RateBeer
Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #27 - Helles Blond Bock 3.16 52

Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #27 - Helles Blond Bock

Percentile
62
overall

bottled
common

on tap
available

Regional Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |
RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
523.21/5.03.16/5.0Special7.4%73.1Lager glass, Shaker, Stein
Commercial Description:
The 27th offering of Harpoon’s 100 Barrel Series is Helles Blond Bock. This light amber beer has a bready aroma, creamy smooth mouthfeel, and a clean, lingering sweetness at the finish. Brewer Jaime Schier set out to create a beer with a robust body that was light in color and delicate on the palate. Jaime combined Pale Ale malt, Munich malt, and Black malt to give the beer its intense malt flavor. A German Bock yeast accentuates the malt character, yielding a slightly sweet aroma. German Noble hops add a touch of bitterness to balance the malt. This Helles Bock recipe comprised the most malt per 120-barrel batch ever brewed at Harpoon. Enjoy it on a warm, sunny day, with a big basket of pretzels and mustard. This German style bock balances bready malt sweetness with delicate hop bitterness; light-bodied, clean and satisfying. ibu: 30 og: 17
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 bbbrew (183), Washington DC, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 23, 2009  
22 oz bottle. definately malty. smooth creamy feel. not as exciting as we were hoping for.


 JoeMcPhee (5010), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 22, 2009  
Hazy orange-gold pour. Fairly sweet nose with a bit of soft bready malts. Sweet and lightly honeyish. Kind of generic, really.


 Dickinsonbeer (3494), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 19, 2009  
Bomber. Pours a nice light copper with a thin lasting head. Aroma is sharp toasted malts, bready, light sweet toffee and caramel, and a herbla floral hop character- pretty solid. Flavor is still lots of sharp toastiness, lightly burnt toast, bready malts, a clean yeast profile, and a good clean hoppy bitterness- overall fairly smooth and easy drinking. Not bad.


 Quevillon (1531), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 18, 2009  
Bu en fut (4 oz) à la brasserie à Boston, le 12 juillet 2009. Blonde légèrement claire, moyen collet. Arome de céréal malté doux et parfumé, notes de fruits des champs. Goût de blé et d’orge malté, sensation de fruits sec, une finission pas trop amère avec une touche de noisette. Normalement ce style là me laisse indifférant, mais pas celle là!


 jb (1052), Rochester, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/104/514/20
Jul 11, 2009  
Grassy nose. Slightly orange-tinged yellow. Clear with the old fast-fade head. Small-bubbled carbonation tingles on the tongue. Bananas, bread, caramel in the palate. Decent, though maybe not the greatest value for the price.


 Duhast500 (198), , Massachusetts, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/517/20
Jul 8, 2009  
Poured from the tap into a stemmed glass. The color was a clear golden color with some slight white head and a very slight lacing. The smell was a bit sweet and had a slight tangy flavor. Some hop flavor in the background. The taste quite good from the first sip. Some nice yeast flavor that hide in the background with some nice caramel and floral, spicy hops. This beer was really full bodied but still pretty smooth. It was quite a nice treat and I would recomend this one to others. Serving type: on-tap


 Pastor (509), Maine, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/511/20
Jul 4, 2009  
Bottle poured into a pint glass produced amber to brown colored ale. With a white head that didn’t last to long and didn’t leave too much in the way of lace behind. The aroma was very sweet malt forward with some nice bread smell as well. The flavor mimicked the nose to a T. I was a little disappointed there was no biter in the taste at all to me. It has a light feel in the mouth but it need a little more carbonation for me. An easy to drink brew very sesionable and great with lunch. I’d drink it if it was in front of me but would not seek it out



We Want To Hear From You



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

Join Us »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6

Share Your Opinion!
Get started reviewing beers at RateBeer.com now.

First, choose your user name

About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Log In | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Feedback?
Copyright © 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC