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Harpoon Ale

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45
overall

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2293/5.02.99/5.04.9%54.6English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Currently Thom’s Olde Ale is Harpoon Ale, our first beer.

The first in the Harpoon family of beers, our ale is a light amber in color, medium bodied, and well balanced. The slightly fruity aroma is from Harpoon’s special yeast.
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 LilKem (1210), Marietta, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 26, 2006  
Aroma was weak at best, and had your typical amber flavors of carmle, toffee and malt. the flavor was somewhat yeasty with carmel and toffee as well. some earthy kind of flavors as well. i could take it or leave it.


 heemer77 (4311), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
May 25, 2006    Updated: Oct 18, 2008
This poured a light orange color with a white head. The aroma was pears and bananas with some cinnamon and vanilla. Interesting in this style, but I suppose it is the malts coming out over the hops. The taste was bread crust with some caramel. There was some apples. The finish was smoth and made this a great session style beer.


 jrohn92 (105), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/512/20
May 22, 2006  
Harpoon proves that American beers can be good. This is a nice bitter ale with a slightly carbonated palate.


 beerguy101 (3971), Newark, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
May 22, 2006  
This amber pours a medium orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel, fruity and sweet. A light to medium bodied amber. Malts are fruity and sweet, touch of caramel. Hops are mild, grapefruity and herbal. For an amber it a little light in body and not very sweet, which makes it a little better than average in my book. Nice balance. Very easy drinking. Light and refreshing. The hop bitterness and lack of sweetness seem to make it more of an English Pale Ale than an amber. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.


 JoeMcPhee (5030), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 13, 2006  
12 oz bottle. Copper coloured beer with a lasting off-whtie head. Earthy sweet malt, light caramel and toast, nice cherry fruitiness along with some berry sweetness. Very British smelling. Flavour is also sweet and fruity. Strong blackberry and appley flavour up front. Long sweet bready/yeasty finish. Just enought soft earthy hops to balance the sweet fruitiness. Decent brew.


 argo0 (7008), Washington DC, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 25, 2006  
(12oz bottle) Crystal clear amber body with medium beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, toasty. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some nutty, citrus, light herbal. Light-medium body.


 Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Apr 21, 2006  
Dark copper with nice off white head. Aroma very muted, faint caramel and roasted grain. Flavor is full of sweet malt and not much else. Very one dimensional to say the least.


 rederic (1815), montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 20, 2006  
Sampled at the brewery, bright amber color, with a white head, grainy, faint roasted maltiness nose and a flowery hop aroma, follows through on amedium-bodied palate, with a sweet caramelized malt, with a floral hop character, hint of grassiness, leading towards a zesty hop bittering finish.



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