Heavyweight Chuck

Formerly brewed at Heavyweight Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Ocean Township, New Jersey USA

Had to rerate, this one is evolving into one heck of an ale. Reminiscent of Rodenbach grand cru at this point, I can only hope this one keeps developing as well as it has so far. This is one odd beer. The bottle I had had very geuze-like qualities. Seems the recipe has changed slightly from what I read of others experience with it. Aromas of gruyere cheese, very funky stuff going on with hints of sour. Taste was very earthy, difficult to explain as it morphed with each sip. Nice sour funkiness up front with a slight malt finish. Unlike anything I have tried before, I enjoyed it except for the smell.

On Tap: I don’t know - seems like I have bad luck with some Heavyweight brews. Maybe they don’t travel well and I always get a bad sample. This one looks good - dark ruby-amber color with a low tight head. But the nose is of sour milk and vegetables. Stale roasted - even smokey - grain tastes. Some alcohol peaking through with a gritty mouthfeel. Thick, complex but not successful.

Bottle pours a cloudy brown, reddish hues, fizzly off-white head, attractive lacing, with strong carbonation.   Sour nose, slightly sweet & malty.   Perhaps a bit earthy as well.   Sourness greets the tongue on first sip.   Slight spices as well.   Decent body, but a bit overcarbonated.   Lingering sour finish.   Not bad, but nothing terribly entertaining.   Thanks goes out to Eyedrinkale for the trade!

On Tap at the Blind Tiger Ale House in NYC, Nov. 2004: Dark brown color, creamy head, veggie nose, also malt and candy in the nose. Light bread and malt taste - also Celery comes through - weird and not my taste.

Hazy brown with a fairly large tan head. Sour brett aroma along with some toffee Tart yeasty flavor with a bit of coriander and butterscotch. Odd beer but nice and drinkable.

Dusty brown-gold. Nose is yeasty and mildly sour, some caramel and a bit of coriander. Taste is sour and funky, then suddenly toasty at the end. Seems like it transforms from one beer into another in the middle, odd transition. Not a particularly unified drinking experience.

Draft @ Blind Tiger. Murky brown color with aroma of butter, malt and coriander and white pepper. Taste is too buttery for my liking but Tom said it tasted how it was supposed to, so there ya go. Light and drinkable and I’d have more if it wasn’t so buttery.

750 ml bottle.Bought at brewery. 5% abv. Hazy brownish read in color with a huge tan head. Sour aroma, and flavor. Wild yeat flavor. Dry finish. Light and Drinkable. Nice.