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Weyerbacher Old Heathen 3.74 789

Weyerbacher Old Heathen

Percentile
96
overall

bottled
common

on tap
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7893.75/5.03.74/5.08.2%61.8Snifter
Commercial Description:
Formerly Weyerbacher Imperial Stout.
Rich, velvety and deliciously complex, Weyerbacher Imperial Stout is a truly distinctive winter warmer. We use seven types of malt and two varieties of hops to bring forth this big brew. Quite robust and roasty on the palate, Weyerbacher Imperial Stout has a wonderfully fruity nose and a moderately dry finish. The taste is highly complex- perhaps you'll even discern notes of expresso or chocolate.
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 Frauditor (148), Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Feb 22, 2008  
pours dark with barely any foam. smells sweet and dried fruits. taste like coffee, choco, and slight hops. good abv - well hidden.


 badlizard (2385), Berkeley, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Feb 21, 2008  
Dark brown with a fizzy brown head. Chcolate and fruit aroma. Tangy chocolate taste with a mild fruity finish.


 Chapel (330), Levittown, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/514/20
Feb 20, 2008  
Rich and chocolaty. Small amount of head on a dark body. Weyerbacher usually has a reputation for doing extreme things, but this isn’t really extreme by Imperial Stout standards. Then again, I am slowly growing away from the style as there seems to be very little variation between the examples I have tried. Now, do not let it be said that Chapel doesn’t like this beer, it is very good, however it isn’t unique in the style.


 ElGaucho56 (393), USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 18, 2008  
Pours a very dark brown with ruby highlights, and a quickly receding thin tannish head. Nose is like a chocolate malt shake, sweet and decadent, with perhaps a shade of darker raisiny fruit and some oatmeal cookie malt body. A little thin but smooth on the palate, with strong smoky tones, a little like worcestershire sauce, perhaps some tobacco, very slight minty hop presence commingling with the roasted coffee bean and vanilla finish. Not a bad stout, but not a really great one.


 wilkie (1192), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 18, 2008  
Bottle. Pours black, with medium tan head--quick dispersion, but nice lacing. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, some cream, raisin. Flavor is very malty, sweet--some sugar, chocolate much more than coffee, and a little mix of dark fruits. Dry finish, with a bitterness coming some from roasted malts, but also from a grassy hop aftertaste. Can’t really taste the alcohol. Very pleasant beer!!!


 Palidor19 (1792), Brandon, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Solid, it got the rich malts with coffee and cocoa flavors. not to oily on the palate but it has the substance that you want.


 nick76 (2684), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Feb 13, 2008    Updated: Feb 15, 2008
The aroma has chocolate, toasted malt, coffee, vanilla, and nuts. The appearance is black with a small brown head. The flavor is like the aroma and slightly bitter. The palate is smooth. Overall a good stout.


 BeerZack (116), Austin, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 10, 2008  
12 oz bottle I’ve been holding onto for a few months now. Darkest of brown appearing black with a thin coating of brown foam. Huge sweet malty scents with vanilla, raisin, chocolate, some espresso notes. Some alcohol creeps in as it warms more. Big and malty taste, but not rich like I expect from an Impy. Sweet raisins and slight fruity acidity up front finishes with more roastiness and dry cocoa flavors. A little more carbonation than I usually like in the style. Overall, a good easy-drinking Impy Stout that’s not too rich or strong in alcohol.



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