Frankenstout
White Labs, Inc.
- From:
- White Labs, Inc.
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
Ranked #323 - ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #28,296 - Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 8.56%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 08, 2026
- Added:
- Jan 25, 2014
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
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Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado
3.1/5 rDev -17.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.1/5 rDev -17.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
May 21st, 2015 - I've had a few beers that I describe as Frankensteinian, but White Labs' Frankenstout takes the phenomenon to its intentional and logical end. With a milky, frothy head and a deep, dark body, it looks like an innocuous stout. But the nose comes out with fresh raspberries on the nose and strawberry milk. It is *intensely* strange, and finishes with some sweet strawberry starburst. The flavor is dry and weird and gets a little funky near the end. It turns into a varnish or shoe polish style flavor and a chemical twang. at the same time it is quite bitter. but not with hops. Rather, it's like overroasted coffee or mizuna, or even a blend of the two. Every moment is a spastic twitch of different tastes, as if gripping onto a rollercoaster seat that is uncomfortably loose.
Jul 16, 2018Rated by pathman from Ohio
4.25/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3/30/18 draft @ White Labs Asheville; ABV 9.1%
Mar 30, 2018
Reviewed by brewerburgundy from West Virginia
3.49/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.49/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Definitely a garnet that gives away some haze. The head is appropriately a darker shade of tan, less long lasting and creamy than some of their pale ales.
Chocolate malt, almond, banana, there is definitely something funky Brett going on here too. It is all at once dry stout, Belgian pale, weizen.
Bubblegum and bananas greet me, though it’s all got Hershey’s sloshing around somewhere. Medium-high bitterness leads to a drying wine-like finish.
Medium-light body, active carbonation.
This is an amorphous brew. It flexes and changes within a chocolate frame. It’s a light stout, if you can call it that.
Feb 23, 2018Chocolate malt, almond, banana, there is definitely something funky Brett going on here too. It is all at once dry stout, Belgian pale, weizen.
Bubblegum and bananas greet me, though it’s all got Hershey’s sloshing around somewhere. Medium-high bitterness leads to a drying wine-like finish.
Medium-light body, active carbonation.
This is an amorphous brew. It flexes and changes within a chocolate frame. It’s a light stout, if you can call it that.
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.59/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Whitle Labs. This is made with 96 yeast strains!!!
Appearance: Near black with a semi-durable head.
Aroma: Very complex and quite spicy for style.
Flavor: A bit boozy too, but this blends with the other characteristics. Frankenstout character comes out in the strange, complex, spicy aftertaste.
O: distinct, complex and worth trying.
Jul 01, 2014Appearance: Near black with a semi-durable head.
Aroma: Very complex and quite spicy for style.
Flavor: A bit boozy too, but this blends with the other characteristics. Frankenstout character comes out in the strange, complex, spicy aftertaste.
O: distinct, complex and worth trying.
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