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10 Squared Fish Tale Ale
Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
- From:
- Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 14.14%
- Reviews:
- 133
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 05, 2019
- Added:
- Oct 11, 2003
- Wants:
- 14
- Gots:
- 14
No description / notes.
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Ratings by ElGordo:
Reviewed by ElGordo from Oregon
4.5/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This is my second encounter with this beer, currently in the 2006 vintage. Poured from the 22oz bottle into a Duvel tulip glass. Body is a pretty chestnut brown color with burnt orange highlights, topped by a nice khaki-colored head that takes its time to saunter down the glass. Beautiful, intense aroma of floral hops, rich sweet malt, and more than a little alcohol. Subtler notes of grapefruit and brown sugar lurk underneath.
The palate is a luxurious blend of sharp, tangy floral hops and sweet malt, with a very slight roasted character. The finish is nice and sweet, with a tasty combination of brown sugar and a faint orange flavor from the hops. Body is rich and smooth, and nicely warming on the big, alcoholic finish. Very easy to drink for a big beer. This is what I'm talking about, Fish Tale. Keep it up.
Mar 20, 2007The palate is a luxurious blend of sharp, tangy floral hops and sweet malt, with a very slight roasted character. The finish is nice and sweet, with a tasty combination of brown sugar and a faint orange flavor from the hops. Body is rich and smooth, and nicely warming on the big, alcoholic finish. Very easy to drink for a big beer. This is what I'm talking about, Fish Tale. Keep it up.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This was poured into a chalice. The appearance was a nice hazy golden dark orange to hazed over amber color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light lacing stringing itself around the glass. The smell had a strong bitter citrus/piney hops, nice caramel back up, light in the tobacco and a touch of vanilla. The taste was mainly sweet with a sticky strength of bitter hops leading to the aftertaste and then sliding into a dry finish. On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sipping quality about it. Carbonation was good for me and for the style. Overall, I say this was a pretty good American Barleywine that I would have again.
Jun 28, 2017Reviewed by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island
3.98/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a 22oz bottle into an imperial pint glass.
A: The beer is a medium brown color with a thin off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains brown sugar, caramelized malts, fruit and a good amount of hops.
T: The taste starts out sweet with flavors of caramel, brown sugar and some fruit. Then a strong hops bitterness comes in along with a touch of and alcohol sting. The malt character is hearty and brings a decent balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet and slightly hoppy.
M: Crisp and a little smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, strong kick, good representation of style, this is a solid beer to drink for a while if you’re in the mood for the style.
Apr 01, 2017A: The beer is a medium brown color with a thin off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains brown sugar, caramelized malts, fruit and a good amount of hops.
T: The taste starts out sweet with flavors of caramel, brown sugar and some fruit. Then a strong hops bitterness comes in along with a touch of and alcohol sting. The malt character is hearty and brings a decent balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet and slightly hoppy.
M: Crisp and a little smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, strong kick, good representation of style, this is a solid beer to drink for a while if you’re in the mood for the style.
Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts
3.5/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Earthy, chocolate, malted milk balls and tea leaves. American style barleywine. Little to no sweetness. Extremely dry finish. Balanced bitterness. Decent carb. Its just ok to mediocre.
Nov 24, 2015Reviewed by ThickNStout from Georgia
2.96/5 rDev -23.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.96/5 rDev -23.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
22oz bottle from Main Street Party Store (Ann Arbor, MI). 12.99. Bottled 10/2011. Served in a Bruery snifter.
Pours a deep, opaque burgandy chestnut with two fingers of sand hued froth. The head settles to a modest cap that leaves small splotches of lace.
Aromas of cereal grains, earth, pine, mild floral and caramel malts. There is a faint herbal bitterness but it smells rather flat.
Taste follows the nose but not in the most flattering way. Cereal, musky earth, floral herbaceous bitterness, pine bark, burnt caramel and a sharp bite of booze. The flavors seem to fight each other rather than work together and this comes across as rather disjointed.
Medium full feel with plenty of carbonation. The finish is sticky with a resinous bitter earthiness and a touch of burnt sugar.
I'm not sure how much of my lackluster experience with this brew was my fault for trying to age this bottle or if it is just a difference of opinion with the brewers. I found this to be all bitterness without the sweetness I look for in the style. There are enough options out there that I can't see myself returning to this one.
Jul 26, 2014Pours a deep, opaque burgandy chestnut with two fingers of sand hued froth. The head settles to a modest cap that leaves small splotches of lace.
Aromas of cereal grains, earth, pine, mild floral and caramel malts. There is a faint herbal bitterness but it smells rather flat.
Taste follows the nose but not in the most flattering way. Cereal, musky earth, floral herbaceous bitterness, pine bark, burnt caramel and a sharp bite of booze. The flavors seem to fight each other rather than work together and this comes across as rather disjointed.
Medium full feel with plenty of carbonation. The finish is sticky with a resinous bitter earthiness and a touch of burnt sugar.
I'm not sure how much of my lackluster experience with this brew was my fault for trying to age this bottle or if it is just a difference of opinion with the brewers. I found this to be all bitterness without the sweetness I look for in the style. There are enough options out there that I can't see myself returning to this one.
10 Squared Fish Tale Ale from Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
189 ratings
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