Leavenworth Old Grumpy

On tap at the brewpub. Pours dark amber with a super creamy yellowish-beige head. Intense aroma of testors model car cement. Amazing level of hops and thick malt body. The beer is sweet and very candy-like. This is a palate bomb. It is a stupendously thick-walled concrete lacing on the sides of the glass. Has strong woody cedar-like flavors. Finishes with a strong and drying flavor.

Cask @ the brewpub. Pours a dark amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a malty hoppy pine and citrus aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy pine needles flavor. Has a long warming malty hoppy finish.

Pint - Fish Brewing Brew Pub - Olympia, WA
Aroma – Huge malt aroma with lots of spices in the background.
Appearance – Dark Amber in color, Nice head and clear.
Flavor – Tons of Barley wine flavor. This did not feel like a huge barley wine that kicks you in the teeth more like a mellow version.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, great texture with a good dry finish.
Overall – A very nice mellow barley wine great flavors,. Tons of spices and hops this was a decent barely wine.

snifter @ beverage place barleywine bacchanal - dark copper with tan head and suspended haze; lots of lacing from the faded head; flavors of sugar and fruit; strong alcohol aromas and flavors, but has a great creamy and thick texture to it; yummy

Ruby-amber colour. Hazy. Thin head. Gorgeous beer. Big, balanced aroma. Woody, citrusy with light chocolate notes. Big chewy rich resiny hop crosses the tongue. Woody. Toffeeish, chewy malts with brown sugar and orange, lemon character. This is a complex, nuanced brew. Awesome.

Seventh stop during the ABA Beer Tour ’07 in Olympia, Washington. Sampled cask conditioned at the Fish Tale brewpub. The 2007 vintage brew pours a burnt ruby red color with no head except for a thin bubbly ring. Aroma of brown sugar, dried pitted fruit and some earthy spice. Taste is full bodied, very sweet with lots of alcohol texture. Finish is very dry with some dried prune flavor. A little aging will smoothen the flavor.

Hard Liver 2005
2004 vintage
Dark brown color with some orange light at the bottom. Roasted grains and rusty metallic metal notes upset the nose. Caustic abrasive metallic flavors swirling all around the sweet plum and brown sugar malts, basically ruining the experience.