Harpoon KPA (Kriek Pale Ale)

Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pouring at session one of Belgian Beer Fest in Boston. Pours a hazed brown with a thin white head. Soft acid, faint fruit and cherries. A bit of sourness and tangy cherry. Soft musk and sourness, light acid on the finish. Decent.

amber pour, Aroma is sour stone fruit, some light barnyard, lightly acetic. Mouthfeel is crisp, refreshing. Flavor is funky cherry fruit, lightly sour, Extremely drinkable. I really dig this actually, not super sour but really drinkable and relatively funky with good subtle fruit, if this came out in 6 packs I would pound it down. Harpoon is seriously stepping up

(Draught) Pours a clear amber body with a moderate off-white head. Aroma of cherry, grass, citrus, and faint horseblanket. Flavor of cherry, herbs, brett, earth, some lacto, and grass with a dry finish.

Draft sample at FOBAB 2010. Pours a cloudy brown color with a faint red tint and small eggshell white head. Notes of cherries and other berry fruits, lactic acid, oak, sour lemon juice, and funk. Dry finish. Light-bodied, with sharp carbonation and a sour mouthfeel. Sour, tart, and fruity. Pretty good.