Exceptional jet black-hued milk stout with frothy russet head, unassuming ash aroma, and nose-tingling fizz pours like mud. Blood-thickened maple sap sweetness, chocolate malt creaminess, and sherry-soaked Merlot Noir periphery provide sugary resolve. Heavily lactic burnt caramel sprawl and sour buttermilk skulk fill out dry powdery mocha finish, fading a tad too quick for highly exalted ‘triple’ status. Drink slowly to appreciate its splendor. Now brewed in Cincinnati and sold at bargain basement price.
WEYERBACHER XIII
Thick and creamy tawny-headed brown body celebrates respected brewers’ 13th anniversary with mind-blowing Belgian-inspired ’08 Imperial Stout. Given a whopping 13.6% alcohol thrust, its sticky licorice forcefulness overrides the overripe raisin-prune quirk, cedar-smoked mocha malt lurk and molasses-sapped honeynut murk to a belated dark-spiced perk. Brown chocolate, cocoa and root beer illusions advance.
WEYERBACHER WINTER ALE
Closer to a porter with its mocha overtones, dry barley undercurrent, and raisin notes. Svelte spiced malt finish delicately laden with flowery hop bitterness.
WEYERBACHER SLAM DUNKEL DOUBLE DUNKELWEIZEN ALE
Creamy ruddy amber full body retains overripe banana-clove sweetness, cinnamon-toasted apple jacking, and brown sugared cocoa buttering to warm barleywine finish. Prune-plum-fig sourness, cider-y green grape pucker, and dry bourbon boozing nestle tertiary red cherry, sugared date, and butterscotch notes.
WEYERBACHER SIMCOE DOUBLE I.P.A.
Expressive spruce vibrancy sidles tangy orange-pineapple-grapefruit juiciness welcoming hearty 9% alcohol-soaked full body. ‘Simcoe hops’ offer piney prickle embracing creamy caramel malt resilience of slow sipping serenity.
WEYERBACHER RASPBERRY IMPERIAL STOUT
Burnished maroon-hued rocky-headed stout places tart raspberry puree insistence atop deepened dry mocha-prune bitterness ’til prevalent coffee bean bitterness overtakes creamy chocolate cake finish. Dried-fruited fig, raisin and black cherry recess secures tertiary tobacco chew, powdered cocoa and Bakers chocolate wisps.
WEYERBACHER QUAD ALE
Engagingly full-bodied Abbey-styled quadrupel ale with deep prune turbidity maintains aromatic whiskey-dipped chocolate liqueur wreath, hazelnut-sugared frangelico rum saucing, cotton-candied cognac quip and sweetly soured raisin-prune-plum variance. Musty fungi earthiness underscores ripe dried fruiting. Undeniably rich, robust, and alcohol-fueled (12.2%), settling into mocha-malted barleywine sanctuary.
WEYERBACHER PROPHESY
Abstruse oak-aged Belgian-styled tripel opens like a vinous Chardonnay, sprinkling green-skinned white-wined esters atop white-peppered bittering and tart apple sourness. Cotton-candied cherry-melon-banana flange picks up raw-honeyed whiskey-soured prominence. At finish, zesty lemon pucker, vanilla puree tease, and wispy bourbon nip fight for space.
WEYERBACHER PRIME PORTER
Intrusive foam and heavy carbonation nearly overwhelm great roasted chocolate theme. Sip slowly to properly locate mocha malt-y residue and grain subtleties. Needs to be firmer and bolder to fully appeal to seasoned porter aficionados, though.
WEYERBACHER OLD HEATHEN IMPERIAL STOUT
Mighty fine off-dry cream stout flaunting signature roasted coffee sourness gains chalky cocoa bitterness, milk chocolate richness, sweet toffee insistence, dry burgundy richness and maraschino cherry piquancy to juxtapose coarse wood-smoked hop char. Perfect espresso alternative. ’13 version: dark-roasted black chocolate contingent rides above dry beechwood-like smokiness and floral-tinged pumpkin spicing.
WEYERBACHER 1995-2007 TWELVE ANNIVERSARY ALE
Gallant rye barleywine celebrates a dozen years’ brewing with sweet Irish whiskey frontage, mild Courvoisier midst, and buttery Chardonnay finish. Sweet floral-tinged orange-tangerine tang thins out considerably, but lush liquor lacquering lingers.
WEYERBACHER MUSE FARMHOUSE ALE
Unbalanced funky barnyard ale remains astringent as raw-grained earthiness and grassy hay parch drench off-putting rye-dried white-peppered lemongrass herbage to sour lemon finish. Wood-lacquered burnt rubber hint further ruins moderate-bodied saffron-hazed treachery. Better supplemental sugar malting needed.