts at the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup; three of those medals were golds. (Before that, from 2018 to 2020, Montgomery’s milk stouts also won three straight GABF golds for nearby Brink Brewing.)
Watch the full 68-minute video course packed with useful tips, where Montgomery opens the books on their approach to designing and brewing these indulgent yet easily drinkable stouts.