Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet Hop Haarvest Ale

Brewed by Heavy Seas Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   add pic

A little bit of a black IPA character here in addition to some porter aspects. More towards the black ipa side for me though. Toasty roasty malt profile that comes through a little on the thin side, unfortunately. Hop presence is also a little muted. Would look for a little more presence there as well. What is there is a bit grassy. The malt is definitely dominant in this drink.

Bomber from Total Wine in Stuart. Pours brown brown with very little tannish head. Aroma has sweet dark fruit, milk chocolate and some earthiness. Taste brings sweet licorice, rum raisin, cocoa, some sourness and a touch of grapefruit. Finishes sweet and quite short. A very sweet brown ale?

I really enjoyed this dark hoppy beer. It had a nice genuine sweetness to it and was very easy to drink. I would certainly get another.

Hmmm...interesting ruddy "porter" poured out of bomber. Notes: fresh, low citrus notes, small malt backbone. Wouldn’t classify as a porter with the much of a hop punch, but who the hell am I to say this isn’t a porter? Whatever this concoction is, it’s pretty good.

THOUGHTS: It borders on a black IPA, but it’s lighter. Maybe more like a black pale ale. Very easy to drink. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown with red highlights and an average to large, tan, head that mostly diminished, but left excellent lacing. The aroma had light to moderate roasted malt; lighter dark chocolate and coffee; and moderate pine, resin and citrus hops especially orange. The initial flavor was lightly sweet and lightly bitter; while the finish was light to mod sweet, moderately bitter and lightly acidic with an average duration. There was roasted malt, a little dark chocolate and coffee, citrus (especially orange) and pine hops, a little caramel and resinous hops. The medium body was a bit oily with fairly fizzy carbonation and an ever so slightly metallic finish.

22 oz bottle served in a tulip. Pour is walnut with 3 fluffy fingers of light/medium kaki head; great retention and lacing on this one. Nose is alfalfa, barley, light citrus, hops, and a touch of baby powder. Taste is right on key, but the malt is much more present, and balances the hops and grains nicely, than the nose indicates. This is a tasty beer that I could drink all night. Nothing extraordinary, but it goes down smooth!

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a deep red tint and a frothy, light beige head;good retention and some lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, caramel, toffee, and earthy hops. Flavor is caramel and light roasted malt up front, light smoke; transitions to bitter earthy and floral hops. Medium/full body with medium carbonation and warmth.

Bottle. Pours clear black with ruby highlights and an average, frothy tan head, medium-short retention with light lacing. Aroma is fresh floral and grassy hops, chocolate and roast malt with raisin notes. Flavor is malt forward with fresh hops and medium bitterness, light fruity esters and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation, low warmth.

Name: Heavy Seas Hop Haarvest Ale
Date: September 09, 2011
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine beige head, scattered lace
Aroma: big citrus aroma, dark chocolate, light roasted
Flavor: rich roasted flavor, lots of balancing hops, dry chocolate
Overall: promising aroma that doesn’t come through in the flavor
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

Dark reddish brown pour,off white head with some lacing. Coffee and bitter malt flavor. Grassy background with a sharp bite from too much carbonation. Finish is bitter and medicine.