Weyerbacher Eleven

Formerly brewed at Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

Not quite as big a drink as I thought it would be, but it sure makes for good drinking when you have near blizzard conditions outside. The body’s a very slightly hazed amber with a huge, rocky, crusty off-white head that does some heavy lacing. The aroma isn’t very strong, some pine and grapefruit over a mild caramel body. Happily for this hophead, the hoppy bitterness kicks up a notch or two in the flavor, the sweet malts barely holding their own. But the hops tone down a bit in the finish, leaving you with a moderate but lingering bitter finish. Okay stuff here.

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Bottle: Orange amber pour with light haziness, large off-white head. Lacing was immensely thick. Subdued (for an IIPA) aroma of sweet fruits and malt. Citrus is most noteable. Tasted citrus & pine hops with plenty of sweet malt, caramel, and more fruitiness. The tail is a lingering sweet and tart with a warmness from the high ABV. The finish seemed to linger forever! Thanks to DocLock for this gem.

Bottle from Secret Santa! I shared this with ross. Well this stuff pours out a murky light orange with a thick white head on it. Aroma is hops and citrus with a sweet smell of alcohol. As the aroma would indicate the taste of this is boozy as all hell. Wow. Kind of rediculous really. The almost 12% isn’t hidden at all. Also this is my first experience with Phoenix hops but once you get past the sweet and heavy alcohol you get a VERY grassy flavor from the hops that follow. Can’t say it was a wonderful experience but certianly not terrible. Interesting beer but probably wouldn’t buy it again. Oh yeah this beer is HUGE! alcohol in it nearly floored me thank god I split this with someone. Ross said he had this beer when it was first released and was better so maybe this one didn’t hold age very well, although I think its only about 6 months old.

Bottle. Hazy orange. Creamy tan head. Aroma: Malt and citric hoppiness. Flavor: Good balance between malt sweetness and bitterness. Long finish.

12oz bottle. When I 1st tried this (as soon as it came out), I couldn’t finish it. It was terrible (smelled tasted like gasoline and pure alcohol). If I rated it the 1st time around, i would have given it a .5. I figure I’ll give it another chance, so here it goes. Poured a deeper and slightly cloudy orange color with a smaller sized off white head. Lots of small floaters. Aromas of citrus, alcohol (but not nearly as strong as I remembered it being), melons, some caramel, and a touch of pine. Initial taste of all alcohol. Burning. Once I got past that initial strong alcohol, I got some citrus, grape skins, grapefruit, pine, alcohol, light caramel and then some more alcohol. Don’t light a match near me.

Shared with Bullet2urBrain. Where was all of the hop? I suppose I was expecting much more hop bitterness from this self-proclaimed triple IPA. Very smokey/roasty flavors from the phoenix hops, which I’ve never had before. I’m not sure about the 109 IBU’s, but I also question that with Ruination. Nice to look at, and a nice change. Especially fromthe porters we’ve been swamped in recently.

My Bottom Line:
This self-proclaimed Triple IPA’s bountiful citrusy aromatics and forceful hop flavor don’t necessarily cohere with its frail cereals, as it contemplates the spiral downwards into vegetal realms.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the clear reddish straw blond.
-Chalkiness emerges from the energetic hop bitterness and yeasty finish.
-There is no malt complexity to be found in my glass.
-Soft effervescence enlivens the lean cereals.

Bottle; no date.

indeed a great beer, very intresting and different then the other big IPA’S i have had, definatly more english style, malts definatly are present while still haveing tons of bitterness, almost earthy.