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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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k9coug (41), USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/512/20
Mar 3, 2009  
Beautiful caramel color. Seemed a bit thin and watery. Sharply bitter that faded quickly.


 Rune (2792), Tromsø, Norway
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jan 30, 2009  
355ml bottle carried all the way from Seattle to Tromsø – courtesy of Elisabeth and Stefan. Bottle conditioned beer, ABV is supposed to be about 6.5%. Cloudy, dark amber content topped by an off-white, low level head. Nice sweet, hoppy aroma with notes of biscuits. Hoppy fruits in flavour, developing in the direction of brittle caramel notes. Bitter finish. Crispy in the mouth. Fairly standard amber [Sampled at a beer session in Tromsø 29.01.2009].


 robforbes (1090), Bremerton, Washington, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Nov 26, 2008  
pours a semi-clear, amber-orange with a small beige head that dissipates quickly, not much of a lacing. smell is of caramel, hops, and a slight whiff of malt. taste is watery, hops, touch of citrus, some caramel, a pine aftertaste, with a bitter ending.


 stchloe (482), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 21, 2008  
The hops are smoother, blends well with the malt, a nice caramel. A little sweet but pours pretty.


 ditmier (1063), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Oct 28, 2008  
2008 Bottle - Pours amber with very little head...aroma is sweet malt, citrus, not as floral as some of the other fresh hopped ales, flavour is straighforward and enjoyable, freshness of the hops does however come thru in the taste, well balanced caramel malt...finishes bitter in the mouth but sweet on the lips...good brew...


 bitbucket (2031), Kirkland, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 23, 2008  
Bottle. Pours clear copper with lacy a light orange head. This beer is pretty much citrus and floral hops from beginning to end. Lightly sweet caramel taste, a bit of pine in the finish. Not bad, but doesn’t really knock me out.


 dwyerpg (2529), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 23, 2008    Updated: Oct 3, 2009
This has an excellent hoppy aroma. Great flavorful beer. Interesting that they made a harvest amber. First rating, 3.6 A quite fruity aroma. This is strange. Fruity and malty with a bitter finish. Little to no head. Interesting.


 troopie (868), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Bottle. Poured deep amber red with almost no head. Aroma of malt, biscuit and vanilla. Malty flavour, with a bit of edge of tongue hoppiness. More bitterness in the finish. A lekker amber.



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