Weyerbacher Old Heathen

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

12oz bottle via trade with LinusStick. Thanks much! Pours dark brown with a quickly dissipating head. Aroma of plums/dates, chocolate & coffee. Smooth & creamy mouthfeel. Tastes of roasted malt, chocolate and a touch of vanilla - all backed by a firm presence of hops.

Not great looking, but not bad. Slight chocolate head, but the head doesn’t stick around for long. There is a thin head around the diameter of the beer, but other than that it is decent looking. Black in color i.e. opaque. Weak chocolate smell. The aroma leans toward the chocolate aroma, but not too many nuances to this aroma. A bit on the thin side with the beer. Has that tone of coffee, malts, and chocolate with a hint of alcohol taste at the end. Overall, a weak imperial stout. Too watered down, the palate doesn’t carry the flavors, and the aroma is not that great either.

[Bottle] Pours dark brown with a small dark brown head that quickly fades away to a ring. Aroma is chocolate syrup, faint roasted malt and not much else when cold. As it warms it gets better, with the malt and chocolate balancing. Decent at this point. Taste has a weird sweetness to it, some out-of-place fake banana, and then chocolate syrup. The finish is the best part, with the chcolate showing through most. A little muddled and not the best though. Medium-thin mouthfeel, smooth and has a long chocolate finish. Overall it isn’t that bad, but it isn’t that good either. If it has the same variability that I have seen with the Heresy, then it is hard to get a feel from one bottle though. Strike 2 for Weyerbacher imperial stouts, which is a shame, because when Heresy is on it is fantastic.

Bottle from Total Wine Clearwater, Florida. Pours a deep black with big dark tan head. Nose of roast, dark fruit, and some earthy coffee. Flavor is lots of roast, ripe dark fruit, some coffee, but mostly the fruit and a slightly boozy quality come through. Finish is sweet ripe fruit and bitter chocolate tango. Interesting stout.

bottle out of a weyerbacher variety pack... hints of chocolate, oatmeal and licorice... tasty and smooth with a bit of hops added... great beer

12 oz bottle. Dark black/brown, with a nice light brown cream head. Aroma is a dark malty chocolate. Chocolate malt flavor, with a bit of alcohol, which is odd given the only 8%... Eh its okay.

(bottle, thanks daknole) Pours black with a tan head. A bizarre aroma of musty wet hay initially. Thankfully this changes to more normal aromas of chocolate, brownies, licorice, oatmeal cookies, and an ample amount of booze. The taste is lighter than the aroma would indicate, with flavors of chocolate, raisin, licorice, a light tartness, and some cracker. The finish is quite metallic and full of alcohol, and the mouthfeel is full. This was ok, but it had a few qualities I could’ve done without in an imperial stout.

Poured back with a smallish light brown head. Sweet, caramel/coffee roasted malts. A delicious first sip, but doesn’t end so smooth. Overall a very nice brew.