Harpoon Leviathan Imperial IPA

Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Bottle on 10/27/2009. Clear copper body with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet floral and resiny hop aroma. Sweet resiny hop flavor, some light floral notes on a pale malt background. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

Little head, white, large bubbles. Some slight saggy lace. Clear orange/gold color. Nose is weird, grapey, fruity, faint caramel.Light bodied, tame carbonation, quick. Some grapey, honey light fruity flavors. Dry, quick almost vegetal finish, lightly medicinal, aspirine notes cabbage. Wow what a mess and dissapointment! IIPA?? No no! Fer shame. IIPA? Naw. WTF? stop, go away,,, please. Yer all fuckedup.garbage 3.7? WTF

355 mL bottle. Hazy orange with a small, sticky head and lots of bubbles. The aroma is hoppy, leaning toward citrus, but also has more of a caramel presence than most IPAs. In the flavour, there are citrussy hops from start to finish, but at no point is it "overly" hoppy. Solid malt backbone. Creamy mouthfeel. Not spectacular, but very solid.

Pours a straw/amber color. Light carbonation with little head. Aroma is slightly hoppy. Taste is sweet, orangey and hints of alcohol. Heavy bitterness about the middle of the finish. Bitterness lingers quite a bit.

Bottle:   Pale coppery amber, fairly clear, large frothy off-white head, nice lacing, light carbonation.   Semi-sweet floral citrusy hop goodness.   Seems to also have a decent malt presense, perhaps even a little caramel like.   Resiny citrus beginning, caramel malts and soft floral hops on the back side.   This one is nice, not overly hopped with some decent malts.   I wouldn’t mind it being a little maltier, but I am fairly happy with it as is.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate to full.   Finishes clean, lingering citrus peel with pale caramel malts.   Fairly good stuff.   Thanks Jeff!

Orange, a bit hazy, white head, faded quickly. Heavy caramel nose, citrus as well. Nice balance to this one, toffee palate, absolutely no alcohol presence detected, Very enjoyable.

Draft at Mad Mex South Hills. Deep orange pour, thin ring of white foam, decent lacing. Lots of tropical fruit in the nose, more sweet than anything. Flavor is initially sweet, lending to mango and aspirin and finishing very bitter. Palate is remarkably thin for how sweet this is.

This ale poured a cloudy dark yellow colour with a nice big, bright white, foamy head. To the nose there are scents of orange and lemon citrus, spruce and grass. Very hoppy notes. First swig was smooth and creamy with a real hopp bite at first. Flavours of pineapple citrus, grass and a little juniper kick you in the mouth at first sip. Tapering off to a hoppy bitter flavour that lasts forever.