Harpoon Glacier Harvest Wet Hop Beer

Name: Glacier Harvest Wet Hop Beer
Date: 10/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

clear copper, wispy of white head, sweet caramel malt aroma with a nice fruity character and light floral hops, sweet caramel malt flavor, nice balancing floral and citrus hops, light bitterness flows into a lingering bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **/4

(22oz bottle) Medium beige off-white head that mostly dissipates, atop crystal clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, lemongrass, some caramel, orange, light earthy. Taste is medium sweet, lemongrass/orange, some caramel, spicy. Slight tin in finish. Soft medium body, some chewiness, very drinkable.

Bottle thanks to mj: Pours a transparent copper orange with a thin, spotty-lacing wispy white head. Aroma of earthy piny hops and some mild pale maltiness. Starts semi-sweet and pale malty with a lot of earthy bittering and flavor hops with a hint of grapefruit. Good body, but needs a fresher hop character.

22oz bottle. Poured a medium to deeper and slightly hazy orange color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, wet and fresh hops, juicy citrus, and lightly spicy. Tastes of caramel, citrus and had a lightly spicy finish. Tastes and body on the thin and somewhat watery side. Tastes a big let down vs. the aromas.

Bottle… Clear copper ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Decent retention. Notes of beef stock, earthy hops and crystal malt, along with a whisper of mildew-like funk, permeate my nose. The flavor is all about fresh hop bitterness balanced by mild, caramel malt sweetness. Full-bodied with a whole-milk mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Mellow, pleasantly bitter finish. A big SHOUT goes out to kmweaver for providing the bottle!