Weyerbacher Heresy

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

tap at Stogies & Stouts ’09. Pours dark brown/blackish with thick creamy beige / mocha like head. Aroma chocolate malts, with plenty of sweet vanilla and warming bourbon nose. Taste has an amazing palate of whiskey barrel and wood, some vanilla sweetness, chocolate and some cocoa powder. Faint coffee remaining under the oak / bourbon overall goodness.

Tallahassee, Fl - Liqour Loft - 12 oz bottle. Pours a coal black, dark as night black with a creamy mocha colored head that leaves a nice bit of lacing. Pungent aroma of figs, brandy and molasses, very fresh with malty goodness. Flavor is full-bodied and rich with bold bittersweet chocolate notes, some fresh pipe tobacco, figs, brandy and a hint of dark strong French roast coffee. Finishes with a hint of licorice and some faint wisps of vanilla. Full bodied and thick, this is an excellent winter warmer. Weyerbacher is quickly becoming one of my favorite brewers.

Deep brown to black in color with slight head... Roasted malt flavor with a chocolate finish... Distinctly malty aroma... I enjoyed this stout...

Bottle. Ripe fruit aroma with definite bourbon notes. Black body, medium creamy brown head. Flavor has the bourbon notes, but not obnoxiously so. Lots of sweetness, fruit and chocolate. Needs a bit of bitterness in the finish.

Bottle courtesy of coalcellar. Pours a dark brown to black with a thin tan head. Aroma is rich and malty with notes of oak, brandy, molasses, ripe dark fruit, brown sugar, chocolate and hints of coffee and toffee. Flavor is rich and malty with notes of dark chocolate, ripe dark fruit, molasses, brown sugar, some hints of wood and vanilla. Generally full body with a pleasing alcohol and malt finish.

22 oz bomber from the east brought to a meet-up in the west. Intense black pour with a very carbonated tan head. Aromas of chocolate, roasty malt, some bourbon and vanilla. Nice thick mouthfeel with a warming bourbon burn as the temp increases. Nice smooth chocolate and coffee flavor up front with a solid whiskey burn at the end. Probably my favorite of the east coast brews my buddy brought out west.

12oz bottle. black pour with a big bubbly tan head. milk chocolate, oak, roasted malt, vanilla, whiskey - all sorts happening in the aroma. thinner than expected texture in the taste - light to medium and slick. woody coffee and chocolate imp stout flavors. dry finish. bourbon comes through a bit more as it warms - as does the alcohol. Not sure what to make of this one. good, but not quite great. I have three more to elaborate and update.

Bottle at Akkurat, Stockholm; vintage 2006 or 2007
Black like the centre of the universe, with a huge and thick head. It has a very nice aroma of chocolate malt, roasted malt, vanilla; very creamy aroma. Good body structure, surely less thick than many American samples, quite smooth mouthfeel; the chocolate and caramel flavor are well mixed together, with moderate sweetness; there is very light liquorice and vanilla, and almost no roasted malt (for me, a good thing). I find that the final is lacking a bit of bitterness, of depth; not even really long enough. Anyway, a highly enjoyable beer.