Hey, Careful Man, There's A Beverage Here!
Pipeworks Brewing Company

Hey, Careful Man, There's A Beverage Here!Hey, Careful Man, There's A Beverage Here!
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From:
Pipeworks Brewing Company
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #502
ABV:
10.5%
Score:
85
Ranked #21,432
Avg:
3.76 | pDev: 10.9%
Reviews:
41
Ratings:
350
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 14, 2022
Added:
Oct 29, 2013
Wants:
  57
Gots:
  58
"Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not Mr. Regular Stout. You're Mr. Regular Stout. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, White Stout, or uh, Milk Stout, or El White Russian Imperial Stouterino if you're not into the whole brevity thing." We aged this White Russian inspired white stout with cacao nibs, vanilla bean and cold pressed ipsento coffee. The beverage at the end of this process is beer that could turn anyone concerned with style categories into a nihilist. It is amber in color but has aromas and flavors of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and sweet malt. Delicious now or to cellar until Walter agrees to roll on shabbas (and that will be a while).
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Ratings by BcOneSeven:
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Rated by BcOneSeven from Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +13%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

May 27, 2016
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

3.96/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
16oz can. Poured out a clear, golden amber color with a small, khaki-colored head of bubbly foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of coffee, chocolate, toffee and caramel. Sweet chocolate and toffee taste with a bitter coffee bite.
Nov 14, 2022
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Rated by Captain69 from Illinois

3.78/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
great russian stout great malt taste in every sip
May 16, 2022
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Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio

3.92/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
From the 16 oz can in a snifter. This unique brew pours a dark amber
with a nice head of white foam that settles to a thin ring, thin dusty layer, and shows
some faint lacing. Nose of light coffee, vanilla, cocoa, and cream with sweet caramel
malts. Flavors lightly exceed the nose with caramel, cream, milk sugar galore, medium
coffee notes, and cocoa notes. Decent mouth feel; medium verging on medium light
body, smooth, sweet, light carbonation that has a touch of zip to it, and a sweet lightly
dry finish.

Overall, good, but not sure the Dude would abide....still a solid offering.
Apr 16, 2022
 
Rated: 3.75 by drstalker from Illinois

Mar 01, 2022
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Reviewed by 1BrewBacca from Georgia

3.26/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Look: Resembles more of an amber ale than any stout have seen. Had a thin white head that quickly dissipated to wispy clouds.
Smell and Taste: This brew is labeled correctly . . . Lactose first. Very sweet with some vanilla notes. Coffee and cacao were hard for me to pick up.
Feel: Bumped the score up a notch because anything with a 9.6 ABV gets a boost from me.
Overall: Only the second "White" Shout I've had and both are somewhat disappointing. If there is such a thing as a milk shake amber ale I think this would be it. Time to move on.
Jan 01, 2022
 
Rated: 3.88 by einman from Minnesota

Dec 27, 2021
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Reviewed by Stooven from Illinois

3.87/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Don't get hung-up on the sight: it says "white Russian" on the label, so it absolutely shouldn't be black in appearance even if it's a stout. That said, it looks like a marzen but I've had coffee IPAs that are even lighter. The smell isn't much. Taste -- if you take anything away from this -- is the complete lack of hop or alcohol profile. I get more coffee than sweetness though there's plenty of the latter. I wouldn't seek this out, but I'm glad I've tried it. Very light in the mouth. Drinks very easily, dangerously so.
Dec 06, 2021
 
Rated: 3.9 by chrismattlin from Ohio

Oct 29, 2021
 
Rated: 3.74 by KevinL from Michigan

Mar 31, 2021
 
Rated: 3.4 by Chilmer from Iowa

Dec 01, 2019
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

2.51/5  rDev -33.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Review #4100 and its an older one I haven't got around too. Scored this in a trade w a Chicago land homie.

Well when you say you're a stout, and then you pour looking like a marzen, you could say expectations were off a bit. And that is pretty much a succinct summary of the entire beer, but we'll go through the motions. Almost no head on it. Coffee aroma was weak. More vanilla and chocolate than coffee in the aroma.

Taste, this was a sweet beer. Hid the alcohol well. Didn't taste like a stout. Just a lot of lactose is its primary feature. So then there is the whole white russian thing, this also doesn't taste like that either. What the hell man, so just some cool label art, cool pop culture reference and just a shitty beer? Yeah, pretty much. Did I mention the carbonation was weak on it too? I dunno, definitely the worst Pipeworks beer I've come across, screw their bomber format too.
Sep 21, 2019
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

4.09/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Unknown vintage; drank 1/24/15 @ the Palace.

Murky orange (?!) appearance.

White head; minimal lace.

Coffee grounds, nougat & mild booze heat in the nose.

Medium thick mouthfeel.

Peanut butter, caramel, nougat & mild booze heat flavors; this tasted like candy bar, but the booze heat saved it from being cloying.

Nice!
Apr 04, 2019
 
Rated: 2.74 by Jhfinn from New York

Nov 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.25 by eawolff99 from Minnesota

Oct 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.89 by smithj4 from New York

Oct 07, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by kjkinsey from Texas

Sep 26, 2018
 
Rated: 3.59 by CSO from Illinois

Sep 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.04 by porters4life from Illinois

Sep 18, 2018
 
Rated: 3.51 by StephenBechler from Illinois

Sep 17, 2018
Hey, Careful Man, There's A Beverage Here! from Pipeworks Brewing Company
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 350 ratings