Our Tastes-- Fish Tale Leviathan

Now retired but continuing to stay on top of all thing 10% and higher during this taster, we sampled Fish Tale's Leviathan. This was actually a bottle I picked up in 2008 down in Pensacola, FL at Four Winds International Food Market. Leviathan has a head as flat and road kill and a nose of straight alcohol with it's 10%abv and 300cal per snifter! Ultimately ended up with a 100 on ratebeer.com and concocted with Pale, Carastan, and Chocolate malts then monstrously hopped with Chinook hops for bitterness and Cascade hops for flavor and aroma. Now the hops had fallen by the wayside by the time we savoured this bevvy but the heavy malt bill still paved the sides of the tongue with great rasiny plums and a palatable stickiness. We're both impressed with how these biggin's have matured and kept their backbone.