El Unicornio
Pipeworks Brewing Co.
- From:
- Pipeworks Brewing Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 3.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 23, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 14, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Horchata style ale blended with bourbon barrel aged imperial stout
Rice Ale with Lactose, Vanilla, & Cinnamon
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.5/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Copenhagen 14/2 2026. 47,3 cl can from DrikBeer web-shop. The can design consists of different small cards with a blue one on top with the head of a unicorn and the name of the beer.
Pours clear dark mahogany with a mid-sized off-white head. A bit bubbly. Settles as thin patchy layer of foam struggling to cover the surface of the beer. No lacing to speak of.
Aroma is intense with a sweet malty odor mingling with a healthy dose of sweet spice and a whiff of dark alcohol. Dark malts, vanilla and cinnamon. Brown sugar. Bourbon peeking in. Sour notes of grains.
Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft, a bit viscous, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is intense with a strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet and a bit pastry-like. Lingers for a while. Finish is semi-dry.
More pastry than Strong Ale.
Feb 14, 2026Pours clear dark mahogany with a mid-sized off-white head. A bit bubbly. Settles as thin patchy layer of foam struggling to cover the surface of the beer. No lacing to speak of.
Aroma is intense with a sweet malty odor mingling with a healthy dose of sweet spice and a whiff of dark alcohol. Dark malts, vanilla and cinnamon. Brown sugar. Bourbon peeking in. Sour notes of grains.
Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft, a bit viscous, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is intense with a strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet and a bit pastry-like. Lingers for a while. Finish is semi-dry.
More pastry than Strong Ale.
Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
3.84/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance - The beer was a light shade of brown, making me think this might be a porter or stout.
Smell - Cinnamon came through in the nose with light notes of chocolate.
Taste - The more that I drank this the more I thought it was like Horchata and cola. It was sweet and somewhat milky, but blending it with a stout did this beer wrong. The cinnamon lingered, but it was not overpowering.
Mouthfeel - The body was silky, almost like a milk stout.
Overall - I wanted to like this more. It was a rare miss from.Pipeworks barrel program.
Dec 13, 2025Smell - Cinnamon came through in the nose with light notes of chocolate.
Taste - The more that I drank this the more I thought it was like Horchata and cola. It was sweet and somewhat milky, but blending it with a stout did this beer wrong. The cinnamon lingered, but it was not overpowering.
Mouthfeel - The body was silky, almost like a milk stout.
Overall - I wanted to like this more. It was a rare miss from.Pipeworks barrel program.
Reviewed by cryptichead from Illinois
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This was fine. A bit confusing and I don't think I quite understand the purpose of this beer. I don't think there was enough BA Stout blended into the base beer here to make a real difference. So not sure what they wanted to accomplish besides possibly wasting some decent BA Stout on a beer that didn't need any? As is, they took two beers, combined them and didn't really make one or the other better. Maybe Pipeworks is sitting on a surplus of BA Stout that needed to go somewhere? Otherwise the Horchata part comes through as advertised which is pretty interesting on its own.
Nov 17, 2025
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