Harpoon Ale

Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Nice amber ale. Not much aroma, but faint hints of fruits. Carbonation creates a nice visual, but definitely seems added. Above average for a mass produced ale. Finishes well, but still a bit watery. I’ll let the wife bring it home, I’ll spend my money elsewhere.

Thin, but very recognizeable flavor. Let’s see if I can place it. A little bit malty and just enough hops to be noticed. Lots of carbonation, a little too much in fact. The flavor might be cranberry. It seems to be some fruit, but I’m not sure that’s it. Is it a proprietary yeast that I’m recognizing? Maybe a little bit of apple as well. Slightly nutty isn’t innacurate. Just a little bit spicy. A touch metallic. Overall, there’s a bit of flavor here. Mostly just a watery, weak beer with marginal flavors.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bronze color with a medium sized yellow-white head. The aroma is nutty malts. The flavor is sour and tangy nutty malts with a floral hop element on the finish.

There is hardly any substance to this beer. It has that signature Harpoon yeast watered down with malts and some nuttiness. I can drink this one and not even notice its there.

A refreshing enough ale, but nothing here to propel it beyond that. Hazy amber pour with off-white head. More malt than hop in the aroma. The flavor was sweet — caramel. Slightly bitter in the finish. Thin to medium body. Nicely carbonated.

Deep amber with a moderate beige head. Caramel, floral, fruity nose with a touch of spice. Light bodied and watery. Flavor was somewhat sweet, fruity, nutty. Very mediocre beer.

Bottle. Dark golden color. White foamy head. Light aroma, and nice flavor, a little sweet.

Bottle: Poured a dark golden, almost amber, with an average foamy head, but curiously zero activity. Light fruity aroma. Very sweet flavor, sweeter than I’d expected. Turns into a tinny aftertaste the more I drank. Eh ...