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Harpoon Winter Warmer

Harpoon Winter Warmer

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An Amber Ale brewed by
Harpoon Brewery

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
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3923.17/5.03.17/5.0Winter5.5%75.8 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Harpoon Winter Warmer is a full-bodied rich ale that uses a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg to achieve its spirited flavor. Perfect for the holidays!
Ingredients: Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Yeast, Flavouring (cinnamon and nutmeg).

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AMN (96), Dublin, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20

Jan 3, 2008  
I was very pleased with this beer. The head got nice retention. The cinnamon and other spices were strong but did not ruin the beer.

 KimJohansen (3026), Copenhagen V, Denmark
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/58/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Clear dark amber with large white head. Loads of cardarmum in the aroma and flavor. Christmas in a bottle..., but a bad christmas.


 SilkTork (3860), Rochester, Kent, England
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Jul 3, 2008  
355ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Gosh this is crap. It’s a flavoured ale of some dire sort. There’s no character or life in the beer, so they dump in some flavouring which just serves to make a bad beer worse. Very chemical. Very medicinal. I thought the flavour was cloves, but the flavouring is supposed to be nutmeg and cinnamon! As if! This beer has to be drunk to be experienced - it tastes old and stale and flat and nasty. It’s cheap, rubbish crap. No marks for this.


 Imaena (221), Portland, Maine, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/513/20
Jun 30, 2008  
Growler from Brizz 08’. Pours an off copper brown and reeks spicy nonsense. Its mulled beer really. NOt so impressed with this guy. I’m not a bigt nutmeg brew guy though.


 estoppel (1014), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 4, 2008  
Bottle. Nose assaults you with spices, clear amber body, small white head. Generally spicy flavors, nt much in the malt/hops department. Slight astringent bitterness.


 dkachur (723), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
May 23, 2008  
Bottle from cdumler, who says this is awful and practically begged me to take one of his last two bottles. Pours reddish brown with a small head that disappears quickly. Aroma smells like a spice rack and not much else. Taste is a little less harsh, but still has strong cinnamon and nutmeg notes. A little watery.




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