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Weyerbacher: Blithering Idiot

This traditional barley wine is/was brewed by Weyerbacher in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 89.36%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 11.10%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

UPDATED: MAR 14, 2005 Bottle. Pours a pretty pastel red with thick off-white head. Aroma is of sour fruits and hops. Taste is malty and sweet but finishes very bitter. High ABV is VERY noticeable and is the dominant taste. Tastes almost like whiskey. Quite one-dimensional. Hmmmm...maybe this was a bad bottle. It came from a variety case.
no head pours to a amber body. The aroma definatly hits you with the alcohol but there is also fruit scents in there. They do an outstanding job by using the execellent flavors to mask the alcohol. There was chocolate flavors, grape and mabey grapefruit. execellent beer.
UPDATED: DEC 28, 2004 Sweet fruit aroma, brick red body and foam lasted the duration of the sample. Medium bodied, alcohol twang greets at the end of every sip. Nice blend of malts. Numerous Blithering Idiots could make my soul numb.

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In Book 886 on page 43 (visualisation):

Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
17th May 2020 at 9:15 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 11.10 dark with a hint of red and slightly cloudy Taste: 100%
Head: 71.11%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 71.11%
Clarity: 70%
 89.358% delicious 840

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Other Beers (etc.) by Weyerbacher

Apart from Blithering Idiot, Hop Horizons lists 3 others by Weyerbacher. These are:
Hops Infusion India Pale Ale
Merry Monks' Ale
Tarte Nouveau

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