Weyerbacher Heresy

Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

12 oz. bottle poured into a snifter. Pours pitch black with a frothy, tan head that dissipated quickly but leaves a thin layer to the finish. Leaves decent lacing when swirled in the snifter. Nice subtle chocolaty aroma with hints of alcohol. Well balanced sweet malty flavor, some roasted malts, dark fruits and chocolate. Finishes dry with a nice warming. Full bodied. Incredibly smooth. Medium carbonation.

I broke a 3 day cleansing fast with a bottle of this. Vinous aroma. A fairly light bodied and sweet stout that reminded me of Lion.

Tulip from bottle. Pours a thick oily brown. Smells of espresso, dark chocolate, some vanilla and whiskey. Tan head with delicate lacing. Espresso hits the tongue, with dark chocolate, vanilla, some dark red fruits. Clingy chocolate in the aftertaste, with a smooth foam mouth feel.

Bottle...pitch black pour with a rocky tan head. Very dry, oaky nose on this with the usual suspects of dark fruits, dark malts and dark chocolate. What separates this is the woodsiness that imparts itself so wonderfully though. Full body, sticky and oily. Dark chocolate, black cherries and some vanilla bean noted in the flavor...finishes dry and woodsy.

Bottle. Aroma of oak!, chocolate, roasted malt. Flavor again of oak! with a solid, chocolaty stout base. The oak seems to have taken much of the roastiness out of this one. Not overly interesting, but tasty oak and tasty chocolate make it a good one.

22 oz. bottle - thanks to bvc for sharing; thin, jet black with roasty aromas of oak, vanilla, chocolate and tons of sweetness; thin texture and drinks warm and fuzzy; caramel, chocolate and lots of oak make for quite a sweet stout; very nice overall

Bottle. Pours black with a thick, chocolate colored head. Aroma predominantly of oak. Quite woody! Flavor of more oak, some chocolate, and some roasted malt. Not bad but this is heavily oaked. It was better than I had expected. 7/4/7/4/15 (3.7/5)

[12oz bottle] Pours dark brown with a tiny brown head that reduces to nothing quite quickly. The first smell I got of this left me pretty confident that it was going to be good. Raisins, plum, brown sugar, chocolate, a little oak (this came out more as it warmed). Excellent. Taste was anise, a lot of chocolate, roasted malt, and a bit of alcohol. Not hugely complex, but very good. Mouthfeel could stand to be just a little bit thicker, but still is quite good and has a really nice, long finish that is reminiscent of a brownie. Fairly smooth. One of the best smelling beers that I have had in awhile, and overall very well done. I had a bomber of this later and found it to be vastly inferior, but when I went back to the store that had the 12oz bottles, I was rewarded with another gem. The second time around with the 12oz bottle version the aroma was not quite as exquisite as before, but it was incredibly smooth. I will have to try a few more to see just how variable this beer is.