Weyerbacher Heresy

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

Pours black with a brown head. Strong chocolate aroma with molasses, dark fruits, oak, and bourbon. Flavor is stronger with oak and bourbon then the nose suggests. I was expecting a slightly more balanced flavor. There are also flavors of chocolate, dark fruit, and molasses. I think there’s a little too much oak on this one, other then that it’s a delicious brew.

Pours an almost opaque black with an initially large deep tan head that fades, no lacing. The aroma is great with a huge cocoa malt roastyness, some caramel hints and a big oakey and bourbon-like whiskey character. The flavor is initially big sweet bourbon which is followed by a quick and slightly tart cranberry-like hint. Lots of woody notes throughout, especially in the middle. The finish is the best part of the flavor scale with a delicious deeply roasted chocolate flavor that’s long and appetizing. The early sweet bourbon flavors are complimented by the roasty finish. Definitly an enjoyable and a well balanced oak aged stout.

Malty, nutty beer, with decent oak. Pours nicely, dark with light brown head, nice lacing. Flavor is decent, some roastiness, lots of malt, nuts, and old shoes. Full bodied. Good beer, but not great for an IS. Worth trying still.

Pours a pitch black with a thin medium brown head. Smells of roasted nuts, malts, and chocolate. Get some coffee as well. Taste is pretty full bodied. Definitely get that nice chocolate coffee, and roasted malts taste of an imperial stout. This brewery is pretty damn good. Ive pretty much liked most of the beers Ive had from them. Finish has some semblences of some very dark fruit in it as well which I thought was pretty interesting. Overall good job with this one.

Pours black with a medium head. Spare lacing. Aroma of bourbon, coffee and chocolate. Taste was the same. All the complexity lent by the hops in Old Heathen was forsaken for the bourbon barrel flavor. IMHO, a less complex brew results. But it’s still pretty good for bourbon lovers.

Samples with ross, thanks man! Pours out black and thick with the biggest brown head I’ve seen on an Impy Stout so far. This beer looks its style "stout" and impressive. The aroma is bourbon with some nice roasted and chocolate smells as well. The taste is bold enough but not too overwhelming with bourbon as you might expect, in fact, the bourbon complements the dark chocolate and roasty taste that you get with this imperial stout. A very nice beer and glad that I can get this in NC now. Very good.

This one announces its presence with authority, only with visuals and not with words. Pours an oil black color with a thick tan head that that rises quickly and overflows the glass as if to say, "Fuck yo clean counter mahfucker!" As I look at this beer I feel as if I need to prepare myself. This one looks like an Imperial Stout. It looks burly. It looks like you might need a freakin’ chaser to finish it. I begin to prepare myself for 22 ounces of burning alcoholic hell and I’m giddy with excitement. As I smell the beer I pick up white chocolate, fresh brewed coffee and a wee bit of bourbon. The shock comes with just how mellow this beer actually is. I expected a hot bourbon tasting experience with lots of alcohol burn. I got a lovely chocolatey stout at the beginning with a wallop of creamy vanilla and a solid slightly boozy finish that was a pleasure to experience throughout this 22 oz drinking experience. Well it wasn’t what it looked like but it was a lot of fun to drink. Hooray imperial oak aged bourbon barreled etc!

Thanks to cbkschubert for this 12 oz. bottle. Good sweet chocolate aroma. Black body with tan head and some good lacing. Sweet alcohol and chocolate flavor. Also had a fruit presence in the flavor as well, Left the palate with an aftertaste like you just had a Hersey’s chocolate bar.