Weyerbacher Rapture

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Had this at the release party last Thursday on draft and am sipping on the bottled version as I type. The barrelling seems to have given it an acetic tone and flavor is of sour grapes with some sweetness which reminds me of strawberries and cherries if they combined. Yeast has a bit of a banana-like spicy kick to it. Nice leathery smokey tones in palate. $17 a bottle and I’m enjoying every sip. Have to say the aroma is fantastic! Overall, a flavorful wild ale!

Hazy dark amber, small white head... loads of oak initially, fruits, not the cherry/apple tartness but rather a winey fruitiness, a definite red wine aroma... lively, medium body, tart red wine flavor with big oak tannins, puckering a bit, really excellent, vanilla, peppery finish... amazing, shocked this came from weyerbacher... please turn your focus to beers like this...

Pours a clear ruby color with a thick tan head...nice lacing and retention. Aroma has tart soury notes...vinous with mild leathery funk...hints at sour cherry and oak. Flavor has nice vinous soury notes, mild oakiness, and a faint hint of tart fruits and balsamic vinegar. Mouthfeel is light and silky with a dry, soury fruit finish that has a faint acidic burn. Wow.

It pours thick but clear maple syrup amber in color with a decent tan head on top. It smells sweet and tart with light fruitiness, just so pleasant in the nose - Wow!. The flavor is light tart, light fruity sweetness that blends so well and the tart is just right as it ends on the palate. The body is just the right viscosity, a medium to light robust syrup characteristic. The flavor is very similar to RR Supplication in my opinion.

Hazy amber color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of brett, wood, wine, berries, and wild yeast. Taste of wine, wood, dark fruits, wild yeast, and a sour finish.

Rating #1600....pours out a cloudy reddish brown with a light white head. Aroma is tart and funky with some vinous notes and some wet wood. Taste is complex and a really nice blend of sour and sweetness. Funk, light oak, vinegar, some fruity notes and a nice tartness to it. This is a pretty awesome beer, definitely one of the best, if not the best thing Weyerbacher has put out.

Bottle… This beer rocks!… Cloudy singed-caramel ale with a small, white, quickly dissipating head. The woody, acidic nose offers oak, fruity black cherries and a small glob of caramel. Medium to full-bodied with a whole-milk mouthfeel and soft carbonation. The flavor has both acidic and acetic components. Super-tart fruitiness, oak, more than a splash of red wine vinegar and very mild caramel sweetness. Finishes tart and fruity with a kiss of raw oak. Surprisingly great!

Bottle. Pours tranbslucent ruby with nose of earthy oaky berries, some funk and vinous fruits also, Tastes of berries, some lactic earthyiness, and mild funk. This one works well, and finishes complex, earthy, fruity, and with a nice dose of cobwebby yeast esters.

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 .

Sampled at the DC gathering at GT’s place. Awesome sourness. Nose is sour cherries. Flavor is even more sour and tart than the nose and the black cherry notes shine through. VERY TASTY sour. Thanks Kevin.