Heavyweight Lunacy

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

This was a pretty decent beer, but nothing that was too spectacular. Give it a try as it is not a beer you have to think about too much.

Orange-brown opague color and no real head on it. Spicy smell on it, coriander and clove, along with tangerine, candy sugar and yeast. The palate is on the crisper side, which leaves the mouth lingering with the taste. The viscous drink has a good malty feel to it, indeed somewhat like bread, but with a sweet and spicy side to it.

Secret Santa beer #8, sent by Jason (Dorwart). Murky orange pour, medium-thick off-white head. Aroma of clove and a touch of banana with plenty of bready malts and yeast, somewhat vinous. Rather dry, biscuity flavor, bready with tons of bitter coriander hammering the palate. Perfumey with a hint of apple juice. Pretty complex and the high level of spicing, which I found over-the-top at first, grew on me as I finished the bottle.

Bottle pours golden, slightly hazy, small dishwater like head, spotty lacing, with virtually no carbonation.   Bad bottle?   Yeasty aroma, hints of citrus, pear, and melon.   Slight spicy flavor, melon, with minor apple/pear cider notes.   Body and mouthfeel seem fairly flat and uninteresting.   Thinking this bottle is skunked as it opened without much ppssshhhtttttt.   Finishes rather bland, some spices, but a bit watery.   This one needs a re-rate.   Thanks goes out to goldtwins for the trade!

Cloudy golden orange with some greys and browns, like an Asian pear. Head is bone white and medium thick, not so long lasting. Aroma is majorly spicy apple, pear, clove, wheat, sugars, and yeast. Taste is combonation of sweety and spicy with tart, lemon sour. Makes for an interesting belgian. Very spicy clove and apple juice/cider , big time yeast

Deep golden with a nice white head. Aroma starts with a note of blood oranges, but is quickly consumed by heavy spice notes from coriander. Bit of cherry and drying hops as well. Initial pale malt flavor is consumed by heavy coriander spice, finishing with a surprising tone of tropical fruit and cherries. At the middle temperature ranges, the spice was too much, but when cold and warm other notes came through to balance it out. Nice American take on a Belgian style.

Color’s a cloudy orange, head, fuzzy and white. Aroma is...ooo-wee! Sweet, and sugary, fruity, orange and lemon, but also sharp and tangy, highly concentrated presence. On the tongue, brash, loud, clambers aboard and takes control, filling every orifice, each nook and crevice of the mouth. Hops tingle, malt is thick and tasty, and the body is overall medium. A lively, complex brew. Several steps away from a Duvel, which it appears to emulate, and it’s in the right directio. Later, still, the yeastiness sticks out and asks to be appreciated. A veritable explosion on the tongue occurs and continues, and coalesces into a long, cool finish. A touch of astringency, too, in the middle. At the end, this one tasted more like an attempt at a Tripel, only adding to my confusion. But it was a happy befuddlement, for I enjoyed every drop!

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2005 WoW! All I can say is I am not really a fan of the heavy weights. They seem a bit to BIG for me, all the flavors seem to run together and over powering alcohol just kicks my butt!