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Fish Tale Leviathan Barleywine (Barrel Aged)

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Fish Tale Leviathan Barleywine (Barrel Aged)

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A Barley Wine formerly brewed by
Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers

Olympia, Washington USA

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2284.06/5.04.05/5.0Winter10%97.2 Snifter P  Stats

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With its assertive hop bitterness, delicious malt flavor and long, dry, hoppy finish, Leviathan Barleywine is a brew of mythic proportions. Dark amber, rich, and malty with a most very hearty alcohol strength, it is capable of soothing the savage beast in us all. Leviathan rises out of Pale, Carastan, and Chocolate malts with monstrous additions of Chinook hops for bitterness and Cascade hops for flavor and aroma. This vintage ale finishes quite dry after a long maturation period. As it comes of age in the keg, subtle flavors of sherry, pear, and roasted nuts will develop.

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 Rciesla (712), Brick City, New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20

May 13, 2008  
Bottle thanks to Eyedrinkale to sample this great barleywine. Pours dark drown. Aroma/flavor is bourbon, dark fruit, sugar, wood, and caramel. I really enjoyed this and took seconds.

 TURDFERGUSON (1021), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 14, 2008  
2001 3 Liter bottle shared by acrdz. Thanks Mike! Wow, this was a treat. I didn’t write any tasting notes down for this one because I was enjoying it so much. Only a bit oxidized with very nice brown sugar, caramel, and dark fruit flavors. Alcohol well hidden. This was probably the best barleywine I’ve had, second only to Midnight Sun M.


 DragonStout (1139), Orlando, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 4, 2008  
WOW!! Sampled at the merrit Island Throwdown courtesy of Oakes, thanx Josh! Where do I start.The pour is beautiful brownish copper color with a thin lacing white head.The nose is sweet, caramel like with hints of the dark fruits. Flavor is well balanced.The dark fruits, caramel, oak and slight alcohol warmth are a great blend.This finished off slightly swet with some woodiness.


 mkobes (2015), New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 15, 2008  
Bottle. Deep copper brown in color with a little white head. Caramel vanilla and malty aroma. Dark fruity notes. Roasty malty, bourbon flavor. Wood and dark fruity flavor. Brown sugar vanilla notes. Finish is fruity. Medium bodied. Very drinkable. Nice beer.


 jcwattsrugger (3757), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 7, 2008  
750ml bottle @Hoboken#1-thanks Mike–pours a thin retaining light tan head and hazy red/brown color. Aroma is dark malt, dark fruit, wood. Taste is dark malt, dark fruit, wood, some sharpness.


 pantanap (677), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
May 27, 2008  
750ml bottle (2001 vintage) thanks to Todd! poured a solid dark caramel brown with a thinnish slightly off-white head..... nose made up of aged sweet caramel malt, dark fruit, and some maple. malts have faded and was difficult to detect the fact that it was aged in a cab-franc bottle. somewhat vinous but again, hardly noticeable..... smooth ccaramael malt flavors that were slightly oxidized with some subtle light sourness. mouthfeel was creamy and full and had low carbonation with worked well for it..... pretty good but a little past its prime.




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