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Weyerbacher Old Heathen

Weyerbacher Old Heathen - Imperial Stout

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

Easton, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
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on tap
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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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 KieferUGA (461), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 2, 2007  
12 oz. bottle. Pours dark black with a small, khaki head with a bit of lacing. Aroma of roasted coffee, some chocolate, hints of alcohol. Flavor is semi-sweet chocolate with a hint of fruit notes. A bit thin for my taste, but definitely drinkable on a nice fall afternoon.


 RollinHard (748), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Nov 1, 2007  
Thanks to Jasonmech77 for this. Pours black with a khaki tan head that dissipates somewhat quickly. The Aroma on this is oddly similar to the Quad. A lot of chocolate covered cherries on the nose, sweet booze, wood, coffee liquer, and maybe some plums. Flavor has a bit more roast to it, some dark chocolate, cherries, wood and booze. Gentle finish of roasted nuts, toffee, and stronger roasted coffee. slight raisin flavor on the throat. Mouthfeel is medium for the style, fairly highly carbonated, and pretty creamy. I can taste alcohol, but I feel no heat. Overall, this is pretty interesting, especially with how fruity the aroma is. I think it suffers a bit from being too easy going though. There’s other styles for that.


 gpekar (221), Maryland, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Nov 1, 2007    Updated: Nov 15, 2007
This is a great beer. Dark, dark brown almost black in color. The head is a thick coffee & cream color. Initial taste of licorice, strong and smooth with a very complex taste and aroma.


 BossHossBikes (147), Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 29, 2007  
Bottle. The pour is black with a tan head. The head didn’t impress me as it seemed to be quickly diminishing and consisted of relatively large bubbles. The aroma starts off with a sour tanginess like a licorice. There are submissive hints of espresso and chocolate. It’s very milky and slightly oily as it hits the tongue. The taste of slightly roasted espresso hits then gradually diminishes as a milky sweetness, like a milk chocolate, becomes more apparent. I’m used to the hoppy imperial stouts, so this caught me off guard. I like it, though.


ScottB (73), Bristow, Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 26, 2007  
Snifter. Rich black in color. Smoky, malty, chocolate nose. Very complex in the mouth. I get milk chocolate,(reminds me of a milk stout a little) a hint of cherry, and some dried fruit toward the end. On the heavy side of medium body-wise. Coats the mouth. Bittersweet finish.


 sheatripper (863), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 16, 2007  
12 oz. bottle. Black body w/ brown head yeah? Aroma of dark chocolate covered raisins with some espresso, molasses and a touch of black licorice. Roasty, approaching smoky dark chocolate malt flavor with some mild fruity tartness in the background. Finishes with charred leaf notes and some more tartness at the very end. Competent Impy.


brown2112 (8), Augusta, Georgia, USA
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3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Oct 11, 2007  
Black without much (if any) head. Aroma is decent but it’s very faint. It seemed like it was going to be a run of the mill imperial stout, but this medium-bodied, smooth finished beer has an outstanding flavor.


 FlacoAlto (2473), Tucson, Arizona, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 5, 2007  
2005 release, Sampled October 2007
Pours with a one finger thick, light brown colored head that sits atop an opaque, black colored brew. The aroma is quite concentrated with notes of roasted, dried figs, cherries, a touch of sherry, light chocolate notes, smooth espresso roast coffee beans, and a touch of alcohol, which adds some fruit-brandy like notes here that is quite distinct. An aged character has thinned out the malt a bit here, but seems to have smoothed things out quite a bit as well.

This has somewhat of a light body, at least for an Imperial Stout, but it does have some heft to it which provides some palate coating character and body to this brew. The taste has a touch of caramelized, slightly roasted sweetness to it and it is actually fairly fruity tasting as well (raisins, figs, perhaps a hint of cherry, and even some notes of prunes; all of which have been roasted / burnt to one degree or other). Chalky chocolate malt notes and roasted grain flavors (reminiscent of smooth espresso) linger in the finish as does a very slight, hop bitterness. A burnt plum character becomes more prominent as the beer warms up a bit. This is quite smooth tasting & feeling, though it could be a touch too thin.

This has clearly aged in the two years since bottling, perhaps a bit more than expected, but it is still a tasty brew and would even age gracefully for at least another couple of years.



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