Earth We Heavy Yo

Brewed by Earth Bread + Brewery
Style: Scotch Ale
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Tap at BT. Pours a really deep mahogany brown with ruby highlights and a thin lasting head- some lace. Aroma is smoked malts, meaty, lots of caramel malts, crystal, toffee, molasses, brown sugar- hints of peat smoke and earthiness. Flavor is more earth and molasses, leather, smoke, peat, plum fruitiness, honey, turbinado, with a mostly clean yet meaty smoke in the finish- smooth and big!

Draft @ Blind Tiger. Black pour with some light head. Tons of aromas and flavors, mostly caramel, nutty malt, with hints of fennel, alcohol.

Tap at Blind Tiger: Deep brown, near black pour with a tan film of head. Lots of peat and tobacco qualities in the aroma with a cocoa note as well in there. Soft sweetness of vanilla as well. Silky feel with a richly malty flavor as well. Some milk chocolate, sweet peatand tobacco notes. Earthy with a subtle hint of smoke on the late middle and a toasted cocoa finish. A nice attempt at the style with a smoke presence I usually look for.

Tap at the Blind Tiger for VSK. Another in a line of absolutely the worst named beers on the planet. Good beer though. Surprisingly smoky, hammy, mild grassy hop aroma, with notes of caramel and sea salt. Caramel and ham smoke flavor, smooth and wild but uncomplex. Pretty mellow and nice at this age. The smoke profile is quite reminiscent of Tom’s Cinderbock, this one is just bigger and sweeter. Seriously though, can he hire someone else to name his beers? They make me wince every time I see one.

Draft. Pours a black brune body with a tan head. Nutty coffee roast y body, loads of caramel with light wood notes. Hints of licorice, toffee, and a mild warming. Nice ale.

On tap at the Blind Tiger’s VSK3 event. Pours a jet black, still, but with a thin tan head when agitated. Sweet caramel and malt. Smooth and creamy, excellent mouthfeel. Malty and full of caramel, with a long warming alcohol finish with hints of bourbon and caramel.

From growler courtesy of santoslhalper. Roasty chocolatey malt with molasses and light licorice. Has that smoky sweet tang and malty sweet character with a little hop character. Fruity chocolate covered cherries. Dark brown black clear with a foamy light tan head. Medium heavy body with medium carbonation. Sweet and heavy malt with roasted grain, chocolate, caramel, and molasses. Cherries. Very little bitterness. Warming. This is nice and smooth and delicious. A bit beyond the style but darn good.

Growler pour courtesy of Jon. Pours brown/red/black, thin brown head. Nose of huge chocolate and cherry, alcohol and caramel. Taste is roasty and caramel, chocolate, with mild bitter. Absolutely tasty, full body. Chewy. Great brew Jon. Please make this one again.