Blasphemy
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.

Weyerbacher Blasphemy Quad, 11.8% ABV. Pours dark brown, with a half finger of tan head. Nose is moleasses and grapes/wine/dark fruit. Taste follows, some sweetness, some alcohol taste, with a slight bitter close. Good mouthfeel. Overall very good.

 

L- Resembles a dark ale. Murky brown with minimal head and lacing.

S-Figs and spices. Some barrel notes and slight booze. Cinnamon, allspice, vanilla, brown sugar.

T-Follows the nose. Dark fruits and spices initially. Barrel and slight booze follow. Some lingering sweetness during the finish. Cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, breast malts, booze and barrel.

F-Slick. Medium body. Slight alcohol burn.

O-Enjoyable offering of a style that not many breweries attempt.

 

 

12oz bottle graciously sent my way from @jzeilinger
Poured into La Fin du Monde tulip

P beautiful mahogany w/ a bit of translucency; small khaki/tan cap
N med nose of plum, bready malt, light nuttiness, and smooth barrel
T smooth spiced bread, dark fruit, caramel, and hints of bourbon; like a bourbon splashed raisin cinnamon roll, yet with restrained/balanced sweetness
Mf med bodied w/ a lightly creamy/airy quality; smooth carb
O solid stuff; really smooth for a high-caliber BA quad; definitely enjoyable!

Review date: 01.15.25
Bottle date: not captured

 

 

22oz bottle from 2007.

Pours clear amber with a chill-haze. Minimal retention or lacing. Boozy and phenolic in the nose. Bourbon, clove, malt, vanilla. Medium bodied with a slick, oily mouthfeel. Sweet malt, Bourbon, caramel, raisins, and cloves on the palate. Finishes warming and boozy.

 

 

 

This bomber has been sitting on my beer store's shelf for the last year and I finally decided to buy it. Then I let it sit on MY shelf for about 6 months and here we are. Bottled 4/24/18, best by 4/23/18. I really liked the artwork and the cork/cage so I figured I'd give it a whirl. I think I paid about $9 for the bottle. I am pouring it into a Prairie Rastal glass.

Pours a mostly opaque garnet-rust color with a creamy popcorn head of 1/4 finger, pretty much staying right where it's at. Some agitation yields a little lacing but it's short lived.

Not much on the nose initially but as it's swirled and warmed I get some raisin, dark breads, slight banana, red grape, and whiskey. Mild and complex is the best way to describe it.

I like the sweetness on this beer. I can understand if others don't, but it hits me with nice communion grape juice first, followed by more sinister vinous wine notes, and then some caramel, toffee, and raisin bread. A touch of herbal hop compliments this to provide balance. Banana is underneath all of this, perhaps overripe, which is okay with me, lending sugars and supplementing the hot whiskey barrel that is underneath all of this. The finish is lingering raisin bread and banana peel.

Feel is very carbonated first and foremost, with a follow up of stickiness, heat, and finally dryness. Sticky dryness is left after the swallow.

Overall, Weyerbacher is one of those breweries I am left scratching my head about. Why do folks hate on them so much? I'm sure the choices in the New England states are quite competitive and Weyerbacher gets lost in the fold, but seriously they make some of the best stuff I can get in South Dakota. There's a lot of breweries that we get in our distro that completely suck but Weyerbacher is not one of them. This was an exceptional Quad, and if they have more I'd gladly go back for more. If I could find this in 4 packs I would buy a case. I'm usually the guy who rates things lower than average because I put a real critical eye to things. But this beer strangely, at an 89 has me perplexed. This is highly enjoyable, and has me questioning what flaws, if any, I'm missing.

Price paid : $8.99 / bomber
Would buy again : in a heartbeat

 

05/10/20 bottle @ home (2011 release)

Pours a medium copper color, minimal head. Sweet malty aroma, honey, light barrel. Flavor is fruity,malty, molasses. Thick and syrupy, full bodied. Overall it is ok, this bottle is at least 4-6 years old, it aged fairly nicely.

5/3/20
Bomber, no date, at least 4 years old
3.5 rating

This is one of my favorite beers (based on the taste), when it is actually available and i can find it.