Weyerbacher Prophecy

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Sampled at a tasting, and I fear the bottle was aged and had already fallen off considerably by this time. Decent dark golden pour with a fizzy head and spots of lacing. Lots of green apple and some passion fruits. A touch of band-aid and a lot of sharp acidity.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a bright clear yellow color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of bourbon is dominating with some sweet malt also easily noticeable. Taste is a mix between some bourbon with some sweet malt. All fruity eater or spicy yeast notes are overwhelmed by the bourbon but I still thought it was an enjoyable mix and it wasn’t too cloying overall. Full body with some great carbonation and some alcohol is noticeable.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Looks and tastes like a Belgium Triple. Small head with little lacing. A bit of banana flavor, couldn't taste the alchol. Not a bad beer, but I've had better from this brewery.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 7

Is Prophecy any good? I opened this bottle Jan 3, 2007 and swirled the poured contents in my goblet. A message appeared in the foam: "Notre Dame will defeat LSU to win the Sugar Bowl tonight." Aged in oak. Hazy gold color with a 1" white foam from a rough pour. Foam settles to a thin but persistent film and leaves decent lace. The aroma is arrestingly bizarre: strong vanilla and pronounced bourbon and oak. Also detected: pear juice and paint fumes. The taste reminds me of Midas Touch or Jaihu. Smooth, buttery mouthfeel on first encounter yields to a carbonation-induced prickliness. The alcohol kicks. Nice Buzz! Bit of a sour aftertaste, with a sharp alcohol bite that stabs the back of the tounge like a touch of Listerine. I took off points for this. Speaking of points: LSU 41, ND 14. Prophecy is not so good at picking football winners, but it is very good at reading my mind about what makes an interesting beer. Interesting, not great.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

This beer poured with a hazy golden body topped off by a towering fluffy white head that lasted throughout the beer leaving nice patches of lace down the sides of glass. The aroma was yeasty with some slightly sour pear and other fruity tones with some faint alcohol as well. The mouthfeel was medium bodied and slightly oily. Something was very off in the flavor for me, lots of bready yeast, light oaky tones, some banana, and lots of sour apple and pear flavors that were just too tart given the style for my tastes.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Pale golden pour, decent head and lacing. Loads of fruit and vanilla in this one. Good bourbon barrel flavor. Some banana. Wonderfully sweet and yeasty. Tastes like a sweet trippel. I likey.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Produces a glass of medium yellow-amber haze with an almost glowing quality. Good sized head disappears rather quickly, but leaves some lacing. Aroma is of bananas, coriander, oak, and definitely alcohol (more noticeable than the ABV would indicate). Taste is heavy on the banana, alcohol and spices, but not unpleasant. Mouthfeel seems to be a very nice balance of thickness and carbonated sizzle. This was good as a bomber, but the heavy banana qualities would probably preclude more than a bottle of this in one sitting.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pours a fairly clear amber with a smaller head than I was expecting after it tried to climb out of the bottle by itself. The aroma is spiced pears with a touch of wheat. The flavor verges on cloying sweetness. There's a lot of vanilla from the wood and the bourbon is actually overpowering. I'm less than happy with this beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Poured a hazy gold color with small head which left great lacing. Aroma was of caramel fruits vaniall and oak. Flavor was much the same with an added yeasty flavor to it. Mouthfeel was a little sticky. i was a fan of this one.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

A really enjoyable beer. Poured a golden color with hints of orange hues, decent initial head that subsided quickly and didn't lace great (high abv and aged?). The aroma was excellent, lots of light fruits, vanilla, oak, and other things. Flavor followed suit, vanilla at the front, then oak, apples, peaches, even pears. Alcohol warmth included with a lightly carbonated and sticky mouthfeel. A nice treat for me, although it was more like a barleywine than an aged tripel/belgian strong.