 Dixen (1465), Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 20, 2004 Batch #3. Very nice aroma, berries, loads of sweetness, alcohol and some hops. Very dark red body, muddy, no head. Very sweet flavor, oaky, hops, very sticky and long lasting. Excellent beer!
madsberg (4958), Søborg, Denmark
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 20, 2004 Bottled, Batch #3: Dusty dark amber coloured. Beige small head. The nose is delicious. Alcahol, hops, spice and berries is seducing you. This is top notch aroma. The flavour is extreme. Caramel, hops and of course the alcahol. Although the alcahol is very present its not sticky or cloying as in other high octan beers. Very balanced. Ends on a warming and nicely bitter note. Really a quality beer. Thanks Bück Dich for trading this.
hopdog (5550), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 10, 2004 Batch #4, 2002. Poured a dark reddish-brown color with a smaller head. Aromas and tastes of wood, wine, smoke, oak, and plums. Alcohol content well hidden. This is like no other Barley Wine I have had. Definitely a top notch beer and one never to pass up.
Crosling (1854), Loveland, Colorado, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 3, 2004 The color is a murky reddish brown. A very attractive beer, especially considering that this bottle is approaching 3 years of aging. The head is off white and is long lasting and also provides a nice lace for my eyes.
Intense aroma. Grapes, plums, caramel, red wine qualities and you can definately tell this is oak aged. Wow.
Phenomenal flavor. The sip is long and dynamic but is very easy to describe. Plums and cherries first. Then the caramel and other sweet malts come out. Soon after, the cab franc flavors start to come out providing a lot of dry dark fruit flavors. Cashew flavor next. The finish is huge and is nothing but oak. Oak. Oak. Oak.
Coating texture in the mouth. The mouthfeel is delightful as well. Everything about this beer was delightful.
Sickboy282 (1098), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 22, 2004 Pours a beautiful brownish/amber hue with only a tiny little off-white head. Aromas of dates/prunes, caramel, grain roasted malts. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a slight bitterness. Now the flavors, which is amazing by the way, are of; vanilla, slight scotch, the port aging is very noticable, very smooth and creamy....Even some chocolate/espresso, no..... light coffee flavors. mmmm.... This is quite amazing.
wunderbier (1267), Tampere, Finland
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 10, 2004 750 mL bottle, snifter. Cookie, caramel, chocolate, roasted malt (H); flowers, pine and citrus hops (H); white grape, raisin, pear, cherry, port, cask wood, licorice, cola, maple syrup, and whisky aromas. Small, creamy, offf-white head sits on a murky, dark, red-brown body. Moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter flavor becomes a lightly sweet, moderately acidic, heavily bitter finish. Medium-full body, oily/sticky texture, soft carbonation, bitter, vinous aftertaste. The bottom line is: i have never tasted a barleywine like this before! Thanks for the trade SlikWily!
Probiere (992), Iowa, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 7, 2004 Virutally no head, a cloudy, murky, red-brown diffusive mess. Smells like a winey-raisiny-bourbon-caramel mess. This beer is a mess! Some spiciness of some sort in the nose...can’t make out exactly what. Taste like a soft, mellow red wine and some rummy alcohol notes. Brown sugar. Lots of tannins. Very oaky. Finish is softly bitter and clean leaving the wine taste and lots of fruit sweetness behind. Totally different experience. Wow. Thanks, B.
5000 (2409), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 4.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Aug 29, 2004 Updated: Jan 17, 2005Bottle - (Batch No. 2 - 2000) pours an incredibly murky dark caramel, large foamy off-white head, with seriously sticky lacing. Oh lordy, this 4 year old Barleywine boasts some serious caramel, toffee, dark pitted fruit, and sweet malts on the nose. Is this what CRACK is like? HOLY CRAP#@!#$! Flavor is utterly phenomenal, vanilla, oak, slight bourbon, caramel, light malts, an ever so subtle hop bite... simply INCREDIBLE. Body and mouthfeel are utterly fantastic, smooth and creamy. Finish is absolutely wonderful, caramel, malts, and a soft hop bite. Simply delicious. I am glad I saved this for my Birfday... I will surely get more of this!!!! OMFG is this good. If you ever see this label with the fish on it, make sure to get it, otherwise you’d be stupid not to. My all time favorite Barleywine!!! Batch No. 2 is where it’s at!!!
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If you see this label http://nwmicrobrews.com/Fish_Tale/Leviathan_Old you would be an IDIOT to not get it.
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