Heavyweight Saison de la Soeur Black

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

Almost black w/ a small light brown head. Aroma is yeasty (musty cobwebs), fruity (sour cherry), malty (caramel, chocolate), roasty & herbal (lemon grass, flowers). Smooth carbonated feel. Flavour is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, & lightly bitter. A funky yeastiness remains in the background making this an eminently quaffable brew.

bottle. pours black with a huge rocky light tan head. aroma is sour and yeasty. taste is sour then lightly fruity and a little tart. mouthfeel is thin tingly and then dry. i love this.

pours a watered down black with a tan head. tart acidic coffee aroma. a depth of aroma is here. malty as hell, the feeling from the group is in agreemaent with nuffield, that this is like a malty schwazbier. coffee , lime, tart and sweet. it is different. chocolate is here in the finish too, very interesting. thanks to richlikebeer for this

muddy dark brown, off whte head. aroma of mild roast, rasinins and dried cherries, yeast, grapes/red wine and dark chocolate. flavour is like a super tart yeasty porter. some nice woody and chocolate notes. very light carbo.

Medium brown, light brown head. Strange aroma of a vast complexity level that somehow doesn’t help it. Let me explain, I first notice licorice-like rooty aspects that could be associated to a stout or dark belgian, but when the ginseng and ginger reminiscent flavors gets added to the melting pot, I feel a bit lost. The rich malt of course provide dark berries and dark chocolate complexities and I’ve just not sure how well it works when the woodiness and dark dryish malts combine with the rather sour, tart sourdough aspects. It is indeed quite tart for all that licorice and fruitiness, almost balsamic at times. Simultaneously, the yeast procures lots of little nuances, though it cuts through the sweetness briliantly. A very hard beer, I still don’t know how I feel about this one, it may just have been that this light-medium bodied as best with insufficient carbonation did influence my scores for the worst.

Its a geezer!! This baby cut loose upon opening, foam just keeps climbing out of the bottle. Seriously large light brown head that lasts, sits atop an almost black bodied brew. Nose is lightly barnyardy masked by co2. Body is light to medium, carbonation is brisk to say the least. Dry malt flavors, dark fruits, lightly sour with faint chocolate notes appearing. Mouthfeel turns creamier, slicker as the bottle emptys and the carbonation settles. Light yeastiness and doughy notes showing as it settles down. Finish is fairly dry. Sorry, i,ll take the Golden over this anyday!

Verre de dégustation (provenant d’un fût) au Belgium Comes to Cooperstown 2005 (Cooperstown, NY). Arôme: Odeur de raisins, de citrons et de fromage. Apparence: Couleur noire presque opaque. Mince col mousseux beige. Fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de vanille, de thé noir et de rôti. Court arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture minérale. Arrière goût de vanille (?). Moyenne effervescence en bouche. (Rating #230)

Cola brown/black color with a tannish colored head. Toasty, along with some darker fruit, dried cocoa, mild funkiness. It’s an interesting thing they have going here and I dug it for the most part.