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Weyerbacher Old Heathen

Weyerbacher Old Heathen - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout

Easton, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7803.75/5.03.75/5.08.2%63Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Formerly Weyerbacher Imperial Stout.
Rich, velvety and deliciously complex, Weyerbacher Imperial Stout is a truly distinctive winter warmer. We use seven types of malt and two varieties of hops to bring forth this big brew. Quite robust and roasty on the palate, Weyerbacher Imperial Stout has a wonderfully fruity nose and a moderately dry finish. The taste is highly complex- perhaps you'll even discern notes of expresso or chocolate.
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 Magicdave6 (5383), London, Greater London, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Dec 3, 2007  
Bottle at ultimate glasgow tasting. Aroma is madria, mead, toffee malts and tart fruits. Taste is very intence roasty mead sweetness, but theres a hint of tart darker fruits that make it quite nice.


 cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 2, 2007  
Bottle at Toms Ultimate Glasgow Tasting ... Deep black ... little iodine in a sweet nose ... Rich smooth roast malts but again iodine. I thought this had been stored in a whisky cask.


 kyzr (1119), Belgrade, Montana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 30, 2007  
Very dark pour with brown head. Big roasted coffee nose. Nice espresso notes up front with some sweet malt that is followed up by dried fruit. Medium body with a nice warm finish with the higher alcohol.


 dmtroyer (407), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 26, 2007  
12oz. Pretty typical pour for the style. Mostly espresso and alcohol in the nose. Mostly roasted malt in the mouth, especially as it warmed. Some welcome sweet malt and awesome carbonation make this extremely drinkable for the style, especially on the colder side. Lacking only in complexity.


 PhillyHomeBrew (176), Forest Hills, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/517/20
Nov 21, 2007  
Dark blackish brown body with a dark tan head. Very little toasted malt scent with a tiny bit of citrus and hops. Flavor is a very nice mix of chocolate and coffee- nice an roasted.


 TheBeerOrg (1563), Kentucky, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 21, 2007  
Pours pitch black, thick and viscous with a fully receding mocha head. Aroma of coffee and foamy roast. Taste is mild roast, light smoke, chocolate, and hints of vinous qualities. Mouthfeel is heavy bodied with a light alcohol note and soft carbonation. A well done, solid ImpyStout. My only complaint is that it’s almost too easy to drink. An enjoyable beer, but perhaps not one to contemplate.


 Speedle (262), Mid-Atlantic (Tour 2007-2008), Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Nov 20, 2007  
black with thick brown head...roasted coffee aroma, chewy malts...nutty, chewy, dark chocolate, spiced, rich, light sweetness but not overpowering...slight alcohol finish ... lingering smoky/burnt aftertaste...great stout ... flavors intensify as it warms..relaxing, calming and warming


 DruncanVeasey (2690), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Nov 20, 2007  
Nav imported me this one from NYC, bless him, and I drove 30miles to pick it up. It was worth it. Aroma is raw spiritous alcohol at first, giving way to intense autumnal fruit, in-your-face heady stewed apple and raisin, deep drinking chocolate cocoa powderiness and incinerated malt. The head on this beast is immense. Quite the filthiest toffeish collar of froth I’ve seen on a beer. Oily pitch glugging with black milk silkiness. Intense smothering cocoa, creeping lactic touches, vanilla, prunes, apple strudel, a teaspoon of brine. Sweet but not syrupy. Bitterly roasty bonfire finish lingering like cigarsmoke. Alcohol evilly disguised beyond the snout by creamy charred espresso malt. Finely poised sourish fruit and smoke. Feeling like I could session this black silky beast, and I’d be sorely mistaken. An intense, balanced and satisfying stout from first sip until last. Fantastic, uncompromising beer.



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