Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #10 - Triticus

Formerly brewed at Harpoon Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Pours a reddish brown with a thin tan head. Big malt body with hints of cherry tobacco caramel malt and slightly boozy aroma. Big malt body with a spicy hop bite. Well done, age should mellow the booziness a little.

Bomber, bottled on 5/16/05. Poured deeper mahogany-tinted amber with only a dusting of beige head. The aroma picked up aged caramel with molasses and a little anise upfront with tangy wheat, earth, and herbal hoppage as accents.. graceful age on it. The flavor opened with tart wheat and degraded, but still intriguing hop bitterness (mostly herbal with some pine and citrus).. caramel at the core.. finished short, warm, and bitter with some hop character coming back after the finish followed by just a subtle heat. The bitterness built from the first sip through the finish.. balance was alright, but some age-related character caught it up in places.. all in all a very good brew!

Draft. Pours a brown body with a sweet malty aroma, sweet like candy and caramel. Well hopped with grassy and earthy with dark chewy fruit. Lots of etoh a solid beer, my personal favorite from harpoon.

Only had a little sample at the brewery in Windsor, VT. Brown with tan head. Sweet malty aroma and sweet molasses malty flavor. Alcohol taste is present.

On draft at Sunset grille, Allston, under the name Leviathan Triticus (also marked 14%). Pours a dark, dark ruby brown with minimal offwhite cap. Nose is rich and full of dark fruits, brandyish tones, chocolate cookie, burnt brown sugar, and many more. Musty, earthy hop character throughout. Smooth and velvety on the palate. Very nice, sippable barleywine.

Verre de dégustation, provenant d’un fût, au Vermont Brewers Festival 2008 (Burlington, VT). Arôme: Odeur de chocolat et de caramel fruité avec une pointe d’houblon. Apparence: La couleur est brune foncée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de prune, de mélasse et de chocolat avec une pointe d’houblon. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement vineuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. (Rating #1843)

some of the original batch geat brew a little malty should have comsumed it sooner

On tap at Sunset Grill & Tap: Dark brown in color with a very thin head. The nose gave up powerful scents of malt, toffee, chocolate, banana and some alcohol. In the mouth it was full-bodied and powerful with the dark flavors from the nose continuing. Again it showed some alcohol which didn’t stick out that bad, especially given the depth and power, but was noticable.