Heavyweight Brewing Company Reviews

DrnkMcDermott	3.1 Heavyweight Perkunos Hammer Imperial Porter A 2005 trade from Dorwart, finally opened. Some raisin and plum in the nose, a bit of oxidized sherry, but nothing I wouldn't expect of a 17 year old beer that's been through 2 moves. The look in the glass is a bit thin. Not much on bubbles, just a few of them along the edge. Taste is pretty dry, but still a bit of plum brandy, slight sour cherry. Some sludge in the bottom that I'll decant out in a bit. Resolves to a dry red wine note. The only thing I'm disappointed in is my holding on to these vintage beers, and should go through more of them while I still can. Saturday, June 18, 2022
jtclockwork	4.1 Heavyweight Wee Whale Bottle - pours dark brown, tan head - nose/taste of toffee, smoked meats, light oxidized caramel malt - Full bodied Tuesday, January 26, 2021
evergreen0199	3.7 Heavyweight Old Salty Wednesday, July 15, 2020
aaaaaaafrank	4 Heavyweight Ch-Chuck Monday, April 30, 2018
Ysrael	4 Heavyweight Ste-ve Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Bitterbill	4.4 Heavyweight Ivy League Pils From Aug 2006 Poured from 750ml a reddish-gold with a medium sized head of foam that shrinks slowly but remains as a solid ~1" layer and dang this brew loves to hug the glass. ;^) The smell is quite strong of freshly baked biscuits and a bit of spice, wow. This one may be the best Pilsner for the nose that I've ever experienced. The taste is big! The biscuits in the smell transfer quite nicely into the flavour followed closely by a heaping helping of hop bitterness that makes my mouth pucker but...in a darned good way. Oh, and there's some warming from the 7.3%abv but it's on the subtle side so the drinkability factor suffers not. Bottom line: IMHO, this is a magnificent sample of the style, easily the best I've had. Go to the store and see if you can find it. Then...buy a bunch! Many thanks to my good bud Nutbrown for including this in our trade! Tuesday, October 17, 2017
nkurihara	5 Heavyweight Biere d´Art Sunday, October 30, 2016
nkurihara	4 Heavyweight Lunacy Sunday, October 30, 2016
nkurihara	5 Heavyweight Perkunos Hammer Imperial Porter Sunday, October 30, 2016
nkurihara	5 Heavyweight Stickenjab Alt Bier Monday, October 24, 2016
djd07	3.9 Heavyweight Perkunos Hammer Imperial Porter Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with medium tan head that lasts. The aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, prunes. Slick mouth, light roast, caramel, dark chocolate, nice sweetness and light booze finish, very nice. Monday, January 25, 2016
chriso	3 Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Black Sunday, September 20, 2015
chriso	3 Heavyweight Ch-Chuck Sunday, September 20, 2015
chriso	3 Heavyweight Wee Whale Sunday, September 20, 2015
chriso	3 Heavyweight Ste-ve Sunday, September 20, 2015
chriso	3 Heavyweight Jåkeldrickå Sunday, September 20, 2015
chriso	3 Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty Sunday, September 20, 2015
blipp	2.8 Heavyweight Black Ocean Bottle. Pours brown with a beige head. Mild roasted malts, some cardboardy notes that show it’s age, moderate sweetness, and a relatively clean finish for how old it is. Definitely still drinkable. Thursday, June 25, 2015
jtclockwork	3.6 Heavyweight Black Ocean Bottle. Pours black tan head - nose/taste of chocolate, caramel, light oxidation - medium body. Tuesday, June 2, 2015
vtafro	3.6 Heavyweight Black Ocean Bottle. Black pour, but a bit transparent. Light roasted and dark aromas. For an old black lager, drinks well, dark tones, fruit, roasted Flavors, touch of oxidation. Tuesday, June 2, 2015
j12601	3.5 Heavyweight Dougs Colonial Ale Bottle at James’ for a tasting with Ferris and Kraddel. Pours a clear amber with a thin to medium sized white to tan head. Sweet and nutty, a bit of paper. Medium bodied, sweet and fruity, a bit of cocoa and chocolate. Nutty and sweet, held up well, but definitely some big carbonation. Tasty enough. Sweet on the finish. Tuesday, March 17, 2015
djd07	3.3 Heavyweight Wee Whale Bottle during RBWG. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong raisin malt and caramel. Medium mouth with dark fruit and caramel, bit oxidized. Monday, March 9, 2015
djd07	4.1 Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty Bottle thanks to Matt during RBWG lobby sesh. Pours a cloudy brown with beige head. Aroma is caramel, toffee, raisins, and vanilla. Thin mouth with sweet malt, brown sugar, caramel, and dark fruits, very oxidized. Wednesday, February 18, 2015
jtclockwork	3.1 Heavyweight Dougs Colonial Ale Bottle. Pours caramel brown tan head. Nose/taste of dough, caramel, paper and toffee. Medium body. Overcarbed. Thursday, February 12, 2015
Ferris	3.5 Heavyweight Dougs Colonial Ale Bottle - Vintage 2007? - Hazelnut and some dark toasted malts. Clear copper with a decent beige head. Sweet nutty notes and caramel. Over-carbonated, but held up well for the years. Not bad. Wednesday, February 11, 2015
kraddel	3.6 Heavyweight Dougs Colonial Ale Pours clear brown , small white head . Smell is sharp malty . Bit bitter . Taste is dark aromatic malts , chocolate , bit sweet . Very overcarbonated . Some sharp malts in the taste as well . Bit earthy , some spices . Earthy in the back . Accept for the overcarbonation, it is quite nice ! Wednesday, February 11, 2015
j12601	3.9 Heavyweight Jåkeldrickå Bottle at James’ house for the End of History tasting. Pours a clear amber with a thin white head. Smells of rootbeer and herbs. Medium bodied, a touch of smoke and sweetness, floral fruit, cherries and tannins, herbal, juniper. Nice stuff going on here, minty and herbal, lots of flavors. Long tangy tart finish with some citrus. Very nice. Sunday, December 28, 2014
johnnnniee	3.5 Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Black An old bottle shared by Todd tonight at the Christmas party, thanks for the opportunity! Foamed over as he opened it. Murky dark amber color with a good sized bubbly off white head. Aromas of raisins and sherry with a touch of cardboard. Light brown sugary malt backbone, light earthy yeasty flavors. Fared better than I would have expected given its age. Saturday, December 13, 2014
hotstuff	4 Heavyweight Wee Whale Rated on 02-23-2013 at RBWG (Bottle courtesy of SpringsLicker) The appearance is a small tan head with a long retention, opaque brown body, and spotty amounts of lacing. The aroma is caramel malt, dark fruits and some alcohol. The flavor mimics the aroma along with some semi-sweetness. This beer’s mouthfeel is smooth and this beer is medium bodied. A most quaffable beer with a good malt flavor. This beer is worth trying and a beer I would definitely drink again. Saturday, December 6, 2014
Jow	3.8 Heavyweight Jåkeldrickå Bottle at Clockworks. Pours golden brown with big herbal nose. tastes of mint skol dip, junipers, tea, herbal and wood bark. plenty carbonated almost like how I picture medieval medicine to taste Sunday, September 7, 2014
jtclockwork	4 Heavyweight Jåkeldrickå Bottle thanks to Cornboy. Shared at End of History Tasting. Pours amber white head. Nose/taste of smoke, juniper, tree bark, orange peel and mint tobacco. Medium body. Saturday, September 6, 2014
vtafro	3.5 Heavyweight Jåkeldrickå Bottle. Brown fuzzy pour with tan bubbles. Malty, fruit and spice flavors, some aging but held up pretty well considering. Aromas are malty, some fruit and spice tones. Saturday, September 6, 2014
tgncc	3.9 Heavyweight Jåkeldrickå At jtclockwork’s The aroma is pine, tea, earth, mint. The appearance is hazy orange, white head. The flavor is smoked, vegetable, earth, pine. The finish is smoke, salt, pine. Different at every phase. Fascinating. Saturday, September 6, 2014
Jesterdeal	3.9 Heavyweight Jåkeldrickå Aroma of tea, mint, ginger, basil and tobacco. Pours red with very little head. Taste is mint tobacco, juniper, tart cranberry, basil and caramel. Complex and wonderful. Saturday, September 6, 2014
Travlr	2.2 Heavyweight Stickenjab Alt Bier Bottle courtesy of maniac, thank you sir! Clear amber color. Aroma of rusty caramel. Taste is sweet and sticky caramel. Wednesday, September 3, 2014
vtafro	3.1 Heavyweight Baltus O.V.S. (backlog) Bottle at a tasting at maxxdaddy’s. Brune pour with tan head. Oxidation, fruit, light malt, perhaps some hints of hop and more complex malt tones. Age took its toll. Sunday, July 20, 2014
jandd1983	3.8 Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty Sampled at the RBSG 2014. It poured a clear brown color with an off-white head. The aroma was of dark fruit, some bourbon, wood and alcohol. The taste was of dark fruits, some light bourbon with a medium to heavy sweet finish of moderate to long duration. Very nice. Tuesday, July 8, 2014
nimbleprop	3.6 Heavyweight Biere d´Art 750ml bottle pours a hazy amber with some creamy, white head. Nose is malty, lots of yeast, wet blooming yeast, a little minty, roasted acorn squash, some salad dressing, dried orange peel. Flavor has some wood, mint, more roasted squash, some sunflower seed, heavy cork flavor, mild malt, heavy yeast. Clean finish. More than 10 years old and still holds up well. Friday, April 25, 2014
jackl	2 Heavyweight Stickenjab Alt Bier Bottle @ The WWGT2D? Tasting. I hope travlr doesn’t rate this. Amber with a small head. The nose is oxidized, as you’d expect. SOme sherry and rotting cherry. Cardboard sprinkled with cocoa powder. The taste is a great advertisement for the benefits of cellaring. Nasty cardboard. Mildly soured cherries. Bear claw donut. Light body, soft carbonation. Saturday, April 5, 2014
RussianDragon	3 Heavyweight Biere d´Art Thursday, April 3, 2014
FROTHINGSLOSH	3 Heavyweight Browne Mild Notes from 2005. +++ Sampled on cask at Sharp Edge Beer Emporium this beer poured a very dark brown color with a medium sized tan head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was fairly strong chocolate, coffee and a hint of smoke. The flavor was a bit watery but had notes of roasted coffee and a bit of smoke. The smoke lingers. Thin and watery body. Ok. Thursday, March 13, 2014
umich03jm	3.7 Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Black 2005 bottle thanks to Steve for sharing this rare one. Opaque dark brown pour with a huge foamy head that fades to a big ring Cool appearance. Aromas are raisins, licorice, light sour fruit, light roast and hard candy. Big raisin and dark, dried fruit taste with cherry syrup and licorice. It’s turned a bit syrupy over the years but you can tell this was a really good beer at one time. A cool one to try. This obviously aged way better than the hoppy version. Wednesday, March 12, 2014
umich03jm	1.8 Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Hoppy 2005 bottle, thanks to Steve for sharing. Pours cloudy yellow-orange with lots of brown sediment floating even from an early pour from the bottle. Aromas are butter, paper, and sour lemon. Tastes pretty much the same. Very cool to try this extrinct beer but it’s safe to say the 9 years hasn’t treated this well. Wednesday, March 12, 2014
tectactoe	2 Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Black [Bottle / 2005] Thanks to Sean for the chance to try this rare old brew! Black pour, no wonder it’s called "Black". Some dark brown/ruby at the edges, topped with a quite active, chunky, & foamy light-tan head for being so old. Aroma is strange... dry grains, rye, charred toast, bready yeast, cotton, old cobweb-ridden cellar floor funk, & some light oxidation. I don’t love it, but it’s already better than the "Hoppy" version of this beer. Taste has a very slight date/raisin tartness, sweet prunes, some anise, cotton, mild cardboard-y oxidation, with a little funky wood in the finish. Kind of bland overall, but not quite the trainwreck that the "Hoppy" version is at this point. Pretty "meh" overall, but glad to try this one nonetheless. Sunday, March 2, 2014
tectactoe	0.9 Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Hoppy [Bottle / 2005] Thanks to Steve for the chance to try this extinct ghost. Murky, brown-ish orange pour with a little, gray film & collar on top. Not bad for almost 9 years of age. The aroma, though... Wow. Oxidation has certainly had it’s way with this beer. Stale cardboard, mildew, with notes of lemon, faint smoke... & not much else. I swear I was getting small notes of gummy worms, though. Taste, unfortunately, also lost to oxidation. Cardboard, burnt booziness... Wet, stale wood, some mild yeast & Belgian ester-y fruit... Rotten. Swallowed by oxidation. Clumpy mouth feel. Fun to be able to try this, but it was pretty gross, actually. Couldn’t finish it. Sunday, March 2, 2014
Enjoyit	3.9 Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty 2005 vintage. Unclear reddish of color with a beige head. An aroma of dark fruits, sweets, port, candy, honey, prunes and coconut. A flavor of coconut, malt, port and prunes. Wednesday, January 29, 2014
jtclockwork	3.6 Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Hoppy Bottle shared by Alan at his house. Pours orange brown with white head. Nose and taste of oxidation, stale hops, rye bread, orange peel and toffee malt. Medium body. Still pretty good. Tuesday, November 26, 2013
jtclockwork	3.1 Heavyweight Stickenjab Alt Bier Bottle shared by Alan at his house. Pours brown with no head. Nose and taste of oxidation, sherry, caramel and bready malt. Lighter medium body. Tuesday, November 26, 2013
TheAlum	3.5 Heavyweight Barrel Aged Old Salty Bottle shared at Dan’s Birthday Tasting (Lyons, IL). Pours a well hazed murky brownish amber pour, murky and dark with a frothy tannish head that dies to a decent film, laces ok. Aromas show oak, vinous qualities, some vanilla and spirit. Firmer oxidation, toffee and toast. Some caramel, and biscuits, and bread. Initial is red licorice, caramel and toffee, some biscuits, and oak. Vanilla, spirit and whiskey is gentle. Middle is a bit sweet, but firmly thinned. Some toffee, vanilla, oxidation. Backend is touches of spirit, dryness, and oak. A bit oxidized, dry. Still has held up surpringly well. Nice. Sunday, September 8, 2013
1FastSTi	3.4 Heavyweight Baltus O.V.S. Thanks jason. Pours to a murky deep brown body with a white head. The aroma is almost a little oxidized. Perhaps a bit of wet dog? The flavor is malty with a lot of strawberry seeds and fruit leather. Medium full body and thick. Saturday, August 24, 2013