Weyerbacher Heresy

Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

Pours brownish/black with thick tan head. Aroma of vanilla, bourbon, and oak. Taste of oak, vanilla, slight bourbon notes, and chocolate. Thin on the palate. This would be very good if not so watered down.

Bottle shared with Steve and Eric. Amazing beer. Pours really dark brown almost black. Smells of coco and vanilla. With flavors of choc, coffee, coconut and vanilla. A must get.

12oz bottle. Pours a deep, opaque onyx with a thin, short-lived, light tan head. The aroma is chewy with candy-like malts, toffee, chocolate-covered raisins, subtle anise, alcohol, and a light - but distinct - aroma of bourbon. The flavor starts smooth with a blend of dark fruit, coffee ice cream, and tangy, caramelly malts. At mid-tongue, some earthy balancing bitterness enters along with distinct notes of vanilla and very mild woody/oaky flavors. The finish is smooth and short with notes of chocolate and vanilla and warming alcohol. The aftertaste is rich with coffee and chocolate with a subtle hint of whiskey. The mouthfeel is soft and creamy and - though full-bodied and slippery - a bit lighter in body than I expected. Overall, a very interesting and drinkable strong brew, but it’s missing something. It isn’t as pungent or roasty as I expected (or remembered from the un-oak’ed version of it). But the subtle whiskey notes are pleasing and collaborate well with the flavors in this beer. I like it, but was hoping for something more special (something I’d rate as 4 or higher...)

Big thanks to daknole. Black pour with a tall, coffee-brown head. Good retention, spotty lace. Aroma has bourbon-vanilla, some melon and other fruits, just slightly roasted on the finish. Flavor similar, very mellow beginning with the sweet caramel-vanilla bourbon barrel elements, some dark fruit, licorice, horehound candy on the mid-palate, finishing hot and resinous, as the more woody barrel elements come through. Full bodied, a bit of tannic astringency. Very nice, although much of the fruit basket complexity that I love in Old Heathen has been lost in the barrel.

Bottle thanks to daknole, shared with angrypirate06 and ilovedarkbeer. Pours with a creamy tan head over a pitch black body. Aroma is of oak, chocolate, slightly vinous, cocoa powder, alcohol and coffee. Taste is woody with chocolate, ash and brandy. Light carbonation. Quite enjoyable.

Bottle with bman1113vr and ilovedarkbeer. Pours a black color with small and foamy head. Smells of raisins, fudge, toffee, alcohol, and little bitterness. The taste contained caramel, smoke, leather and coffee.

Bottle thanks to bman1113vr. Nose is booze wood vanilla raisins chocolate. Taste is the same. Medium mouthfeel short finish.

why do i buy weyerbacher? ... the last few sucked, here we go... nice roasty bourbon smell .. . some almost peaty scotch notes .. pretty dry .. tasty but maybe to much .. better than previous weyerbachers but still...