Harpoon Brown

Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Boston, Massachusetts USA

12oz bottle purchased as part of a mixed mutli-pack at Market Basket. Pours a crystal clear dark copper brown with a thin film of off-white head. Roasted burnt malt dominate the aroma. Tastes sweet, with toffee, caramel, and chocolate notes. Medium in body with moderate carbonation. Extremely drinkable and that combined with the flavor and ABV make this one extremely sessionable. A fine brown ale.

It’s got a sweet dark reddish brown color and excellent clarity. A small head is formed which quickly fades out. The aroma is light with some floral hop notes. Its flavor is a wonderful mix of caramel, maple, brown sugar, with roasted and toasted malts. All of which are tempered with a pleasing hop bitterness that floats around on the tongue. Its medium body and soft carbonation give it a smooth mouth feel that is very drinkable. Well done!

Best By: 07/20/07, so I don’t have a moment to lose! Appearance: Pours a bright, clear brown brown with a foamy, light beige head. Smell: A passably light aroma of toasty, bready malts with a just a drizzle of caramel and molasses. Taste: Faintly sweet, bready malt flavors with hints of toasted nuts. Vague, soft notes of citrus just before the slightly drying finish. Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied, but with as much smoothness and creaminess as one could possibly expect from such a light beer. Mild carbonation. Drinkability: A fine, highly quaffable session-type beer, though I’m not sure why the pricetag was so ’full-bodied’ for a 6-pack.

Pours a dark amber color with a white forming head. Smell of hops which make me wonder if I’m rating the same beer. Taste of malts but not chocolate malts. Good flavor if your an IPA lover, kind of sweet. Overall I enjoy this one but am still left a bit confused by the info put out by the Harpoon brewers.

Clear bronze, fizzy tan head. Sweet apple blossoms in the aroma, dark caramel, bit of cocoa and resin. Nice malt, not overly sweet but mildly balanced by hops and roasted grains. Perfect carbonation washes this brew across the tongue, coating the mouth with a long, nutty finish.

Draft at the brewery tour. Poured a clear brown color with an off white head. Pleasant aroma of fresh flowery hops, leafy greens, and a bit of chocolate. Light to medium bodied and delicately sweet The flavor profile included the likes of chocolate, nuts, and light flowery hops. Nice brown. More hop aroma and flavor that usual for the style.

It pours a dark amber color, and the word chestnut, provided by Harpoon seems appropriate. It has an off-white fizzy head that quickly dissapates. Fair lacing clings to our new freezing cold brown ale glass. First aroma is of faint light bread malts and not much else. Gentle on the nose. Initial taste is of a very light bitter which softens even more as it moves towards the finish. Light on the palate, it has a watery texture with a clean finish. A very drinkable, smooth taste that certainly lends itself to the session style.

This dark brown ale from Harpoon pours with a nice head. The aromas offer fruit and caramel. The mouthfeel enhances the caramel flavor. The finish is nice a lengthy.