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RATINGS: 1228   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.24   EST. CALORIES: 177   ABV: 5.9%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Filtered and force carbonated.
Ingredients: Water, Three malts, including a 2-row pale, Northwest Cascade Hops, and Yeast.
This copper colored ale is floral, medium bodied, with a crisp, refreshing finish. Originally our summer seasonal in 1993, it is now available year-round. Harpoon IPA was ranked atop both domestic and imported IPAs by Beer Connoisseur Magazine.


2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
tekhna (118) - California, USA - APR 24, 2009
Nothing inspiring here, on the whole. Hops sort of got lost, and some pallid bitterness. Alarmingly clear.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Duhast500 (362) - Exile In Medford, Massachusetts, USA - APR 17, 2009
From the bottle poured into my tasteing glass. Color is deep golden/amber and a little orange as well. Smell is sweet is a slight hop flavor with a tangy orange and citrus flavor in the background. Taste is citrus: orange, grapfruit, alittle lemon, as well as a slight hop taste. The feel of this brew is not heavy but a nice rounded mouthfeel. Not too strong ABV and would makea a good seesion beer. Serving type: bottle

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
imadeadguy (378) - back in NJ!, New Jersey, USA - APR 13, 2009
12oz. Pour is lighter golden with small quick deminishing head. Aromas of resin, piney hops, and some citrus. Flavor is light and very drinkable. Pine, citrus, and sweet malts in this guy. I’d say this one is underated.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
LarvalChemist (29) - Lexington, Kentucky, USA - APR 13, 2009
Crystal clear amber with an off white head. Hops dominate the nose with a citrus/piney quality. Very front heavy on the hops as they attack your taste buds. Quick finishing and overall moderately bitter. The American C hops seem prevalent. I found a touch of a piney character present on the back of the palate. Moderately carbonated and of medium body.

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
anders37 (9280) - Malmö, SWEDEN - APR 13, 2009
Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a longlasting white head. Has a fruity malty floral hoppy aroma. Fruity malty smooth hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
chandler0201 (599) - Durham, North Carolina, USA - APR 13, 2009
Orange color at pour with decent sized white head. Some fruits in the aroma but flavor has really not much to it, not as bitter as most IPAs, but just really watered down is all. So so for this style.

3.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Dredd (561) - Bentleigh, AUSTRALIA - APR 11, 2009
Nice orange amber colour, sweet malt and tropical fruit aroma. Flavour profile has the sweet malt following through and some breadiness and stonefruit with long, pleasent but not acrid bitter finish.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Kenbeer30 (44) - Texas, USA - APR 9, 2009
12 oz bottle. Poured this into my favorite tulip glass. Poured aggressively and created a 2 finger lingering head which faintly laced the glass. The nose whispers IPA, but does not shout. In fact, nothing about this beer screams for attention. The flavor is balanced, with the hops flowering in the finish, but not bittering. The mouth is nice, carbonation is mild. Overall, this beer is a balanced an d slightly muted IPA, very drinkable.


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