Heavyweight Ivy League Pils

750mL bottle, courtesy of Schutzenliesel. Pours a murky, orange-grapefruit color; off-white head with patchy, mixed-bubbled lacing. Pleasant yeast character, mineral bitterness, and complex, salty maltiness in the aroma; esters, yellow fruits, and some herbal notes. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of lively citrus, esters, complex yeast, and herbal character; very interesting, intricate chewy rye and fluffy maltiness; very soft feel in the mouth; reasonably tasty stuff; I haven’t had this young, but tastes pretty good from an imperial pils with a load of age behind it. Medium finish: breadiness, toasty malts, and rye.

Pours a hazy golden color, with a cream colored frothy head. Light lacing. Aroma of light esters, malts, and light yeast. Flavors of citrus, light esters, and light yeast. Light body, easy drinking beer.

750 ml bottle shared by Bockyhorsey - Pours a hazy golden color with a 3/4 finger thick white head. Light spotty lacing. Aroma is light grain (corn) and faint citrus. Flavor is lightly sweetened malt and light citrus. Medium body. This beer was quite nice for a lager almost 2 years old. Would have been nice to try it when released. Thanks for bringing this one Bill. A good beer.

Bottle courtesy of Dorwart. Aroma had a soapy oror along with pale fruity there also on the nose. Hazy gold body with white head. Flavor had a spicey and lemon citrus along with some light to medium bitterness. Mellow beer and smooth on the palate. Decent beer but may be showing its age and losing some zip but what do I know it was good

(750ml bottle, thanks willblake) Off-white head, lightly hazed straw body. Aroma is medium sweet, bread, apricot, faint earthy. Taste is medium sweet, floral, earthy/herb, light bread. Smooth light-medium body. Held up very well given its age.

Bottle thanks to trade with robertsreality. Hazy, straw yellow body with big, frothy white head (which was better to look at than it was to inhale up my nose). Kinda surprised this is holding up so well. Light floral hop left in both the aroma and flavor. Spicy, peppery malt in the aroma. Pretty thick mouthfeel with a nice dry finish. Flavor mostly of spicy, rye malts. Heavyweight really didn’t make a bad brew, did they?

Date: 04/05/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

hazy dark yellow, whispy white head, touch of lace, soft hop aroma on a slightly sweet malt base with light funk, creamy body, sweet malt flavor, nice hops but a bit soft, good light bitter finish

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Gold with a creamy head. Aroma was floral, dusty, soft malt too. Some zip in the carbonation. A nice bitter finish after the lightly sweet and earthy malts. Very nice.