Weyerbacher Old Heathen

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

Pours jet black with a small tan head. Roasted coffee, licorice, and brown sugar make for a nice aroma. Big roasted malt character along with some coffee notes, just not extremely complex. Slightly bitter finish. Body is big, but not sticky or overly sweet. Good offering from Weyerbacher.

I am not sure if this bottle was bad or not, but this was a complete drain pour for me. Looked fine when I poured it, but the taste was awful. Intensely sweet and one sided, could only take a few sips before I poured it. I am wondering if this went bad.

This beer is missing something in the flavor that would push it over the top. I think it is some sort of definable fruitiness that is normally present in most beers of this style. Pours an absolute dark brown coor with a thick fom head that really tries not to dissolve into a thinner film. Nose is Dark malts and something biting. Flavor is malty with bits of coffee and dark chocolate. Kind of a wholesome breadiness to the beer as well. Very full body but the flavor does not stic to the cheeks as I expected. ABV is hardly noticeable but warms one up. Honestly, this would be a decent winter beer.

Pours thick & black with low head-activity save a half-halo and a film of beige. Aroma of cherries & wort with strong roasts & hints of the alcohol to come. Syrupy, yet thinned by alcohol driness & spritzes of carbonation. Hot flavor: heavy alcohol atop full roasts and chocolate syrup malts. Sweet yet bitter; heady & heavy... but there are smoother, more soothing & more captivating Impys out there.

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Bottle via JB175. Dark midnight color. Smell of chocolate, malt, hops, caramel, vanilla slight roasted coffee and spice. Taste of dark chocolate, caramel, hops, roasted coffee, nuts, minor alcohol and a bitter chocolate taste at the end.

Bottle. High points for the appearance - a beautiful jet black topped by a small brown head. Top notch aroma too - the chocolate notes are off the wall mixed with a very sweet fruit like cherries and then lighter tones of espresso. Taste is relatively smooth due to a blending of flavors that work well off each other - chocolate, roasted coffee and dark fruit. Nice roasted aftertaste and a smooth full mouthfeel.

It’s a pitch black stout with a huge, dark brown and creamy head that Steve/Coldbrewky sent to me - thank you so much for this gem. The aroma is full and has nice notes of roasted malt and chocolate with a hint of vanilla. The flavour is smooth and round with notes of roasted coffee, chocolate and again a weak hint of vanilla. It’s very harmonic and delicious, and dangerously easy to drink. 2359

Bottle. Pours black with a medium tan head that fades to a thin lasting layer. The aroma is mainly dark fruits and molasses. The flavor is fairly complex; I get dark fruits and molasses like the aroma that moves to roasted malts with a hint of chocolate in the finish. Medium mouthfeel with a dry finish.