Harpoon Leviathan Imperial IPA

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

resin-y aroma with lots of fresh warm spicy hops and a caramel-y sweetness. slightly hazy, orange-amber, with medium rocky offwhite head. flavor is more timid, a mildly bitter fresh hop with lots of pine and apricots. body is slightly on the thin side, as is carbonation, with a decent bitter finish. overall this is pretty good, but not the most "imperial" iipa i’ve had.

Draft at Washington Square Tavern. Pours a syrupy orange color with a small white head. Nose is grapefruity hops with a light caramel note. Palate is syrupy and sticky. Flavor is sugary with grapefruity hops and some caramel malts. Sticky syrupy notes and a finish of light bitterness.

bottled. Assertively over hopped Impy IPA, jaw tingly in the best way. Hop resin and a sharp cheddar linger on the tongue. Maybe lacks definition?

Pours a clear golden, quite lively, with a big white head, leaves nice lacing, is very viscous... Aroma is citrusy, orange, creamy, and alcoholy... Piney flavor, different hops than usual, kind of spicy... Warming, medium-full bodied, medium full mouthfeel, noticeable alcohol... These Leviathan series beers have all been a different take on the style, and are worth trying....

Nice thick head. Great copper/orange appearance. Peach is the first and dominating aroma to hit. Nice smell. Fruity hoppyness flavor. Awesome beer. A hop head’s paradise. A beer I could drink all night, every night. Highly recommended for the hop heads out there. A great Imperial IPA. I will have this again.

THOUGHTS: Really nice. Very well balance. Hid alcohol fairly well. Not much to say other than it is nice. It could be better, but nice. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a light orangey amber with an average, off-white head that mostly diminished and left good lacing. The aroma was moderate caramel malt; moderate resinous and orangey hops, along with a little cat pee hops, candied fruit and alcohol. The initial flavor was rather sweet, bitter and a bit acidic; while the finish was very sweet and rather bitter with a long duration. There was orange, caramel, resinous and orangey hops, slight metallic hops, a little alcohol, and citrus. The medium to full body was a little oily, but fairly syrupy and then dry with fizzy carbonation and an astringent, lightly metallic, and lightly alcoholic finish.

12oz bottle thanks to alexasdad06. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a 2 finger foamy beige head that leaves delicate lacing. The nose is sweet malt and ripe citrus. The taste is caramel, sweet citrus and lingering pink grapefruit tartness and resin in the finish. Medium semi-creamy mouthfeel. Nice IIPA – thanks again Brad!

Bottle, poured a clear rich orange with a slight hint of head. Nose is sweetish and piny hops. Fairly big and bitter, with nice, but not overpowering hop notes. Most of the abv is pretty well hidden, although there is a hint of it in the finish, which is also fairly bitter. A bit on the sweet side overall, but a decent imperial ipa.