Fish Tale Leviathan Barleywine (Barrel Aged)

Formerly brewed at Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers
Style: Barley Wine
Olympia, Washington USA

Serve in Snifter

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The bottle I had was aged two years. Body had thinned a bit with age, but the malt flavors were a bit more complex. This is one of Fish’s oak barrel-aged ales, and it features a big dose of maple, vanilla, oak, whiskey and wine flavors. Somehow, despite all those flavors, it was fairly unchallenging.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2003 “Batch #4 bottled November 2002” As it pours from the bottle a vinaceous color, the head leviathan in size, pun intended, the structure creamy and the color a winsome light tan, as it evanesces a fine sheet of lace is left behind to conceal the glass. The aroma of Oak quite evident, hints of red wine, fusel alcohol, sweet malt, and a real treat for the senses, start is ambrosial, malt laden, the top middling in its feel. Finish has a walloping hop presence, almost feral in its bite, the acidity stinging and the 10% ABV, produces a bit of bitterness, quite dry and long lasting aftertaste with the Oakiness lasting to the very end. Another “Bad Boy”, to put on my “Favorites list, and one certainly not meant for the “Lite” beer crowd, so “Drinker Beware”!