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Leviathan - Triticus
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- From:
- Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Wheatwine
- ABV:
- 11.5%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 12.02%
- Reviews:
- 136
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 24, 2017
- Added:
- Jun 21, 2008
- Wants:
- 23
- Gots:
- 11
Recipe changed from the original 2005 Triticus.
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Ratings by alpinebryant:
Reviewed by alpinebryant from Connecticut
3.88/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a cola colored brown with no visible bubbles / carbonation coming to the top. Some lacing on the sides.
Smell of banana esters, cocoa, caramel, toffee, raisins and purple grape juice.
Taste of cocoa nibs mixing with licorice, overripe bananas, and of course belgian yeast with fruity esters and purple grape concentrate. The booze is extremely strong in this one. I will probably throw the next 3 of this 4 pack in the cellar for a few years to see what happens. To say the least, this is an interesting beer. All over the place with cocoa, licorice, banana, nail polish and booze. I kinda like the complexity, and will stop from hating on this because of the booze factor. Booze has its place and if you are looking for it, it is in this beer.
For those people speaking down on the booze factor in here, I hear your voice, I just don't know that your point is valid. If you can get all of these flavors in a beer without alcohol in it I would love to try it. This is a sipper , not to be chugged
Carbonation low, Drinkability for a wheatwine is pretty good, most wheatwines have a very light mouthfeel as does this however if you sit on one glass for a long while as it is intended, I think it gets decent drinkability as well
Nov 24, 2010Smell of banana esters, cocoa, caramel, toffee, raisins and purple grape juice.
Taste of cocoa nibs mixing with licorice, overripe bananas, and of course belgian yeast with fruity esters and purple grape concentrate. The booze is extremely strong in this one. I will probably throw the next 3 of this 4 pack in the cellar for a few years to see what happens. To say the least, this is an interesting beer. All over the place with cocoa, licorice, banana, nail polish and booze. I kinda like the complexity, and will stop from hating on this because of the booze factor. Booze has its place and if you are looking for it, it is in this beer.
For those people speaking down on the booze factor in here, I hear your voice, I just don't know that your point is valid. If you can get all of these flavors in a beer without alcohol in it I would love to try it. This is a sipper , not to be chugged
Carbonation low, Drinkability for a wheatwine is pretty good, most wheatwines have a very light mouthfeel as does this however if you sit on one glass for a long while as it is intended, I think it gets decent drinkability as well
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by SABERG from Massachusetts
3.89/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 2008 bottle into the test glass.
A - Deep copper color, clarity is hard to dicern, carbonation is solid, feeding an off white cap.
S - Grainy, pumpernickle toast, black pepper, alcohol, a bit of fig and honey
T - Follows the nose, add more pepper, fig alost an Au Poirve with a bit of Sauterne.
M -Full feel, boozy, dark, interesting how the texture is both a bit slick and ending in a dry quality.
O - A boozy, delight. The wheat base is light, then add the hop schedule and time. Each add up to a rich offering that boarders on Digestif
Feb 23, 2015A - Deep copper color, clarity is hard to dicern, carbonation is solid, feeding an off white cap.
S - Grainy, pumpernickle toast, black pepper, alcohol, a bit of fig and honey
T - Follows the nose, add more pepper, fig alost an Au Poirve with a bit of Sauterne.
M -Full feel, boozy, dark, interesting how the texture is both a bit slick and ending in a dry quality.
O - A boozy, delight. The wheat base is light, then add the hop schedule and time. Each add up to a rich offering that boarders on Digestif
Rated by ivegot3Dvision from Oregon
4.83/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.83/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
I simply loved this beer... nice and dark but not so heavy to make it hard to drink.
Feb 14, 2015Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.85/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
(Edit note: to the best I can tell, this is the 2011 batch, neck etching "211")
A: dark brown (as evidenced by the edges where light can come through), with a filmy head (never used that term before), foamy/creamy edge head.
S: fig, to burnt sugar or molasses (or both)
T: similar to the nose but cut by bitterness, which yields a cola type flavor, like a less-carbonated birch beer. A bit more molasses in the longer taste than anything else from the smell.
M: decent body, despite the flat-soda reference above, it's not flat for a beer, with decent carbonation.
O: far from an expert onthe style, but it seems a solid variant from the typical barleywine. I'd think the wheat would add some smoothness (it seemed to), but cut the dark fruit tastes a bit (seemed to). I just think this offering lacks depth, which might be a discerning attribute from a barleywine, so take it for what it's worth.
Aug 09, 2014A: dark brown (as evidenced by the edges where light can come through), with a filmy head (never used that term before), foamy/creamy edge head.
S: fig, to burnt sugar or molasses (or both)
T: similar to the nose but cut by bitterness, which yields a cola type flavor, like a less-carbonated birch beer. A bit more molasses in the longer taste than anything else from the smell.
M: decent body, despite the flat-soda reference above, it's not flat for a beer, with decent carbonation.
O: far from an expert onthe style, but it seems a solid variant from the typical barleywine. I'd think the wheat would add some smoothness (it seemed to), but cut the dark fruit tastes a bit (seemed to). I just think this offering lacks depth, which might be a discerning attribute from a barleywine, so take it for what it's worth.
Leviathan - Triticus from Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
230 ratings
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