Weyerbacher Rapture

Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle thanks to Dmac at John’s house. Pours dark amber with off white head. Nose/taste of dark caramel and dark chocolate, slightly sour dark fruits, wine barrel, oak and vanilla. Great balance with a relatively low acidity. Medium body.

bottle. pours a dark mahogany red brown with a quickly fading frothy tan head. ton of red grape tannin and woody oak. bonedry. leather dusted chocolate covered cherries emerge as it warms. taste is apple cider, red wine, oak. moderate lactic acid sourness with a touch of balsamic. touch of carmalized brown sugar provides a touch of sweet balance. tasty, vinous royal tannin bomb of a beer (cite: goose island). Great beer. like quite a bit .

GABF 2011. Pours with an off-white head over a hazed golden to copper hued body. Aromas are huge and vinous with a good amount of barrel. Fruity, brett, funk and a nice acidity. Flavors are acidic, vibrant, vinous, dark fruits (specifically plums), and wine notes. Good and dry. Nice acidity on the finish.

bottle... bright caramel, light tan head... kind of smells like a generic American sour, yeast, light oak, a bit of cherry... taste is ok, a bit boring, a little vinegar, oak and cherries finish is fake... ok

750 mL bottle shared at the 6th annual Richmond Industry Gathering, 11/27/11. Pours a hazy amber color with a medium tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of tart citrus and earthy notes, faint buttery malts. The taste is tart citrus, earthy notes and funk. Medium bodied. Nice.

Thanks to MrChopin for this one! Cloudy amber pour with some serious sediment going on. Nose holds lots of black cherry, and dark saison-like notes of pumpernickel bread, plum, and lots of pedio/lacto and earthy funk. The flavor is disappointing, sort of like a mediocre oud bruin with the aforementioned dark fruit and funk but watered down and lacking complexity. Still nice, but didn’t live up to its promising beginnings.

Purchased at the brewery. 750ml into a snifter. Pours with a lot of fizzy head, no lacing. Aroma of raspberries, cherries and some tartness. Mouthfeel is very carbonated. Unfortunately the fizzynes takes away a lot from this beer. Taste is of cherries, vinegar, raspberries and funk. Nice dry and tart finish. Not one of the best sours I’ve tried but very, very good. Kind of like Riserva’s little brother.

Hazy amber with beige head, large-bubbled. Nose is strong cherry, brown sugar, bit seedy with low acetic notes. Flavor is cherry, bit of stalk/plant, sticky brown sugar and sweet malt, vinegar emerging in the finish. Thin body, cherry and skin-like, lightly tart. One of the most dialed down Weyerbacher beers I’ve had, but muted as a result.

Bottle shared by MrChopin. Nose of black cherry, plastic, oak, cough syrup. Flavor is similar, slightly muddled, very woody, and not all that sour. A disappointment but it is Weyerbacher.

75cl bottle, thanks MrChopin. Medium tan head, cloudy dark amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, Brett, some cherry, light funk. Taste is moderately sweet, cherry, some Brett. Medium body, light acidity, light stickiness.