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Fish Tale Leviathan Barleywine (Batch 5+) 3.61 250

Fish Tale Leviathan Barleywine (Batch 5+)

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2503.63/5.03.61/5.010%65.7Snifter
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Bottled November 2004, Batch 5. With its assertive hop bitterness, delicious malt flavor and long, dry, hoppy finish, Leviathan Barleywine is a brew of mythic proportions. Dark amber, rich, and malty with a most very hearty alcohol strength, it is capable of soothing the savage beast in us all. Leviathan rises out of Pale, Carastan, and Chocolate malts with monstrous additions of Chinook hops for bitterness and Cascade hops for flavor and aroma. This vintage ale finishes quite dry after a long maturation period. As it comes of age in the keg, subtle flavors of sherry, pear, and roasted nuts will develop.
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 Ungstrup (15430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 10, 2006  
A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of both caramel and the alcohol. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, and towards the end notes of wood grows on You, making the end dry. The alcohol also makes its presence know towards the end.


 Papsoe (15109), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 17, 2006  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a slightly hazy amber golden with a small, off-white head. Fat aroma of caramel and aroma hops. Very full-bodied with rich, fat flavours of caramel. Some hops in the finish but not really enough to balance the sweetness. 160806


 omhper (12299), Stockholm, Sweden
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Bottled at Petalax Beer Festival. (2004 vintage, batch 5) Clear pale brownish amber, small creamy head. Sugary caramel aroma. Sweet with medium-full body. Lots of toffee, some wood. Restrained citric hoppiness .some green apples. Perhaps the aging has diminished the hop levels a bit much, now it is more reminiscent of an English style barley wine, but without the malt depth. Finishes with lots of spun suga rand toffee. Soft and edgeless, but with no "wow!"


 oh6gdx (9115), Vasa, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Bottled. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some alcohol and fruits. Also quite strong wooden and licoriceish notes. Flavour is sweet malts, plum and raisins. Mild notes of vanilla and wood too. Wellbalanced.


 joergen (8638), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 21, 2006  
Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with an off white head. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel and dried fruits. Flavour of malts, caramel and dried fruits.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Name: Leviathan
Date: 08/26/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Fest of 26
Vintage: 2006

hazy amber, whispy head, rich malt aroma with earthy hops and a hint of oaky woodyness, rich malt flavor, good dry carmel well balanced with earthy bitterness , touch of vanilla sweetness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4


 argo0 (7027), Washington DC, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 3, 2005  
(12oz bottle, batch 5) Clear amber body topped by a small beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, moderately sweet, pine, caramel, light mint. Taste is medium sweet, pine/grapefruit, caramel, faint nuts. Smooth medium-full body with some chewiness, alcohol well hidden.


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Aug 17, 2006  
Bottle. Dark amber colour with a medium beige head. Caramel malty, dark fruitMedium body with a dry light alcoholic finish.s, hop aroma and taste, light alcoholic finish.



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