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Leviathan - Quad
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- From:
- Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Quadrupel (Quad)
- ABV:
- 11.75%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 14.67%
- Reviews:
- 180
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 05, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 02, 2009
- Wants:
- 17
- Gots:
- 23
Leviathan Quad was fermented with a blend of two traditional Trappist yeasts. A mixture of two-row pale malts, caramel malts, and special aromatic malts gives the Quad its richness and texture. The subtle hop flavor imparted from Brewer’s Gold hops lingers in the background and provides just enough bitterness to balance the malt sweetness. The addition of imported Belgian Dark Candi Syrup rounds out the beer, giving the Quad its full body and deep auburn color. Expect notes of honeyed dry fruit with peppery phenols in the aroma, a velvet-like mouthfeel, and a superbly drinkable beer.
44 IBU
44 IBU
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Ratings by perrymarcus:
Reviewed by perrymarcus from Massachusetts
3.7/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle served in a snifter.
pours a chestnut/mahogany tone with ruby highlights; a quarter inch of tan head quickly dissipates into a collar around the glass... moderate lacing.
bold nose offers a lot of sweet malt. notes of dark fruit, banana, and spice. not bad.
flavor is quite good out front with a fruity, sweet maltiness and spice characters. opens up a bit more mid-palate, but to me the finish is subpar: not an undoing per se, just comes across as astringent and boozy.
medium bodied mouthfeel with average carbonation. okay drinkability; holds its own as an american-made quad, just don't compare it too the likes of rochefort, bernardus, or westvleteren.
Feb 22, 2011pours a chestnut/mahogany tone with ruby highlights; a quarter inch of tan head quickly dissipates into a collar around the glass... moderate lacing.
bold nose offers a lot of sweet malt. notes of dark fruit, banana, and spice. not bad.
flavor is quite good out front with a fruity, sweet maltiness and spice characters. opens up a bit more mid-palate, but to me the finish is subpar: not an undoing per se, just comes across as astringent and boozy.
medium bodied mouthfeel with average carbonation. okay drinkability; holds its own as an american-made quad, just don't compare it too the likes of rochefort, bernardus, or westvleteren.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by JayQue from Virginia
3.93/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Good Quad. I have held on to this one for a few years. I'm sure the mellowness and lack of an alcohol burn are a result of aging. Poured an almost clear mahogany brown color into my Chimay goblet. Small tan head that fades fast and no lacing. Typical of a high abv beer, better head than some. Lots of light coming through the sides of the glass. Good Quad aromas, dark fruit (Plums, figs and raisins), some Belgian yeast, and candi sugar. Taste is more of the same, sweet malt, candi sugar, dark fruit and yeast. Mouthfeel is rich and strong. The alcohol provides a warming effect and the rich sweet malt helps this go down real easy. There are better, more complex Quads out there, but this one touches all the bases and is quite solid.
Jun 06, 2016Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania
2.78/5 rDev -24.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
2.78/5 rDev -24.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
12oz bottle pulled from the cellar with a couple years of age. It appears a dark copper to brown color with khaki colored head.
It smells sugary like candied oranges and then goes to all medicinal booziness.
This tastes boozy with slight yeastiness, herbal hops and solvent alcohol. Lacking in the expected yeasty phenolics and malt backbone.
This is medium in body with modest carbonation. Kinda hard to put down, would not get again.
Feb 03, 2016It smells sugary like candied oranges and then goes to all medicinal booziness.
This tastes boozy with slight yeastiness, herbal hops and solvent alcohol. Lacking in the expected yeasty phenolics and malt backbone.
This is medium in body with modest carbonation. Kinda hard to put down, would not get again.
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
3.85/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle from 2009.
Pours dark amber with a thick head of beige. Dense lacing and a solid skim coat on the surface for the duration.
Aromatics lead off with grape candies, rum-soaked raisins, bubblegum, and a hint of booze.
On the thick side of medium bodied with a sticky, somewhat syrupy mouthfeel.
Sweet malt with grape lollipops on the palate. Rummy and sweet with dark fruits.
Finishes with a lingering sweetness and warming on the throat.
A big version of the style and too sweet for my taste.
Nov 06, 2015Pours dark amber with a thick head of beige. Dense lacing and a solid skim coat on the surface for the duration.
Aromatics lead off with grape candies, rum-soaked raisins, bubblegum, and a hint of booze.
On the thick side of medium bodied with a sticky, somewhat syrupy mouthfeel.
Sweet malt with grape lollipops on the palate. Rummy and sweet with dark fruits.
Finishes with a lingering sweetness and warming on the throat.
A big version of the style and too sweet for my taste.
Rated by William-Wade from West Virginia
4.51/5 rDev +22.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev +22.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Very tasty strong brew, good for getting over a hard day at work.
Feb 17, 2015
Leviathan - Quad from Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
295 ratings
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