Fish Tale Poseidons Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)

Formerly brewed at Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers
Style: Imperial Stout
Olympia, Washington USA

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: JAN 10, 2005 Batch #4-2002-sampled with Phillybeer_2112 in my motel room, Wichita, KS-pours pitch black with a nice dark tan head. vineous, dark fruit, slightly sour aroma. The oak aging on this one definately took away from the coffee/roasted aromas i was expecting. Where to start here with the flavors-oak, fermented cherries, coffee, dark fruit, blackberry as Phillybeer said. The oak aging makes this one the counterpart to the leviathan. Another interesting and experimental beer! 2001 bottle-I liked this one a little better than the 2002 i had. the vineous qualities are there, but not as astringent as the 02. a more round body also.

5th beer in the Bottleworks Cellar Tasting for Seattle Beer Week. This is batch 3 (2001). Pours black with an inch of tan head. Smell is oak, fruity, creamy, smokey. Taste is tobacco, bitter ash, coco, and espresso. Super rich and complex. Great.

Bottle with friends, courtesy of ratman197. Thanks Ratman! Black appearance with a dark brown head. Tart, red fruity, vinous, tangy, dark roasty aroma. Sour, cherry, blackberry, vinous, charred, roasty malty flavor.

750 busted out at Bill’s big stout tasting. Thanks to Ratman for this cool rarity. Poured a dark brown with a small tan head. Nose is filled with dark fruits and rich coffee. Taste is rather malty with hints of raisins and sweet chocolate on the backend. Not much barrel left in this, but still held up nice for it’s age. Glad I got to try this one...

Bottle pour big thanks to the Ratman, bottle from 2002. Dark brownish black pour with thin to no head, aroma brought big notes of tart grape and berry notes, hints of caramel, chocolate and coffee notes with a touch of roast. Taste is slightly tart with a a rather thin body, but nice chocolate and wine notes complement well into a bitter roasted malt and slightly sweet finish.

Bottle at Borefts 2011. Fish washington state poseidon imp stout. Touch of oxydation. But hugely intense some soy sauce touch if sherbert. Ok but it was better first sip. Bit too much all over the place as went on. Soy sauce. Ok 3.2

750mL bottle, bottled Nov. 2001 cellar’d in Bottleworks’ cellar since, split with manuchampions, Matts_Property and uhlan. Pours pitch black with a small light brown head - looks beautiful. First sniff reveals a perfectly kept beer, especially for the age (over 10 years!), with notes of rich roasted malt, maraschino cherries, cabernet red wine, almost a bacon / smoke note, light molasses and many other subtle complexities I cannot find words for. Flavour is immensely rich and complex - hasn’t gone off at all - with roasted malt, red wine, slight smokiness, maraschino cherries, vanilla, light molasses, etc. etc... so many layers of depth and complexity. A bit port-like on the finish, especially as it warms up. Glad to have had the opportunity to try this, despite the hefty price tag. Too bad Fish Tale does not brew this anymore. Amazing beer.

Bottle generously shared by daknole -- who else could actually track this down? Pours coffee black with a fleeting brown head and minimal lacing. Smells and tastes predominantly of vanilla, cocoa, sweet malts, and dark fruits. A bit thin on the palate and slightly oxidized. Finishes with tannins and a trace of alcohol. Still holding up well!

Bottle 750ml.

[ Courtesy of hannont ]. [ Vintage 2000 ]. Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, berry, wood, light coffee, initial oxidide notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, tart, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110923]

Thx to Todd , Derek and Brandon for bringing this to borefts with you !
btw how old was it again ? 10 ? label had no fish on it ...

Head: almost none
Colour: black
Smell: coffee, roasted, bit boozy, sweet, malts, chocolat
Taste: start is malts, chocolat , bit sweet , coffee, roasty , end is kinda dry and bitter , great for such a old impy !!

A mighty thanks to Hannont for this one! Bottle @ BBF’11: batch 2: Light brown head on top of a black colored beer. Smell liquorice, sour, hint of salt, light roasted malts, pretty smooth. Taste nicely sour, liquorice, yeast, coffee, hint of alcohol, bitter, dark fruit. Tastes good. Warm roasted malty light sour aftertaste. Low carbo, full body, soft mouthfeel and a light creamy texture. Well balanced and guess the aging worked well on this one.