Heavyweight Chuck

Formerly brewed at Heavyweight Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Ocean Township, New Jersey USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

This beer reminded me of a couple things. First and foremost, it reminded me of one of my all time favorite ales: Burton Bridge Old Expensive...Furthermore, it reminded me of Pizza Port Mo Betta Bretta with a little more caramel maltiness behind the brett. Anyway, it poured a cloudy, almost muddy reddish brown color with a solid tan head. Aroma was a work of art...streams of funk, sourness, gueuze, nuts, aerosol, cherry, magic marker, and a hint of concentrated grape juice laced with toberlone chocolate. Flavors combined viniously with enough cheesey funk and chocolate nut flavors to keep me grinning. Some cherries, oak accents, and astringent tanginess follow...Amazingly complex for 5%..and I mean amazing! This is the epitome of complex session ale. No doubt about it. This is my style and its not appreciated by most, and i don’t give a damn.

Gloomy rust. Thick lily pad of brownish foam with some rockiness. Gloriously funky, acetic nose of band-aid phenolics and musty stone. Fruity yeast hints. Soft carbonation, but oh so tight and creamy with some expansion, as well. Quite airy and “wildly” yeasty, at first. Brett deposits oodles of sharp medicinal phenols, which compounds the musty, gritty underlay. Funkiness soon gives way to a downy-soft husky malt base, with accents of nuts and sweet bread, but the artful mesh of medicine and dried leather remain to perfectly temper the huskiness. Late hint of unripe plum acidity, but the tartness is now more of a background element, as the malt persistently keeps it at bay. Exemplary balance in the finish, albeit anticlimactic, with steadily waning shades of musty yeast and chewy, husky malts. The finish needs some work (more intensity, in particular). Otherwise, this is delectably rustic.

UPDATED: JAN 30, 2005 Had to rerate, this one is evolving into one heck of an ale. Reminiscent of Rodenbach grand cru at this point, I can only hope this one keeps developing as well as it has so far. This is one odd beer. The bottle I had had very geuze-like qualities. Seems the recipe has changed slightly from what I read of others experience with it. Aromas of gruyere cheese, very funky stuff going on with hints of sour. Taste was very earthy, difficult to explain as it morphed with each sip. Nice sour funkiness up front with a slight malt finish. Unlike anything I have tried before, I enjoyed it except for the smell.

Poured a darker reddish-brown color with a small off white head. Aromas and tastes of citrus (lemons and oranges), spicy and apple. Lightly sour with a light sweet balance. Crisp and dry finish.

Frothy off-white head that dies down fairly fast. Rich opaque brown head. Can see the carbonation. The aroma is sour, slight horse blanket, very sour fruitiness, toblerone candy. A little weak in aroma. The flavor is light raw grains, full of herbal hops. Almost a strawberry hop flavor. Balanced sourness. Was hoping it’s more sour. The palate is sweet, sour, light to medium body. Good carbonation.

Pours a hazy brown. Aroma of apple, spice, and some general sourness. Flavor is of sour apples, pie spices, and a mild maltiness. Definately interesting.

Last HWOH. I think cornboy brought this. This is a flemish wild/brown ale with tons of wild yeas tand bacteria character. Aroma is pretty much straight up blue cheese- funky, stinky cheese, tons of brett horseblanket as well. Flavor is slightly sour, funky, yeasty, doughy, musty and old with lightt oxidation/cardboard. More blue cheese as well. Fizzy carbonation due to lots of refermentation in the bottle, but settles after a while. Pretty good- real funky though.

750 ml bottle.Bought at brewery. 5% abv. Hazy brownish read in color with a huge tan head. Sour aroma, and flavor. Wild yeat flavor. Dry finish. Light and Drinkable. Nice.