8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
This brew is a deep amber color with a medium off-white head. Thick sheets of lacing at the top of the glass that diminish gradually. The aroma is interesting: Spice, sweet malt and burnt wood. Medium-bodied with a rich fruity flavor. Earthy malts, spices and alcohol become more pronounced as it warms. Mouthfeel is excellent. The finish is spicy with hints of dark fruit and hops. Doesn’t hold a candle to Westy or Rochefort but a very good Belgian in its own right.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2005
at 11:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Dark ruby pour with foamy white lacing in surprising abundance for something with this much alcohol in it - aroma is heavy with alcohol, caramel malt, bourbon and wood - unlike with the Heresy, the bourbon doesn’t nail you over the head in this one - fairly tasty and sweet (borders on cloying, though) - however, just like its cousin, the elements the cask imparts to the ale don’t balance out very well with the fruity esters and thick malt body - perhaps something as simple as aging the beer a while will balance out the abundant, yet conflicting flavors, but for now this is far too brash and palate-confusing.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2005
at 20:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled, acquired in trade from DocLock! Bright brown body, thin head. Lightly caramel roast in the malts.. Yes, there is a lightly floral hop wandering around here. Lightly smoky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2005
at 20:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
I have had this beer a number of times. Most recently in their "big beer" collection case. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this brew pours thick, black and oily with a medium sized dark brown head. The aroma is roasted malt, dry chocolate and light hops. The flavor is bitter, chocolaty, a tad smoky and has a nice underlying hop presence. The mouthfeel is thick and creamy. If it were just a bit sweeter I think I could really get into this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2005
at 15:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled at From The Vine beer tasting Jan 14th, 2005: Clear, dark amber color with a very thin light tan head. Lacing is nonexistent. Woody aroma, with a strong bourbon/whiskey presence. Rich body, and the alcohol is not hidden in this one at all. Oak and toffee flavors are masked by the bourbon flavor at first, and the sting doesn’t go away for awhile. The finish is dry and bitter. Pretty good beer but kind of hard to drink.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2005
at 09:31
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
2004 bottle. Garbage. Pours golden yellow/white-gold. Moderate white head. Sediment in the bottle. That’s about the extent of the good things. Let’s get something straight. I like bottle conditioned unfiltered beers, but that dosent mean that just because you dont filter your beer, it’s an excuse to do nothing else with it. This sucked, I’m sorry, I hate being opinionated in ratings, but Weyerbacher can do much better than this. A nutty chewiness, like chewing on a stalk of dried cilantro. Dry and nutty, with no sweetness, little to no esters, and only a faint yeast presence. Arg.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2005
at 22:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
An unclear orange beer with a diappearing head. The aroma is of yeast and oranges. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw and yeast and a dry end.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2005
at 17:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
I confess to like Weyerbacher’s namegivings... Sorry, the colour of the head can only be described as sh*tbrown, and it even doesn’t look uninviting. Don’t get any ideas. Thick, creamy and persistent, it crowns a beer itself black as sin. Sweet-vanilla & moccha nose, enriched by brandy & vinous aromas - what a world of difference with the Insanity (yes, rather an heretic than a nutcase) - rhum, or rhum-filled chocolate sweets (rumbonen). Moccha, coffee, a tad of burnt bread or cake, and then it deepens out to unsuspected complexity. The vanilla-oakwood is there, but it figures as the polished decoration of the cabin, rather than as the raw bulk of the hull. Starting dry, bitter and severe, it mellows out, reaching just-not-sweetness - and a tad salty. Dry, well bodied, but all the same thinner as expected. Sharpish end, but not anywhere disturbing. I’m still marvelling at the difference with the Insanity, which I nearly disliked. This is a classic, with a nose to die for. Thankee veree muchee, Mr. Knies!
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2005
at 14:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark reddish-brown; good foxy yellow, creamy head, slightly irregular. New oakwood, much vanilla with grapey aroma and white chocolate. Very almondy flavour, peaches, bitter almonds and marzipan, more vanilla. Sharp bitterish taste, not quite in balance with the sweet chocolate underneath. Wood, but stripped viciously. Sharp MF, full bodied, outspoken slickness. Indeed, imagine marzipan made with bitter almonds... New Bourbon casks, OK, but this has eaten through them. And I never drink Bourbon anyway - some Lagavullin, please...
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2005
at 00:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This pours a medium amber color under a small white head that leaves beautiful sheets of lace on the glass. Complex aroma, doughy and bready with bubble gum and leather with vanilla sugar. Lightly sweet with a short finish. Good quad, but lacks overall complexities that some of the bigger players have in more abundance than this one.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2004
at 15:09