Harpoon Brown

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

Serve in Dimpled mug

Poors clear amber brown with a moderate foamy head that dissipates quickly into a weak bubbly mess. Moderate carbonation. Light-Medium bodied and mostly smooth with a slight stickyness. Starts sweet, and then comes a caramelly hop bitterness. Gets sweet again as it finishes, but not that sweet. Light nutty flavors. A bit of malt and hop in the aftertaste. Drinkable brew, but nothing noteworthy here.

Bottle. Poured a chestnut brown color with a very thin tan head. Aroma of sweet malt and some caramel. Flavor is slightly nutty with a slight hop bite at the end.

(Bottle). Very faint malt aroma. Medium brown color, almost no head. Flavor is predominantly watery, and dishwatery at that. Pretty terrible.

This is a pretty good brown ale. It’s a little hoppier than most. I think I can detect some fuggles in there, there’s kind of a stony, earthy aroma. Otherwise, it’s clean and crisp, with malty aftertaste and a medium body.

Bottle. Poured and amber brown with a creamy off-white to tan head that has some lasting. The aroma is subdued but some malts are picked out. Sweet caramel flavor with a light hopped background. Light body. Just needs a little more.

12oz bottle from Mayflower Beer and Wine (Plymouth, MA). Pours a dark brown with thin white head. Some lacing. Aroma is sweet malt, spice, some flowers, caramel. Flavor is most malt, grains, and bread with some notes of caramel and molasses sweetness. Generally light body with a quick, sweet finish.

pours amber brown, head dissipates quickly. scent is roasted grains. taste is nutty with a buttery finish. some dark maltiness, finishes clean. not bad, better than some brown ales ive had.

Very drinkable, but not alot of flavor. I understand the role of a session ale, but really could have used some more flavor and complexity overall. Like a waterier Newcastle.