Weyerbacher Heresy

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

pours pitch black with a thick tan creamy head, wonderful lacing. Very complex beer with hints of bourbon, oak, coffee, & chocolate. finish’s with hints of vanilla, bourbon,& malts. oh yea borbon aroma

pitch black with a tan head. flavor is of peet, smoked malt, and some licorice a very complex beer with a warm alcoholic finish, very nice

near black pour with a quickly disappearing reddish light brown head. milk chocolate and light cocoa powder dominate over the smoky charcoal aromas. big alcohol slap in the face.it has a woody chocolate flavor with some vanilla and coffee characteristics. pleasant dry finish. medium bodied with moderate carbonation. bourbon aged flavor kills the beer and hides its potential.

Appearance: Pours an inky black body with a dark, tan-colored head that quickly fell to a thin ring of lace. Smell: A redolent aroma vast in red wine qualities; dark chocolate, black pepper, alcohol, and tart, dark fruitiness. Taste: For me, it’s more evocative of a red wine than anything bourbon based. Unfortunately, any chocolaty or roasty stout qualities are thin and tend to meander, and that’s if you can perceive them beneath the excessive oakiness. As the beer warms, the alcohol goes from being glaring to overkill. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Moderate carbonation. Somewhat watery texture. Drinkability: For me, it fell short of the bold, though balanced deliciousness of some other Imperial Stouts. In fact, I preferred the simple, straight-up Old Heathen Stout.

Pours black with red-brown around the edges, layer of tan to light brown bubbles to cover the beer, roasted malt, chocolate and vanilla aromas with some chocolate cake fragrances and alcohol that has a whiskey touch, some prune and dark fruit fragrances, dark and sweet malt with roasted malt flavors, some chocolate and alcohol warming, sweetness dissipates and alcohol lingers into the end to give a mostly dry finish, very little hops, mouth feel appears thin, I thought it was a little much on the alcohol, needs more malt flavor to balance the alcohol, it is a so, so to ok Imperial Stout.

Bottle from Mike at the beerinator gathering last sunday. Nose was oaky, whiskey, chocolate, and vanilla. Flavor followed suit with good oak and whiskey flavors that were not too overpowering. One of the better beers I have had from Weyerbacher.

Wow, black, thick, pour, brown foam. Smells of alcohol, and heaven. Goes down very smooth, a great stout.

Bottle. Boozy aroma has oaky, bourbonous notes. Lightly fruity with vanilla and faint chocolate malt balls. Motor oil pour, very nearly opaque with a fizzy tanned / light brown head. Hot, hot body, whew, with some fumes. Taste is dark roast with oak and vanilla, slight chocolate more toward the aftertaste and a thin body with a somewhat caustic feel. Throat too warm. Unbalanced mess.