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Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #27 - Helles Blond Bock

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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
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 jcwattsrugger (5403), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 20, 2009  
22oz bottle–pours a white head and gold color. Aorma is sweet medium malt, herbal/perfumy/musty hops. Tast is spice/herbal hops up front, then sweet medium malt. Slight booziness for the first half pint.


 Cletus (5057), Connecticut, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 29, 2009  
Pours copper with a nice off white head. Smells of fruit, toasted malt, some earth and tea. Tastes sweet and nutty with a spicy finish. Another from this series that I hope makes it into their regular rotation.


 JoeMcPhee (5000), 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.


 chriso (4796), London, Greater London, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 30, 2009  
On tap at Harpoon Brewery, 8 October 2009. Pleased (and surprised) to find this still available on tap. Fairly dark gold for a helles. Soft malty aroma. Sweetish palate. Good depth. Lots of body for a Helles. Quite a lot of alcohol presence. Not too sticky. Not my favourite style but I liked this one.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 4, 2009  
Bomber from Ron’s. Pours deep gold dark strawish with 2-finger creamy off-white head. Head goas away quickly, leaving decent lacing. Nose is hopcitrus, sour mashy malt, slight yeast and spice. Tastes pale malty, on the sweet side, with fruity and mild hoppy notes. Medium palate heft, and pretty smooth. Finishes fruity and malty.


 Lubiere (4529), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Nov 13, 2009  
A dark golden Helles with a thin white head. In aroma, a light sweetish and perfumey malt with a bit of honey. In mouth, a crips oily malt with light nail polish remover, solventy, light German hops, light to medium bodied. On tap at Harpoon Tap House, Logan Airport, Nov. 11 2009.


 HogTownHarry (4007), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 24, 2009  
(bottle ( 22oz ). shared at October 2009 WaterlooWeekend. Clear amber-gold with a small frothy off-white head. Vegetal, weak aroma - stale oily grain and moderate alcohol. Taste - sweet, simple, a bit of a fruity tang, not much alcohol to it. Slick, light body, smooth, somewhat quick finish - tastes okay, it grew on me.


 jerc (3936), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 30, 2009  
2009-10-24. Amber body with a tiny off-white head. Mild aroma is touch odd, pale malts. Flavour of pale malts, light bitterness, odd toasty malt character. Average palate. Meh, adequate example of a style that I generally do not love. Shared by HogTownHarry

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