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Grand Guignol: Act One
Pipeworks Brewing Company
- From:
- Pipeworks Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Oatmeal Stout
Ranked #30 - ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,881 - Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 7.18%
- Reviews:
- 23
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 01, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 05, 2015
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 24
Consume your fears, before your fears consume you...
This stout has the largest body out of any of our stouts. It's rich and balanced. Coming in at 11% ABV this is a wonderful sipper.
This stout has the largest body out of any of our stouts. It's rich and balanced. Coming in at 11% ABV this is a wonderful sipper.
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Ratings by smakawhat:
Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
3.99/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from the bottle into a nonic pint glass.
Deep walnut brown body and totally opaque. Extremely dark and a little muddy looking for the body. Pours real thick though with not much carbonation, but a controlled one finger head which is very creamy looking, with a nice light mocha to tan color. Manage to keep a good thin puck, and a very almost nitrous looking collar. Quite a unique forming beer off the pour I must say. Nice ring like classic lacing comes while drinking it down,
Real nice nose. Big hints of thick roasted malt, a bit of nutty note and a peanut butter cookie like sense coming off of this. Really hints at some chewy character, nothing real off putting, even a little bit of creamy sweetness comes out, thick and rich it seems might be on the horizon with this aroma.
Palate comes quite interesting, and a big brew. Mid palate fills with thick bodied character and a real creamy texture, but manages to stay away from syrup and sugar like qualities. Roasted cookie like grain in the front with big chewy malt and hints of mild coffee and great ripping grain. Finish though burst into a huge fruit sweetness though, but is also amplified a bit too much by some fusel and warming booze alcohol but luckily not too much.
As big as it is, it actually drinks real easily, but it is one to take your time on. Probably would have rated this higher if it actually wasn't so large cause there's some good quality really going on in here.
Feb 01, 2015Deep walnut brown body and totally opaque. Extremely dark and a little muddy looking for the body. Pours real thick though with not much carbonation, but a controlled one finger head which is very creamy looking, with a nice light mocha to tan color. Manage to keep a good thin puck, and a very almost nitrous looking collar. Quite a unique forming beer off the pour I must say. Nice ring like classic lacing comes while drinking it down,
Real nice nose. Big hints of thick roasted malt, a bit of nutty note and a peanut butter cookie like sense coming off of this. Really hints at some chewy character, nothing real off putting, even a little bit of creamy sweetness comes out, thick and rich it seems might be on the horizon with this aroma.
Palate comes quite interesting, and a big brew. Mid palate fills with thick bodied character and a real creamy texture, but manages to stay away from syrup and sugar like qualities. Roasted cookie like grain in the front with big chewy malt and hints of mild coffee and great ripping grain. Finish though burst into a huge fruit sweetness though, but is also amplified a bit too much by some fusel and warming booze alcohol but luckily not too much.
As big as it is, it actually drinks real easily, but it is one to take your time on. Probably would have rated this higher if it actually wasn't so large cause there's some good quality really going on in here.
More User Ratings:
Rated by HopSessions from Illinois
2.79/5 rDev -33.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.79/5 rDev -33.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Gave off a very sweet unstoutlike aroma, with an overbearing my bitter bite to the tongue.
Apr 01, 2019Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio
4/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
1 PINT, 6 FL. OZ. bottle
Served in a snifter
2015 (At least that is when I purchased it)
This beer pours black and is capped with less than an inch of tan head that leaves some decent lacing.
The smell is chocolate with hints of dark fruit. A little coffee comes through as it nears room temperature.
The taste is dark roasted malt. I get some dark chocolate. Coffee flavor is in the finish. I get hints of dark fruit. The alcohol makes its presence known as well.
Medium bodied with a slick, viscous mouthfeel
It's a good oatmeal stout. The alcohol is still noticeable after 3 years. I may have held on to it too long as I am not super impressed by it.
Dec 14, 2018Served in a snifter
2015 (At least that is when I purchased it)
This beer pours black and is capped with less than an inch of tan head that leaves some decent lacing.
The smell is chocolate with hints of dark fruit. A little coffee comes through as it nears room temperature.
The taste is dark roasted malt. I get some dark chocolate. Coffee flavor is in the finish. I get hints of dark fruit. The alcohol makes its presence known as well.
Medium bodied with a slick, viscous mouthfeel
It's a good oatmeal stout. The alcohol is still noticeable after 3 years. I may have held on to it too long as I am not super impressed by it.
Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois
4.35/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
22oz bottle, pours jet black with a thin tan head. Sweet aroma with dark chocolate, char, booze, dark fruit, and a hint of anise. Flavors are rich and sweet, while mimicking aroma: dark chocolate covered cherry, plum, raisin, roasted barley, oats, anise, booze. Thick, sticky-sweet body, ample carbonation, finishes both sweet and bitter with some earthy-piney hops coming through with the roast on the finish. Great beer here! I'll try more from the series if I see them on the shelf.
Oct 24, 2018Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.41/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Wow. This is a great oatmeal stout without any gimmicks, barrel aging, or crazy heavy flavoring. A reminder of the style I once loved supremely year ago. The luscious and creamy body brings out oat, milk chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar, and cinnamon right to the surface of the taste. The smell is straight up malty oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. Hides the 11% abv well in the flavoring, and not unnecessarily heavy either.
Jul 12, 2018Reviewed by DavidR_9 from California
4.27/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
bomber into a tulip glass.
Off white light khaki head that recedes to the edges of the glass. Super dark brown to black body. Aroma is oatmeal grain, molasses, cherry, roasty dark chocolate, and a little bit of heat. Taste is a solid oatmeal grainy sweetness, light notes of cherry, roasted dark chocolatey malts, some more maraschino cherries, and a light touch of heat on the back end. Medium to thin mouthfeel, medium to low carbonation. This is a well done and enjoyable straight up imperial stout with a clearly present oatmeal grain bill.
Jun 12, 2018Off white light khaki head that recedes to the edges of the glass. Super dark brown to black body. Aroma is oatmeal grain, molasses, cherry, roasty dark chocolate, and a little bit of heat. Taste is a solid oatmeal grainy sweetness, light notes of cherry, roasted dark chocolatey malts, some more maraschino cherries, and a light touch of heat on the back end. Medium to thin mouthfeel, medium to low carbonation. This is a well done and enjoyable straight up imperial stout with a clearly present oatmeal grain bill.
Rated by 5toutman75 from Illinois
4.24/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
A really nice oatmeal stout. Wonderful full body. Alcohol is hidden well which is impressive at 11%. I would buy again
May 12, 2018Reviewed by ZebulonXZogg from Illinois
3.65/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark brown with a small khaki head, spotty lacing does does leave oil slick on the glass.
Aroma is fruity, plum, figs and cherries.
Flavor matches, but hints of chocolate appear.
Thin for the style, but it's smooth. Oatmeal?
I see they're on Act III, this was Act I, so I assume this is a couple years old. (A gift.) If I saw an Act III I might give it a chance.
Mar 05, 2017Aroma is fruity, plum, figs and cherries.
Flavor matches, but hints of chocolate appear.
Thin for the style, but it's smooth. Oatmeal?
I see they're on Act III, this was Act I, so I assume this is a couple years old. (A gift.) If I saw an Act III I might give it a chance.
Grand Guignol: Act One from Pipeworks Brewing Company
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
144 ratings
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