Weyerbacher Raspberry Imperial Stout

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

12oz Bottle: Black w/ a small brown head. Nice dark roast & chocolate in the aroma. Some ashiness present, also some raspberry/dark fruit. Flavor is the same as the aroma. Surprisingly thin mouthfeel, I was expecting a more robust feeling overall. **Seems I didn’t read the label, not that it mattered. I thought this was just an Imperial Stout. Didn’t notice the Raspberry part...oops...

Roasty and earthy with some peppery splashes and pronounced raspberries. Basically Old Heathen with some raspberry notes.

Roasted chocolate aroma. Flavor is distinctly fruity raspberry but faint and subtle. Sort of like an expensive chocolate truffle with just a hint of the fruit. Leaves a long lasting sweet and fruity flavor. I think the fruit gimmick is at the expense of the overall beer though. Not a very exciting impy on its own.

12 oz bottle courtesy of, I’m fairly sure, TheEpeeist. Chris is the man. Pours a nice ruby over midnight, opaque blackish pour with some red around the edges. A sizable but carbonation driven coca-cola brown head that stays at a small layer overall, laces some. Aromas are of raspberry filled chocolates, a bit sweet with fruity syrup, a touch tart and pulpy, with dark chocolate, light coffee, some decent roasted malts that are covered over by the fruity nature of the brew. Not bad, different. Initial is lighter bodied for the style, a bit bland in body with creamy chocolate and roasted malts, light coffee, pretty potent bitterness from hops or the fruit on the backend. The fruit plays less of a role in the beer’s sweetness, instead providing some tartness and and bitterness on the backend, with a touch of berry pulp sweetness buried in. As far as flavor intensity goes, this beer falls by the wayside. A bit bland for it’s size and style, this beer doesn’t do it for me. Thin, but the finish is it’s strength. Not bad, but not a great example of the style.

1/27/08 12oz fresh bottle from vwcraig. This one was much better than the sample I had a couple months back. The mouthfeel is not as thin as the old one. No vinegar in the smell and the raspberries are subtle. 10/31/07 12 oz bottle from VWCraig. I was looking forward to this as I heard it is retired. The first sniff from the bottle is raspberries and chocolate. the first sniff from the snifter is vinegar and old raspberries, not good. The taste was mostly raspberries and the mouthfeel was astonishingly thin.This was nowhere near an imperial stout in my opinion and it was a chore to drink. First Weyerbacher beer I was unimpressed with and hopefully it will be the last. A:4 S:3 T:3 M:2 D:2.5 Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-31-2007 14:44:04

Typical roasty imperial stout aroma with the vaguest hint of sweet fruit. Drank it straight from the bottle so not too much to report as far as color and head are concerned. Smooth mouthfeel with flavors of dark malts and after-bite of hops. You can taste something a little different about it but I didn’t really place it as raspberry until the beer warmed up a little. Has a bit of a sweet aftertaste but not overdone. Not a bad beer.

12oz bottle thanks to Adrian. Big time want list beer for me so was glad to get it. Pours a super dark mahogany. Red highlights. Small tan head. Woody nose with some chocolate malt. Not much in the nose. The flavor makes up. Rich woody and smooth up front. A bit of alcohol on the backend and a massive dose of chocolate covered raspberries. Fantastic desert beer. This is underated.

Bottle at home ... thanks to space coyote ...Deep red ... thin tan head ... rich woody roast malts ... little raspberry nose ... soft smooth roast malts ... little coffee ... fruit but no real raspberry ... saying that its takes its time ... but eventually a little tart raspberry does show up... all round decent though.