Weyerbacher Old Heathen

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

Black body with a small brown head on top. Both the aroma and taste were complex. Slight hint of fruit on the nose, but nowhere to be found on taste. Taste was very roasty, robust and strong. The finish was dry and had a little coffee and chocolate in it. Very nice, my only complaint is that it’s a bit thick. Otherwise, wonderful!

Brown approaching black pour with minimal tan head that doesn’t last long. Aroma is chocolate and sweet with a hint of licorice. Flavor presents roasted malts, licorice chocolate, sugar. All this rides atop of base of bittering hops that lasts into the aftertaste. Body seems a bit thin for an imperial stout, though it is slightly sticky. The alochol is well hidden with just a touch of pepper at the finish.

12 oz bottle. Beer is opaque, very dark brown colored with an average-sized, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing head. First sniff says this one is a chewy little winner. Malty with heavy notes of roasted grain, chocolate and coffee, moderate note of caramel and molasses; Hoppy with a moderate herbal note; Yeasty with trace notes of dough and cheese; Miscellaneous notes of moderately weighty alcohol, raisin/date, trace of plum. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter, lightly acidic with a long, lightly-building-to-moderately bittersweet finish. Comforting alcoholic warmth. Palate isn’t lush, but it’s pleasing: Body is full, the texture is velvety and the carbonation is soft. Wish we could get this here; this bottle was sent back from VA.

Sampled from 12 fl oz bottle courtesy of Marsiblursi. Pitch black color with a brown head. Sweet chocolate scent with some fresh hints of mint. Big mouthfeel. Sweet, a bit raissin, taste. Sweet and coffee aftertaste. Low bitterness.

[Bottled] Black colour with a brown head. Sweet chocolatey nose, with notes of menthol. There is an ice-cream feel to the aroma really. Pleasantly sweetish, raisin is there, fresh feel to the beer all in all. Chocolate ice-cream. Light coffee notes. Bitter finish. Very straight forward Imperial Stout, nevertheless very yummy.

Thanks, Doug, for sharing this. Pours jet black with a foamy brown head. Aroma held notes of coffee, chocolate, anise, cherries. There was a bit too much carbonation for me. I like my stouts to be still, thick, oily. This was not. The flavor was good. Roasted coffee sweetened with chocolate and that hint of fruit in the back. Weyerbacher has often impressed and this is yet another impressive brew.

This one was slightly dissapointing. The Old Heathen isn’t a bad stout, but it doesn’t measure up the other Weyerbacher products that I have really enjoyed. The pour is black, with a tan head that dissipates rather quickly. The aroma is fairly hoppy with roasted malts in there as well. The taste is thin for an impy. The flavors are of roasted malt, coffee, and what I would say is a yeasty type of taste--especially once it has a chance to warm a little. Drinkable? Definitely, but not my first pick at the store."

Oaky, fruity, malt aroma, with some choclate and alcohol overtones, dark brown black color, chocolate cake and coffee taste, ok maybe with some raisins in the cake, some hop flavor evident, definite hop bitterness,high carbonation give it a slightly thin mouthfeel,but still a wonderful Imperial