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Nineteen
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
- From:
- Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 14.62%
- Reviews:
- 49
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 04, 2021
- Added:
- Jun 19, 2014
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 54
Brewed to the classic Weyerbacher anniversary requirement of a strength of 10% ABV or more, Nineteen fits the mold and brings a new dimension to the anniversary pedigree – tartness! Two brews were made – a high-ABV mango-infused wheat beer and a tart blending beer, both using pale and wheat malts and a blend of Belgian yeasts. The final blended beer features both tropical sweetness, as well as the tart citrusy character of a spontaneously fermented beer. Nineteen should cellar quite well. Cheers!
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota
1.5/5 rDev -60.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.5/5 rDev -60.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Bottle. White head. Lace. Clear burnt amber copper color.
This is pretty bad. Muted mango, tastes old, has a strong Belgian triple like flavor. Some sourness and some tartness. Kind of a mess of a beer.
Feb 04, 2021This is pretty bad. Muted mango, tastes old, has a strong Belgian triple like flavor. Some sourness and some tartness. Kind of a mess of a beer.
Reviewed by SHODriver from North Carolina
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: Poured into a pint glass to a pale golden orange topped by a thick finger and a half of dense cream colored head which fades slowly and leaves excellent lacing
S: Smells of mangoes and creamy wheat
T: Taste is juicy mangoes and creamy wheat with some doughy notes. Slight mineral quality as well as a slight amount of spice and tartness. Swallow is a little alcohol with a lot more mango and creamy wheat
M: This beer is full bodied with a fairly creamy feel on the palate. Carbonation is soft but adequate for the style while the beer has a drying finish due to the ABV.
O: Overall this one is a little simple but it's well executed. Good flavors but a bit lacking in complexity. Well crafted with minimal faults. It held up well to the age but probably should have been consumed fresh. If they make this again it's worth revisiting.
Jul 26, 2018S: Smells of mangoes and creamy wheat
T: Taste is juicy mangoes and creamy wheat with some doughy notes. Slight mineral quality as well as a slight amount of spice and tartness. Swallow is a little alcohol with a lot more mango and creamy wheat
M: This beer is full bodied with a fairly creamy feel on the palate. Carbonation is soft but adequate for the style while the beer has a drying finish due to the ABV.
O: Overall this one is a little simple but it's well executed. Good flavors but a bit lacking in complexity. Well crafted with minimal faults. It held up well to the age but probably should have been consumed fresh. If they make this again it's worth revisiting.
Reviewed by macrosmatic from Florida
3.63/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Reviewed from (very long-standing) notes. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a Cigar City Brewing teku glass.
A: Pours a hazy dark gold with a bit of chill haze to boot. Forms a one-finger white head that fades quickly. A fairly low amount of visible carbonation.
S: Mango that's a little overripe or extra-sweet. Wheat grain with a bit of grist in the cracker malts. A bit perfumey as well.
T: Ripe sweet mango that has just a bit of tartness to it. A lot of wheat malt adds a nice fullness to the flavor. There's fleshy fruits here as well - almost as if from yeast esters, though I'm not certain that it's not from the fruit additions. It finishes with some cracker malt sweetness under the full-fruited flavors whose sweetness lasts into the hang. The hint of lactic tartness lasts into the hang as well.
M: A light crisp body, with nice carbonation sensation. Low alcohol presence.
O: Not a bad wheat ale. Not my personal favorite, but maybe something I'd give someone who liked Blue Moon who was looking for something new and better and more complex. There's a lot of fruit flavor here, and it dominates just about everything else. Easy to drink but nothing I'd go back to.
Jun 23, 2018A: Pours a hazy dark gold with a bit of chill haze to boot. Forms a one-finger white head that fades quickly. A fairly low amount of visible carbonation.
S: Mango that's a little overripe or extra-sweet. Wheat grain with a bit of grist in the cracker malts. A bit perfumey as well.
T: Ripe sweet mango that has just a bit of tartness to it. A lot of wheat malt adds a nice fullness to the flavor. There's fleshy fruits here as well - almost as if from yeast esters, though I'm not certain that it's not from the fruit additions. It finishes with some cracker malt sweetness under the full-fruited flavors whose sweetness lasts into the hang. The hint of lactic tartness lasts into the hang as well.
M: A light crisp body, with nice carbonation sensation. Low alcohol presence.
O: Not a bad wheat ale. Not my personal favorite, but maybe something I'd give someone who liked Blue Moon who was looking for something new and better and more complex. There's a lot of fruit flavor here, and it dominates just about everything else. Easy to drink but nothing I'd go back to.
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
4.08/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
And, as the grand finale to the madness that has been my Weyerbacher vertical as a part of the eradication of the Bottle Backlog here at Chez Woody, I have arrived at the anniversary beers. I never intended for things to get so out of hand, but between work & travel, this is the result. It is actually nice to reconnect after all of this time, plus it keeps me at home & out of trouble.
From the bottle: "Wheat Ale brewed with Mango".
The bottle is dated 06/06/2014 with a "Best By" date of 06/06/2019, so I am in the window & sweet spot for the whole thing. There was some noticeable lees settled on the punt, so once I Pop!ped the cap, I employed a VERY gentle pour so as not to rouse them. They would not be wasted, either, just saved for the last pour. Color was solid Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9) with NE-quality clarity. An in-glass swirl raised just under two fingers of loamy, rocky, light-tan head with limited retention that left sticky lacing in its wake. Nose had a sharpness that I believe might have come from kettle-souring with lacto. I am not an expert by any stretch, but I think that I am beginning to recognize the odor. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was fairly tart, not as puckering as Tarte Nouveau, but still noticeably tart. There was also a light fruitiness, but I would not have been able to identify it as mango on my own. Finish was dry, but the sweetness of the mango began to assert itself on the extreme finish. It was an interesting beer, but just not really my bag.
Feb 22, 2017From the bottle: "Wheat Ale brewed with Mango".
The bottle is dated 06/06/2014 with a "Best By" date of 06/06/2019, so I am in the window & sweet spot for the whole thing. There was some noticeable lees settled on the punt, so once I Pop!ped the cap, I employed a VERY gentle pour so as not to rouse them. They would not be wasted, either, just saved for the last pour. Color was solid Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9) with NE-quality clarity. An in-glass swirl raised just under two fingers of loamy, rocky, light-tan head with limited retention that left sticky lacing in its wake. Nose had a sharpness that I believe might have come from kettle-souring with lacto. I am not an expert by any stretch, but I think that I am beginning to recognize the odor. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was fairly tart, not as puckering as Tarte Nouveau, but still noticeably tart. There was also a light fruitiness, but I would not have been able to identify it as mango on my own. Finish was dry, but the sweetness of the mango began to assert itself on the extreme finish. It was an interesting beer, but just not really my bag.
Reviewed by Beejay from Virginia
3.71/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.71/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: A dark pineapple yellow, crazy hazy and a good amount of yeast sediment. Big white head on it though.
S: Fruity and syrupy. Honey with a bit of a biscuit like aroma. Smells sweet and interesting.
T: WHoa.. that's a surprise. Lemon and a bit of tartness. Some earthy bitterness in the finish with a touch of mango.
M: Medium light with medium high carbonation. Dry finish with a touch of cling.
O: Overall this is a damn weird beer. ABV is crazy high for the taste, it feels like a summer sipper, but packs a punch. Funky.
Dec 27, 2015S: Fruity and syrupy. Honey with a bit of a biscuit like aroma. Smells sweet and interesting.
T: WHoa.. that's a surprise. Lemon and a bit of tartness. Some earthy bitterness in the finish with a touch of mango.
M: Medium light with medium high carbonation. Dry finish with a touch of cling.
O: Overall this is a damn weird beer. ABV is crazy high for the taste, it feels like a summer sipper, but packs a punch. Funky.
Reviewed by boakmyers from Pennsylvania
4.65/5 rDev +21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Surprisingly refreshing for this alcohol content. Pours foggy with much mango sediment and very slight head, but is to be expected for this style. Mango provides a nice not-to-tart citrisy after taste. Very pleasant.
Jul 30, 2015
Nineteen from Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
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86 out of
100 with
299 ratings
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