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Weyerbacher Heresy

Weyerbacher Heresy - Imperial Stout

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98
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Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout

Easton, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
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on tap
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Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7263.84/5.03.83/5.08.2%73.4Snifter
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This is an incredibly intriguing ale is made by aging our Old Heathen Imperial Stout in oak barrels that were used for making fine Kentucky bourbon! The result is an extraordinary, dark, and mysterious stout whose very essence has been enhanced. The aroma is filled with vanilla, cocoa, and roasted coffee beans. This silky-smooth brew has notes of oak, whiskey, roasted barley and vanilla that meld together on the tongue to create an incredible sensation. Heresy is released in February.
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 malrubius (969), Valley Stream, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 29, 2008  
22 ounce bottle split in small tulip. Black with lasting flat brown head and lace. Roasted chocolate coffee port bourbon oak aroma. Roasted chocolate with portlike fruity oaky notes and very mild bourbon with fairly clean dry mellow finish. Full body and medium low carbo, excellent soft mouthfeel maybe because I let it warm up. Very good and drinkable, yet still complex enough to satisfy. No alcohol smell or taste. Could use a slightly bigger finish. Probably my favorite Weyerbacher yet. I was not a big fan of Heathen, maybe it needed some bourbon barrel aging. Also, it helps that its fairly fresh, or at least well-handled, a rarity on Long Island.


 daknole (2810), Plantation, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 12, 2008    Updated: Sep 17, 2008
Very good stout from Weyerbacher. Bottle. Pours a black color with a wispy, small brown head. Aromas are ery chocolatey and full of molasses. I smell some booze as well. Flavor is pretty thick with some good chocolate, coffee and wood characteristics on the tongue. Great beer, but not quite world class.


 patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 7, 2008  
bottle - Pours black with a thin tan head. It smells of bourbon and dark roast malt. The flavor is much the same along with a hint of vanilla. The balance is good and it has a full body. This beer is quite tasty though I tend to agree with the view that there’s just something missing to make it a truly great brew.


 padrefan98 (787), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 2, 2008  
#600 Shared with friends and family on a beautiful Labor Day barbeque at my house. Thanks to dmac for this one. Flavors of wood, some whiskey and lots of malted bitter chocolate. Very good.


 thornecb (1736), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Aug 28, 2008  
Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with medium retention leaves slight lacing as it recedes. Cobwebbed oak and bourbon aromas. Upfront sweet bourbon and a little thin. Becomes more creamy if you swish a little. Oak, vanilla and bourbon in the finish.


 JCB (1716), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Aug 26, 2008  
22oz from Sam’s, Durham. While I’m generally a fan of Weyerbacher’s oak aging, this one falls just short of the mark for me. An inky pour but with very little evident carbonation, this portends a thin mouthfeel. Nicely rich malty notes of chocolate in the nose, with just a touch of that vanilla that dominates W’s oak-aged beers. I dig that just fine, but the beer is very thin. You can detect the play of oak, vanilla, and roasted malts every so slightly, but the beer sort of works its way down - as if through a funnel - until you get a single note in the finish, thin and slightly syrupy. A decent imperial stout, but there are dozens out there that are far better.


 00cobraR (1096), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 26, 2008  
Pours out a black color with a small brown head. Aroma is full of roasted malt with a nice slightly fruity scent to it. Flavor was robust with notes of oak, choco, and vanilla. Over all a fantastic brew.


 BiddleBrau (303), Midland Park, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Aug 24, 2008  
Ink black with dense tan head and a rich chocolate aroma. Flavor is dry and roasty (but not overly), undertones of fruit/raisins with a big chocolate finish. Full bodied and oily as expected and quite bold. Perhaps this is too big of a beer for the oak to make an impression because I wasn’t able to perceive the flavors typical of that process. A very nice brew.



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