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Hales OBriens Harvest Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
973.53/5.03.48/5.0Autumn-96.1English pint, Shaker
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First brewed in 1988, O’Brien’s Harvest Ale is a much anticipated autumn classic and one of the Northwest’s original seasonal ales. For the last 21 years Hale’s brewers have ushered in the fall season by crafting a delicious, hearty seasonal ale that features generous amounts of select hops. This year’s O’Brien’s Harvest Ale is a reintroduction of the recipe we used in 2007 which was a Silver Medal winner at GABF.
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 heemer77 (4303), Savannah, Missouri, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Oct 17, 2005  
Dark amber and orange body. Has a white head. The aroma is funky cheese with some light tobacco and vanilla. Fairly boozy smelling. The taste has more funky cardboard and some wet dog. There is also a little cola and flowers.


 DavidP (1743), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/511/20
Oct 16, 2005  
Dark amber body. Grass juice / peppermint aroma. Mandarin orange / bread flavor with a grassy finish. A decent beer.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 22, 2005  
Bottle. Copper colored beer with a nice off-white head. Nice grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit flavor with some malt backing and a bit of spice. Slightly lighter bodied.


 jah noth (1015), Rochester, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 22, 2005  
Initial blast of hops when I popped the top off, somewhat muted in the glass. Some spicy hops in the aroma. If I had to hazard a guess, I think Simcoe hops are playing a role in this beer. Cloudy reddish amber in color with minimal head. Strawberry and lemons dominate the flavor. Somewhatflat and uninteresting thereafter. Lingering hop burn. Thanks André.


 bitter (1137), Henderson, Nevada, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 30, 2005  
this one was a fuscia shock of copper with small to no head, damn didnt i just say that??? scratch, scratch, scratch....litle biscuit nose wich pours into the palate with a bark of malty cereal flavors, this was my buddys favorite beer they had. i could take it or leave it, easy to drink, not very interesting.


 IndianaRed (1555), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 7, 2004  
BottlePours a dark sopper.amber with a modest off-white head and a little lacing. Aroma is malt but also healthy hops. Flavor is quite strong hops, almost like an IPA. Balance with dark fairly sweet hopsworks well. Feel is moderate and aftertaste is slight bittersweet hops. Quite different than the other few fall seasonals I've had this year.


 ontario102 (794), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 5, 2004  
nice piney, slightly orangy, heavy malt aroma; decent caramel malt background and flowery bittererness throughout; slightly detracting metallic tinge. not bad


 5000 (2409), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 5, 2004  
Bottle pours a clear reddish copper, small off-white milk froth like head, attractive lacing, with soft carbonation.   Dominant hops, slight citrus, with subtle malt notes on the nose.   Forwardly hoppy, its everywhere but on the tongue.   Followed by a very slight maltiness.   Its only as the beer finishes do you get the hop bitterness on the tongue.   Also a very light fruit flavor, apple or pear.   Decent body, slightly less than medium mouthfeel.   Lingering hop flavor, with a bit of charred wood or ashtray.   Not as sweet, malty, or smooth as I prefer.



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