Weyerbacher Echo

Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Tap at OTH. Pours copper lightly hazy with a thin white head. Aroma was simply hoppy with some fruits. Taste, malty, hops, thick mouthfeel with notes of citrus fruits. Some spices and a light bitter finish.

draft @ redlight redlight. Spicy, hoppy nose, citrusy with earthy notes. Pours amber orange with a white head. Spicy overtones in the flavor with strong pine and citrus hops with caramel malts in the background. This has a big mouthfeel, it feels very thick. In the finish i get the rye with residual hops.

Draft... Clear, dark, ruby ale with a small, creamy, white head. Nice retention. Earthy hops, lots of pine, spicy rye and mild grapefruit constitute the aroma. Full-bodied with a skim-milk mouthfeel and dancing carbonation. Moderate pine and citric bitterness, rye dryness and low residual sweetness. Finishes crisp, snappily bitter and dry.

Draft at The Ravenous Pig. The pour yields a clear, dark, copper tinted body with a small, foamy, off-white head. The froth settles quickly to a thin, lasting blanket, leaving thin, sticky spirals of lacing behind. Caramel shows in the malt base, alongside a substantial and sharp rye grain component, with big grapefruit and green grassy hop notes. There’s a good deal of unfortunate soapiness to the hop aroma. Flavors are similarly structured, with big rye coming to the forefront and dry, lightly sweet caramel fading a bit. The hop profile shows bitter grapefruit and kafir lime leaves, but again has a soapy overtone that is not agreeable. Medium bodied, with balanced carbonation, the palate finishes with a bit of astringency. Drinkable, but quite flawed.

Bottle. Pours a coppery brown with a large foamy head. Aromas are weak, especially for anything that calls itself and IPA. A bit of bread and rye with a touch of very understated citrus hops. Flavor is kind of a mess, too. If this didn’t classify as an IPA I probably wouldn’t have a problem with it, but man... while there are some definite hops there, they do not ever take over or even assert themselves strongly. As is, it sits in no man’s land as a rye beer with a bit of citrus hops. Woo hoo!

On draft at Capone’s. Pours a beautiful clear amber copper with a medium oft white head. Aroma of tangy citrus and hops. Taste of tangy citrus, hops and a hint of rye.

Bottle. Poured a deep reddish orange body with nice head. Aroma is a lite mixture of rye,bread and hops. Flavor is hops, grass and rye with a small citrus taste hitting near the end.

On tap at Publick House. Aroma has strong floral characteristics, with soapy notes and a hint of rye to boot. Palate is nicely creamy, supportive of the spicy and flowery notes in the body. Finishes of medium length, bitter, and very drinkable.