Partner Ships Wee Heavy
Heavy Seas Beer

Last bottle, poured into a tulip, wish I had another.
This one held up well, nose is still full of caramel malt and cocoa. I think the roastiness and coffee flavor have tailed off a bit but it also seems a little more smooth. Semi sweet cocoa and rich malt are strong. Full bodied with low carbonation it doesn't have a bite nor is it what I would call soft.
I'm not and expert on the style but it may be a little off. That being said, this is a great tasting brew.

22 oz brown bottle - code 17255 [September 12, 2017]

Heavy Seas Mad Tree Partnership Wee Heavy filled my tulip glass with a mahogany colored hue. Atop sat a tan 1-finger head that shrunk to a ring of foam with hit-and-miss lacing. The nose was dominated by the scent of chocolate, toffee. and sweet caramel. The flavor matches the nose with a nice roasty flavor added. Mouth feel is full bodied, a little sticky and chewy with light alcohol warming at the finish. Carbonation is to the light side.

Mad Tree is a rich and flavorful Wee Heavy. Sure is worth a visit if you like the style.

 

 

Pours an effervescent chestnut with 2+ fingers of tan colored head. Stellar lacing and head retention

S: Cocoa, leafy hops, slight peatyness

T: Peatyness, dryness, cocoa, some leafyhops up front. Cocoa powder, leafy hops, peat as this warms. Finishes dry with much cocoa and a little peat

MF: Medium body, slight carbonation,

A weird wee heavy. Disappointed in this

 

 

 

 

 

Had on tap and also from a 22 ounce bottle. Drank at a temperature around 50 degrees.

L: Pours a dark opaque brown almost black with a dark khaki color head. Head was about 2 to 3 finger widths thick lasting for a few minutes with light to almost no lacing.

S: Pleasant aroma of chocolate, coffee, toffee, vanilla, and earthiness.

T: Had a good flavor of chocolate, coffee, smoke, dark caramel, molasses, charred malt, and toffee. Taste was smooth and lasting without feeling sweet.

F: Light carbonation, went down smooth with a mild bubble on the back of throat. Aftertaste of coffee notes yet pleasant on the palate.

O: Quite enjoyable beer for a cold winter day. Has a great taste and good feel. Again served and drank around 50 degrees and found this to be a nice temperature to bring out the full flavor. Hope to see Mad Tree and Heavy Seas collaborate again, as this was a good enjoyable outcome.

 

 

 

 

L: Poured from a bottle to a pint glass. Had a dark brown / black color and a thick, opaque texture. There was a quarter inch of foamy, off white, fairly long-lasting head. Below average lacing.

S: A solid aroma of coffee, chocolate, caramel, dark fruit, and malt.

T: Tasted of nice shot of caramel, some coffee notes (not as much as expected), a bit of chocolate, some malt, a little it of char, vanilla, and dark fruit (plums, in particular). An interesting take on the wee heavy style. The coffee's a nice touch, but it needs more of it. Could have been a little more forceful, but still tasty.

F: A good amount of carbonation with a smooth finish. Medium-bodied.

O: While this beer has its flaws, it still manages to be likable. Worth a look.

22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 9/12/2017. Pours nearly opaque very dark brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, milk chocolate, nutty medium roast coffee, cocoa, toffee, molasses, and toasted dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of peat smoke, vanilla, raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, licorice, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, cocoa, coffee, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, milk chocolate, nutty medium roast coffee, cocoa, toffee, molasses, and toasted dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of peat smoke, vanilla, raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, licorice, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy/spicy hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, milk chocolate, nutty medium roast coffee, cocoa, toffee, molasses, toasted dark/brown bread, light dark fruit/smoke, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, cocoa, coffee, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and slightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.25%. Overall this is an awesome wee heavy. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, cocoa, coffee, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Very rich and complex dark/bready malts with nice cocoa/coffee presence; mild complementing fruity yeast and earthy hop notes in the background. Does not feel overly roasty to fall out of style at all. A really enjoyable/unique offering, and spot on style example.