Three Floyds Behemoth Barleywine

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Munster, Indiana USA

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: FEB 25, 2007 Bottle. Very strong fresh, spicy hop aroma. Hazy red/brown colour, nice stable light brown head. Flavour is very nice, powerful with some teaishness from the hops. High bitterness, along with the alcohol burning my throat a bit.

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, caramel, yeast and caramel. Vinous.

UPDATED: SEP 27, 2007 (Draught) Pours a medium brown with a medium-sized beige head. Had a wonderful array of fruit flavors and caramel. Alcohol was nicely covered by the abundant flavor.

Bottle at ØLbutikken - thanks Jeppe. Clear deep red/brown - offwhite head. High hoppy (American hoppy - Three Floyds hoppy...), sweetness, caramel, ryebread, nutty, dark fruits, choclate notes, pine, grass, pine needles, amber malts, citrus, light alcoholic, smooty body. Lovely.

Bottle at home ... leaving me only 2 more to complte my top 50 beers with 250 ratings...2007 bottle ... deep copper big foam head ... big sweet american hop with a fair ammount of malt in nose ... big sweet piney citrus hop ... lots of caramel ... light vanilla ... warming soft spirit ... medium bitterness... soft carbonation ... Think this would age wonderfully.

Well-balanced, but definitely leans towards the hop. In fact, this may be the hoppiest barley wine I’ve ever had - certainly the driest.

UPDATED: OCT 18, 2009 Bottle at the Angry Fist of Santa tasting at Chris o’s. Thanks Harry. Hazey reddish amber with thin beige head. Aroma of lovely grapefruit hop. Really nice, bit of musty malt as well, really lovely hop, a bit minty. Not as good as something like old crustacean, bit musty and oxidised. Bit too sweet. 3.2/5 Re-rate Bottle at LCRBM 5 at Kulminator. Hazy copper no head. Quite nice good big US hops typical US barley wine, but done well.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2011
Name: Barley Wine
Date: October 16, 1998
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewfest, Real Ale Festival
Appearance: hazy amber
Aroma: big spicy malt aroma
Flavor: strong malt flavor, low bitter finish, quaffable, but not distinctive

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Score: ** /4

Name: Behemoth
Date: March 08, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Vintage: 2005
Appearance: dark clear red, whispy tan head
Aroma: sweet carmel malt aroma with hints of fruit and earthy hops
Body: big sweet body
Overall: rich and malty, sweet and fruity, alcohol fumes, long bitter finish, some time will help the fruit ripen and the bitterness to blend and subside

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+ /4

Name: Behemoth
Date: July 07, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Vintage: 2007
Appearance: opaque burnt orange, creamy beige head that settles down into a fine head but is easily roused again, specks of dripy lace
Aroma: rich sweet hot dark caramel aroma with lots of fruity character balanced by earthy hops
Body: creamy velvet body that starts to get a bit sticky after a while
Flavor: rich dark caramel malt flavor, fruity sweetness is balanced by lots of earthy bitterness, warming
Overall: should age very well for many years

Name: Behemoth
Date: January 12, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2007
Score: 3.7
aging like an IIPA with the hops fading but the malt character is not coming out as it should, instead the malt sweetness is fading and being lost behind the earthyness, body thinning

Name: Behemoth
Date: February 20, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2007
malt is coming back now with the sweetness taking over from the bitterness, picking up a nice fruityness,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Name: Behemoth
Date: November 06, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: clear copper, wispy off white head
Aroma: sweet crystal and caramel malt aroma, lots of earthy hops
Flavor: hot sweet crystal malt flavor, lots of citrus hops, plenty of bitterness
Overall: more of a double IPA than a barleywine

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+ /4

Name: Behemoth
Date: October 29, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: Danville Pub
Vintage: 2010
Appearance: opaque rust, creamy beige head, heavy lace
Aroma: sweet caramel aroma, lots of hops, earthy
Flavor: sweet caramel flavor, crystal sweetness, plenty of hops, touch of bitterness, long bitter finish
Overall: still a double IPA rather than a barley wine

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

Bottle, 22oz. It’s an almost clear, golden beer with an off-white head. Resiny, grapefruity nose with malts in the background. Fluorine, beefstock and some roasted hints as well. Pretty much the same in the mouth, but slighlty more pronounced, and with a wonderful bitterness. Bitter, sweet and malty finish. Full-bodied and slighlty warming. A really lovely beer, maybe a tad on the sweet side though. 090828

(draft): Black body with creamy small head. Aroma is big hoppy -- herbal/floral. Taste is sweet strong sticky, heavy malty, big hoppy, some herbal. Sticky, extra-full body.