Third Street Aleworks Sleeperwave Wee Heavy

On tap. Clear dark orangey brown with a beige head. Aroma of nuts, burned caramel and overripe fruit. Quite full-bodied, burned caramel, nuts and overripe fruit. Alcoholic finish with no greater finish. Nice one. 110709

From tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is mild roasted and yeasty. Yeasty and roasted dark fruity and caramel malty flavoured. Lingering Belgian yeast fruity finish.

Name: Sleepwave Wee Heavy
Date: July 08, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark ruby red, wispy beige head
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma, light smokey peat, light earthyness
Flavor: sweet dark caramel flavor, caramel candy sweetness, light balancing earthyness, touch of smokey peat
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Draft at the brewpub. Deep brownish red pour. Toffee, roasted malt, nutty aroma. Big thick sweet malt molasses and toffee taste. Very good.

Best of the bunch at the pub! Nose of roastiness, chocolate, caramel, and a molasses note. Clear cherry with a moderate beige head. Flavor had chocolate, some lightly sweet dark fruitiness, and hint of light bitterness.

On tap @ the brewpub. Chalkboard says this batch is 8.0% ABV. Clear copper with a small beige head, fading to a ring. Toasty grain and chocolatey malts dominate, with a little caramel in the backend. . . a litlle bit of molasses as well. Can’t pick up on any smoke--I want smoke!. Oh well. Flavor is much the same with a fair amount of grainy sweetness. Semi-dry with bitterness @ a 2. Light carbonation with a medium full body. Not too bad at all.

Dark copper brown with no head. Faint caramel aroma. Molasses and candy taste with sugar and toffee notes. Alcohol well hidden but a little on the sweet side

Cask at the brewpub. Deep roasted malt aroma. Mahogany color with a white head. Medium body with very smooth carbonation. Sweet roasted malt flavor backed by floral hop. The finish is sweetish, and the bitter is simply present. Seems a good representative of the style.