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Harpoon IPA

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71
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9863.25/5.03.25/5.05.9%38.6Shaker, Tulip
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.
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 rmussman (905), California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20

Oct 16, 2009  
Sampled in Cambridge. A really well crafted IPA. Full bodied and nice drinking.

RickTStiles (36), New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 30, 2009  
Pours a clear pale gold. small head with some lacing. Aroma is pleasant but weak. Flavor is very light for an IPA and consists of hops and some light citrus. Finishes nicer than it starts with a moderate but pleasant hoppy aftertaste. An all right IPA but I’ve had regular pale ales and APAs that put this to shame.


pyromt30 (16), Lebanon, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 29, 2009  
A Harpoon staple. Very nice IPA, bitter with strong hops. Very crisp and clean


 Jblauvs (573), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Nov 23, 2009  
clear copper pour with a frothy white head. Aromas of faint citrus and some floral notes waft upwards. This IPA starts out with a nice, faintly bitter, crisp citrus hit of flavor. However it quickly devolves and the finish is sort of a sweet, flat mess. Blah


 Pawola22 (726), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Nov 21, 2009  
On tap at the CBS Scene at Patriot Place in Foxboro, MA. Pours a clear, deep orange-gold body with a finger-width, creamy, white head that dissipates slowly with a nice retention. Aroma is a lightly sweetened caramel and a decent amount of clean hops with some grassy fruits. Very basic, but nice. Flavor is also straightforward. Light caramels, some citric fruit, and a moderate grassy bitterness. Light, crisp, and dry with a nice aftertaste. Overall, there really is nothing to complain about here. Its very simple and basic, but tasty and well made for sessioning.


 Lubiere (4518), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Nov 13, 2009  
A golden IPA with a thick receeding white head. In aroma, a nice floral hops, pinous, and classy. In mouth, a rather crisp and British rendition, with biscuitty malts, good floral hops, not overpowering. A nice entry level IPA. On tap at Harpoon Tap House, Logan Airport, Nov. 11 2009.


 Harsebrau (164), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Nov 4, 2009  
A gift from Mickey and unexpected indeed. Poured golden copper with a whispy white head that left minimal lacing. Aroma that has the typical hop nod. The malt presence is more than many IPAs with a more ’balanced’ approach to an otherwise hop heavy genre. Grass, citrus and other typical IPA flavors abound.


 Niko100 (123), New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Rich gold color; Medium body; Aroma of hops and citrus; Flavor of bitter hops, citrus, and some malt; Overall taste is soapy; Not a big fan of the style - this is an average IPA for me.


 italianjohn (357), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/58/20
Oct 24, 2009  
Pours a golden color with white head lots of lacing slight floral hop in aroma ... way too malty for an ipa and not much citrus hop taste ... had some bready malt flavor and near the bottom a little more sweet citrus taste .... not a typical ipa color either ... very unimpressed with this tasted and looked more like a mass produced crap



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