Harpoon Leviathan Baltic Porter

Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: Baltic Porter
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma is smoky and roasty. Flavor is of dark chocolate and a rather sweet coffee with some darker fruit flavors as well. Very rich. Very nice.

This is my first Baltic Porter, so I’m not sure what to expect. To me, it really tastes like a blend of a good, rich porter, and a barleywine. It has the lush mouthfeel and rich roastedness of a porter, with the strong, alcoholic and thickish presence in the finish. It’s okay, but I much prefer an Imperial Stout.

12 oz. bottle - thanks riversideak!! cola brown, with thin tan head; sweet candy on the nose; mildly boozy with some rich coffee; soft texture is a little syrupy though coffee seems out of style; nice and thin; decent baltic

[bottle] Coffee, chocolate, and lots of fruit in the aroma. Thick, inky black-brown with off-white bubbles around the side and a thin cover. Sweet raisin and black currant flavour with tons of vanilla roast and mocha. Gentle bitterness leaves the balance towards sweet, but velvety and smooth and not cloying. Clean vanilla finish, moderate carbonation, slightly salty, full body. Excellent.

Poured into a tasting glass from the tap. The color is dark black with a slight light brown head. Not very carbinated. The smell malty is a hint of dark chocolate. The taste is of roasted malts, some smoky coffee and chocolate flavors as well. This beer is one strong beer. Had a nice kick to it, and still had some nice flavor to it that kept it from being too much to handle.

Appearance: deep reddish brown. Murky, but bright in front of the light. Big fluffy head. *Looks* like a Big Beer. The aroma is heavy raisin and dark grape. Some roasted mocha and coffee. Dark and rich. Hint of dark sweetness. Dark cherries and oak. The taste is bitter, bitter dark marlt. A bit sugary but also slightly sour. Grape, dates, raisins. A MAJOR burn on the way down, like rum. Burnt cookies. The feel is creamy and milky. Smooth and buttery; no grit. This beer is seriously bitter and hefty. A slow sipper and a beast, but a delicious beast.

Dark chestnut brown, very small head. Very strong roasted aroma, some hint of a sour note though. Nothing sour in the flavor, smoky, roasted, lovely. Warming finish.

Mottled brown color, the pour produces a filmy head and some spotty lacing. Nice aroma of oats and fresh cigar as well as green hops and rye bread. Feels well blended and it’s smooth. Sweet with a nice creaminess. Flavor is similar to the aroma with nuances of smoky wood, plums and burnt toast. I also pick up on a hearty dose of black licorice. Very good offering.