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Harpoon Ale

Percentile
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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 beaconstreet (811), Washington DC, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/102/57/20
Apr 24, 2004  
Pretty tinny and bitter for the taste. The color is good, and isn't too headstrong (as a good ale should be, perhaps), but there's something missing here. There's a continuity to this beer that you wished it had, that connection between flavor and nose spice and depth and weight, as the milky way is to the strung out night sky. That's absent here. Completely. Otherwise, there are elements of a good beer, but its just blechingly ick to the tounge, even if just drinking for its alcoholic value (not much).


 sfontain (506), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/511/20
Apr 9, 2004  
Pale amber color with a fairly sizeable white, bubbly head. Definite fruitiness in the aroma. Sweet flavor; miniscule caramel flavor once it warms a bit. Barely any hops. Feels nice and full.


 wunderbier (1267), Tampere, Finland
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/59/20
Apr 8, 2004  
12 oz bottle, shaker. Cookie, caramel malt (M); flowery hops (L); medicinal aroma. Medium amber body, small, white head. Moderately sweet, lightly acidic flavor becomes a moderately bitter, moderately acidic finish. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. The bottom line is: yeah, I like my beers to taste like green apples >:\


 BückDich (4857), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 7, 2004  
Pale amber color with a large off-white lacing. The aroma is lightly hoppy with spices & toffee. Flavor is also very malty with a touch of hops. The malt profile is very good and full flavored AND bodied.


 Suttree (2740), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Mar 27, 2004  
Slightly cloudy orange, decent white head. toasty, smoky floral aroma. Full bodied, and a dry finish. Nice and easy to drink - a good session ale.


 Shag (1923), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 21, 2004  
A copper color with a fair head. Aroma is malty with some fresh fruit detectable. Flavor is a little weak with a good malt presence. This is a very clean and refreshing beer just not alot more you can say really. I enjoyed it.


 Duke (117), New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Mar 14, 2004  
Nice amber color. Decent head. Sweet yeast aroma,faint bread dough and citrus fruit. No hop aroma, not much hop taste but I think it works out. Not Bad..


 harlequinn (2745), Tacoma, Washington, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/59/20
Feb 20, 2004  
This was almost undrinkable. The aroma is musty and the flavor is somewhat watered down and weak. Very dissapointing.



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