Heavy Seas - Prosit! - Heavy Seas Beer

superspak

Michigan

3.9/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating. Pours very hazy orange copper color with a 1 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Slight spotty soapy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of big caramel, toffee, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, raisin, pear, brown sugar, herbal, and light earthy hops. Nice malty aromas with good strength and balance. Taste of caramel, toffee, raisin, pear, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, and light earthy hop spiciness. Lingering notes of caramel, toffee, light fruits, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, and earthy hop spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice flavor balance and complexity of malty flavors; with moderate hop flavor balance; and zero cloying sweetness present after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a creamy and slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very nice imperial Oktoberfest lager. Very nice balance and complexity of malty flavors; and very smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering. I could tell this was an older bottle, and it aged nicely.

Serving type: bottle

01-25-2013 05:19:30 | More by superspak

BeastLU

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -5.7%

05-18-2013 15:43:53 | More by BeastLU

JakeDebus

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev +1.1%

05-09-2013 17:14:54 | More by JakeDebus

dalepryor

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev +1.1%

05-07-2013 22:21:56 | More by dalepryor

schaffer9252

New York

4.25/5  rDev +14.6%

05-04-2013 14:50:17 | More by schaffer9252

DrunkinYogi

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev +1.1%

03-31-2013 05:12:35 | More by DrunkinYogi

DrFunkenstein

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +14.6%

02-16-2013 14:52:38 | More by DrFunkenstein

SadMachine

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +1.1%

01-02-2013 03:22:36 | More by SadMachine

generallee

New York

3.8/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Presentation: It was poured from a brown 1pt. 6oz bottle into a dimpled mug.

Appearance: The body has a deep amber color with bright orange highlights and lots of visible carbonation racing to the head. Its head is small but just hangs on to a thin cap which leaves some slick lacing on the glass.

Smell: The aroma is bold and full of rich sweet maltiness and boozy notes with some light citrus/spicy hops in the background.

Taste/Palate: The alcohol is quite noticeable and surrounds a big sweet malty body. Notes of warm sweet bread, caramel and toffee pop out. The hops are lighter but more noticeable towards the finish and they add some needed bitterness for balance. It’s a big full bodied beer with smooth yet still lively carbonation.

Notes: With 9% abv this beer hits hard and slows down its drinkability.

Serving type: bottle

11-20-2012 00:16:37 | More by generallee

sendbeer

Georgia

2.75/5  rDev -25.9%

11-03-2012 14:25:42 | More by sendbeer

tlazaroff

Virginia

3.73/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Traditional aroma on this one with kind of hot cereal and toffee sweet scent. It's very malty in the aroma, with just a hint of hops coming through as a kind of spiciness. I wish it was a bit stronger in the smell than it is, but it's not bad.

Orange and slightly opaque in color with a thin, almost non-existent white head. Visible carbonation streaming to the top. Lacing is interesting, it's there, but then disappears.

Tastes a lot better than it's aroma. Biscuits, toast, light caramel and toffee. Alcohol is detectable via the taste as well, and it hit me fairly hard. Full bodied with light carbonation on the plate and a sweet finish. It's a satisfying, strong, great combination to which I say: Prost!

Serving type: bottle

09-09-2012 16:42:01 | More by tlazaroff

brentblack1

New York

3/5  rDev -19.1%

09-07-2012 00:15:07 | More by brentblack1

RickS95

Indiana

3.9/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Looks a rich, chestnut brown with some hues of orange to keep it light. The head is a thin finger of mostly white bubbles giving it a creamy look. Not a lot of retention and no initial signs of lacing.

Very malty nose, with some IPA-like non-aggressive scents like pine and orange peel.

The taste is also similar to an IPA, minus the palate-killing bitterness. Malty (toffee) with notes of pine and citrus, and some spices. It's got a lot going on and I can't quite put a finger on all the flavors, but nutmeg and ginger come to mind.

It's certainly spicy like you'd expect it to be, but it's got a sweetness to balance the beer and give it an almost creamy feel. The alcohol provides ample heat in the swallow. Not quite full-bodied, and while bitter is the lasting trait, it's not over the top.

Overall, a really good beer and fairly easy to drink. Heavy Seas scares me because I either really like their selections or I really don't--there isn't much in the middle--but I'm very happy I picked this one up.

Serving type: bottle

08-27-2012 02:43:37 | More by RickS95

buckyp

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +1.1%

08-08-2012 22:30:42 | More by buckyp

BogBoyJD

Ireland

4.25/5  rDev +14.6%

06-12-2012 02:47:59 | More by BogBoyJD

KevinTK

4/5  rDev +7.8%

05-30-2012 14:11:33 | More by KevinTK

MaChiNe

4/5  rDev +7.8%

05-19-2012 15:10:43 | More by MaChiNe

jak

North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -12.4%

04-09-2012 21:12:27 | More by jak

djrn2

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -5.7%

04-05-2012 02:32:55 | More by djrn2

jondeelee

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Prosit! opens with a rich, malty nose, heavy with rising wheat dough, toast crust, floury baguette and biscuit grain notes, accompanied by molasses and brown sugar sweetness, and touches of fig, orange, berry, vanilla, black cherry, and kola nut adding complexity. The nose is decently strong and the aromas seem well-balanced, though they do fade slightly as the beer rests, until an orange-and-bread sweetness is most of what remains.

On the tongue, the beer opens with a complex and malty shot of sugars, being especially strong in fig, plum, orange liqueur, and berry, as well as thick raisin bread dough and gloopy black molasses. As the beer rests on the tongue the kola nut comes forward slightly, as well as does vanilla. Some citrusy lemon and grapefruit notes tell of hops, though these are more difficult to locate. As the sugars die off, the beer presents in grain-based underbelly, and bread dough flavors become predominant, though mixed still with molasses, much like the aftertaste of a piece of molasses bread. The aftertaste of the beer is kola nut, molasses, vanilla, and bread crust, and lingers for a good while. Mouthfeel is medium, and carbonation is medium.

Overall, this is certainly good beer, bearing a nice smattering of flavors in decent quantities, and flavors that nicely mask the 8% (at least that's what my bottle's label says) ABV. Especially nice are the darker fruit esters, such as fig and raisin, which play nicely off the oranges and berries. The beer does lose flavor if several sips are taken in a row, but mostly, while the beer is quite good, it doesn't have anything especially alluring or exciting to set it apart from its peers. A good representation of the style, then.

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2012 20:32:08 | More by jondeelee

corzocl

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +21.3%

03-10-2012 21:18:45 | More by corzocl

chrispoint

Connecticut

2/5  rDev -46.1%

02-19-2012 20:37:53 | More by chrispoint

eeggles

District of Columbia

3.5/5  rDev -5.7%

02-18-2012 05:10:44 | More by eeggles

dugly2ugly

Virginia

4.5/5  rDev +21.3%

02-12-2012 01:04:30 | More by dugly2ugly

ygtbsm94

Virginia

2.5/5  rDev -32.6%

01-29-2012 03:38:19 | More by ygtbsm94