French Toast Stout
WeldWerks Brewing Co.
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- Style:
- American Stout
Ranked #35 - ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #4,634 - Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 5.71%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- From:
- WeldWerks Brewing Co.
- Colorado, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating
- Wants
- 2
- Gots
- 5
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
Notes:
French Toast Stout, our latest #pastrystout, is a Milk Stout brewed with lactose, cinnamon sticks, vanilla beans and nearly a gallon of maple syrup per barrel. Decidedly sweet, yet surprisingly drinkable, French Toast Stout opens with a huge burst of maple syrup, lending way to caramel malt sweetness, a hint of bittersweet chocolate and coffee from the roasted malts, subtle, yet rich cinnamon spice from the Vietnamese cinnamon sticks, and just a hint of vanilla in the finish to round it all out. It’s breakfast in a glass, no fork needed.
Reviews: 10
| Ratings: 54
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Reviews by smares1:
4.25/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Look: deep brownish black warns you that a high flavor, high alcohol beer is contained within. The head dissapates quickly to just a smattering.
Smell: maple and cinnamon forward, and then the full "french toast" concept hits once you bury your nose in while taking a sip.
Feel: a bit of an odd combo of syrupy thick and still feeling the carbonation.
Taste: I like the flavor. It is not a calm beer; the flavor punches hard. As far as a french toast taste, because of the alcohol level and a little bit of roast character, it tastes like slightly burnt french toast, with the cinnamon reminding me more of horchata cinnamon more than the cinnamon flavor that cooks into french toast.
Overall: I like Weldwerks, but to be honest a lot of their crazy stouts have been a bit too much. And I like audacious stouts and porters. But this one sits in a good zone if you're in the mood for a punchy sipping beer.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Look: deep brownish black warns you that a high flavor, high alcohol beer is contained within. The head dissapates quickly to just a smattering.
Smell: maple and cinnamon forward, and then the full "french toast" concept hits once you bury your nose in while taking a sip.
Feel: a bit of an odd combo of syrupy thick and still feeling the carbonation.
Taste: I like the flavor. It is not a calm beer; the flavor punches hard. As far as a french toast taste, because of the alcohol level and a little bit of roast character, it tastes like slightly burnt french toast, with the cinnamon reminding me more of horchata cinnamon more than the cinnamon flavor that cooks into french toast.
Overall: I like Weldwerks, but to be honest a lot of their crazy stouts have been a bit too much. And I like audacious stouts and porters. But this one sits in a good zone if you're in the mood for a punchy sipping beer.
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More User Reviews:
4.31/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Many thanks to tacosandbeer for this crowler.
A - Dark brown/black colored pour with a micro-thin lacing, nice viscosity on the sides of the glass.
S - Maple, chocolate, some cinnamon.
T - Follows the nose: maple, chocolate, some cinnamon, a little bit of breadiness.
M - Big medium body.
O - This is a fantastic beer. Underrated IMO.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Many thanks to tacosandbeer for this crowler.
A - Dark brown/black colored pour with a micro-thin lacing, nice viscosity on the sides of the glass.
S - Maple, chocolate, some cinnamon.
T - Follows the nose: maple, chocolate, some cinnamon, a little bit of breadiness.
M - Big medium body.
O - This is a fantastic beer. Underrated IMO.
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4.12/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Lush but drinkable, the WeldWerks team bring the character of french toast to pastry stout, but without the viscosity that we're accustomed to in these "pastry" stouts. But with maple, cinnamon, vanilla, chocolate and coffee, the surprisingly quaffable beer doesn't disappoint on depth of flavor.
Very dark brown, the stout shows a foggy, tawny bronze thread near its margins. Simply called French Toast Stout, the scant froth swirls like coffee creme while bringing a strong and caramelized nose of maple, coffee, chocolate, cinnamon and cream. Equally as savory, the taste opens with a burst of maple that seems to be slighted in scent. Toffee, caramel, pecan, praline and sweet cream roll onto the early palate with dessert-like effects.
A gradual shift to drinkability and dryness transpires over the middle palate. Its sweetness and density slowly lift and the beer's more coffee, pecan and toasted edges eventually overtake the sweetness. Cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla offer its own spice and soothing flavors that bring balance to a taste of sweet cream and maple. Seeming like eggnog at times, the late palate turns slightly bitter with the char of coffee and campfire lingering slowly behind.
Full bodied but not nearly as lavish as imperial stout, a soft kahlua finish comes with the culmination of the most toasted edges of french toast for a taste that sells its promises well. Moderate enough to be drinkable, the beer extends onto the finish with coffee, cocoa and toasted maple and a strong breakfast-like afterglow.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Lush but drinkable, the WeldWerks team bring the character of french toast to pastry stout, but without the viscosity that we're accustomed to in these "pastry" stouts. But with maple, cinnamon, vanilla, chocolate and coffee, the surprisingly quaffable beer doesn't disappoint on depth of flavor.
Very dark brown, the stout shows a foggy, tawny bronze thread near its margins. Simply called French Toast Stout, the scant froth swirls like coffee creme while bringing a strong and caramelized nose of maple, coffee, chocolate, cinnamon and cream. Equally as savory, the taste opens with a burst of maple that seems to be slighted in scent. Toffee, caramel, pecan, praline and sweet cream roll onto the early palate with dessert-like effects.
A gradual shift to drinkability and dryness transpires over the middle palate. Its sweetness and density slowly lift and the beer's more coffee, pecan and toasted edges eventually overtake the sweetness. Cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla offer its own spice and soothing flavors that bring balance to a taste of sweet cream and maple. Seeming like eggnog at times, the late palate turns slightly bitter with the char of coffee and campfire lingering slowly behind.
Full bodied but not nearly as lavish as imperial stout, a soft kahlua finish comes with the culmination of the most toasted edges of french toast for a taste that sells its promises well. Moderate enough to be drinkable, the beer extends onto the finish with coffee, cocoa and toasted maple and a strong breakfast-like afterglow.
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4.31/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Big thanks to Jeff for this one. 16oz. can into Night Shift stemware. Shared with schen9303.
Nose is chocolate, maple, lactose and cocoa powder. The maple is prominent but I don't even know how you could get the aroma of bread into a stout. Beer opens cinnamon, maple syrup, chocolate and roasted malt. Holy crap... this actually tastes like French Toast... pretty amazing. Some brown sugar and more maple in the middle with a sweet, soft and rich end. Body is medium with moderate to low carbonation. Smooth and rich in the mouth and goes down easy with a messy, sticky aftertaste.
This beer impresses the heck out of me. It really tastes like French Toast with stout flavors drizzled over it. Super drinkable too. Wish I had more of this to show others!
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Big thanks to Jeff for this one. 16oz. can into Night Shift stemware. Shared with schen9303.
Nose is chocolate, maple, lactose and cocoa powder. The maple is prominent but I don't even know how you could get the aroma of bread into a stout. Beer opens cinnamon, maple syrup, chocolate and roasted malt. Holy crap... this actually tastes like French Toast... pretty amazing. Some brown sugar and more maple in the middle with a sweet, soft and rich end. Body is medium with moderate to low carbonation. Smooth and rich in the mouth and goes down easy with a messy, sticky aftertaste.
This beer impresses the heck out of me. It really tastes like French Toast with stout flavors drizzled over it. Super drinkable too. Wish I had more of this to show others!
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4.25/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.61/5 rDev -14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
On-draught.
B+ / VERY GOOD
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
On-draught.
B+ / VERY GOOD
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4.44/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
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4.26/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.75/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.25/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
i am a lush for all things maple, no denying it, so while i have been critical of these dessert stouts with too much flavoring in the past, i found myself eating my words with this one, as heavy maple syrup did its thing to me again, and i ended up really digging it, even though like all the others, small doses still seem most appropriate for this one. there are other elements than maple to this of course, the cinnamon is earthy and wintery and warming and pleasantly dosed, and the vanilla is sweet and natural tasting, making this finish very long, but for me, its all about the maple. it sweetens the beer like crazy for one, i would go so far as to say the lactose is unnecessary with this much maple, but the flavor of it too is so forward, quality, and not all the way fermented out like so many other before it. the maple syrup also has a huge impact on the texture of it, it literally is as thick and sticky as maple syrup itself, slowly sliding down my throat, coating my entire palate and then throat and then stomach, super syrupy texture, but its refined in a way some of their others havent been, and i really liked this. tons and tons of maple, maybe the most ever in a beer for me. weldwerks is on the edge of overdoing it with this many dessert stouts, but this one is a keeper.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
i am a lush for all things maple, no denying it, so while i have been critical of these dessert stouts with too much flavoring in the past, i found myself eating my words with this one, as heavy maple syrup did its thing to me again, and i ended up really digging it, even though like all the others, small doses still seem most appropriate for this one. there are other elements than maple to this of course, the cinnamon is earthy and wintery and warming and pleasantly dosed, and the vanilla is sweet and natural tasting, making this finish very long, but for me, its all about the maple. it sweetens the beer like crazy for one, i would go so far as to say the lactose is unnecessary with this much maple, but the flavor of it too is so forward, quality, and not all the way fermented out like so many other before it. the maple syrup also has a huge impact on the texture of it, it literally is as thick and sticky as maple syrup itself, slowly sliding down my throat, coating my entire palate and then throat and then stomach, super syrupy texture, but its refined in a way some of their others havent been, and i really liked this. tons and tons of maple, maybe the most ever in a beer for me. weldwerks is on the edge of overdoing it with this many dessert stouts, but this one is a keeper.
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4.23/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.19/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the brewery into a snifter.
A-The beer is deep brown in color with a short tan head. Retention is OK and the foam hangs around for a while. Some stray lacing clings to the glass as I drink.
S-Whoa...high levels of sugar happening here, but...it does smell a lot like french toast. I sniff syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, sugar, sweet bread dough, hints of chocolate, and sugar.
T-Did I mention this was sweet? The taste, like the smell, is a good imitation of french toast. Cinnamon is subdued beneath the flavor of syrup and lightly burnt sugar. A little bit of doughy flavor is there too. Dessert in a glass.
M-The feel is slightly underweight and watery. Not overly sticky or boozy, which is surprising since the beer smells and tastes so sweet.
O-This beer is not for everyone, but if you want a sweet and tasty stout that mimics french toast, this will fit the bill.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the brewery into a snifter.
A-The beer is deep brown in color with a short tan head. Retention is OK and the foam hangs around for a while. Some stray lacing clings to the glass as I drink.
S-Whoa...high levels of sugar happening here, but...it does smell a lot like french toast. I sniff syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, sugar, sweet bread dough, hints of chocolate, and sugar.
T-Did I mention this was sweet? The taste, like the smell, is a good imitation of french toast. Cinnamon is subdued beneath the flavor of syrup and lightly burnt sugar. A little bit of doughy flavor is there too. Dessert in a glass.
M-The feel is slightly underweight and watery. Not overly sticky or boozy, which is surprising since the beer smells and tastes so sweet.
O-This beer is not for everyone, but if you want a sweet and tasty stout that mimics french toast, this will fit the bill.
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2.96/5 rDev -29.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
This one pours a darkish brown/black color, with a big head, and a good amount of lacing.
This smells like dusty cinnamon, light bittersweet maple, chocolate, and a kind of weird staleness on the aroma.
This isn't all that good, unfortunately. It feels flat and slick, with a stale coffee type flavor. There's not enough maple here, to add some sweetness to block out the stale astringency. The cinnamon flavor is at least subtle - that's often overdone.
This is light bodied, thin, slick, and flat, with not a ton of carbonation. It's not all that drinkable.
This needs a lot of work to make it good. It has some potential, but the base beer itself is just so flabby and underthought.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
This one pours a darkish brown/black color, with a big head, and a good amount of lacing.
This smells like dusty cinnamon, light bittersweet maple, chocolate, and a kind of weird staleness on the aroma.
This isn't all that good, unfortunately. It feels flat and slick, with a stale coffee type flavor. There's not enough maple here, to add some sweetness to block out the stale astringency. The cinnamon flavor is at least subtle - that's often overdone.
This is light bodied, thin, slick, and flat, with not a ton of carbonation. It's not all that drinkable.
This needs a lot of work to make it good. It has some potential, but the base beer itself is just so flabby and underthought.
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French Toast Stout from WeldWerks Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
54 ratings
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