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Harpoon Cider 2.34 68

Harpoon Cider

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682.3/5.02.34/5.04.8%7.1Flute, Lager glass
Commercial Description:
In 1986 Harpoon co-founders Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary began brewing Harpoon in Boston to share with others the joy of making—and drinking—great beer. In 2000, we added a second brewery in Windsor, Vermont to keep up with the demand. As a regional craft brewer, we gained interest and respect for cider, a drink with strong roots and history in New England. Harpoon’s cider is our contribution to the long heritage of cider made with fresh juice from locally grown apples. Harpoon Cider is made from a blend of locally grown apples including the New England favorite, McIntosh. By fermenting this blend of varieties with our own yeast we are able to produce an aroma that has a clean, fruity character. This crisp, refreshing cider has just the right balance of ripe apple sweetness and tartness from the fruit’s natural acidity. The color of this smooth tasting cider is very light as a result of using only freshly pressed apples. Without the addition of preservatives, artificial colors, or sweeteners we have created a cider that is fresh, pure, and delicious. Enjoy!
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 osu97gp (178), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/56/20
Apr 18, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a pale yellow color with a very small white head. Aroma of apples, basically apple juice. Flavor of apples and bread. Not very good.


 zach8270 (2127), Henrietta, New York, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/102/57/20
Apr 17, 2009  
(bottle - 12 oz) Clear yellow color with a soapy white head. Aroma is very sweet. Smells like apple juice. Not much else. Flavor is dry and medicinal with a middle of apple juice that takes over. Sweet and dry. Didn’t really care for it.


 bigrond (1054), factoryville, Pennsylvania, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/56/20
Apr 17, 2009  
I bought this thinking it would be good for the ladies. They didn’t even like it. Low acl. content. Sweet apple flavor with no character at all. The was a poor example of a cider. I really like some of Harpoons brews...I hope they stick to beer.


 j12601 (1317), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a clear straw yellow with a small white head that falls off remarkably fast, comprised of fat soda sized bubbles. Alcohol, decomposing apples, and a bit of champagne yeast on the nose. Medicinal and metallic, cloyingly sweet, and tasting like a baked rotten apple, and almost flat and syrupy. Finishes with a little more of that old apple flavor. Not very good.


 MrBunn (1542), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/103/512/20
Mar 18, 2009  
Bottle. Pours the color of champagne and has a little, fizzy head. Aromas are straight apple juice. Flavor is over the top apple juice with a little bit of an alcohol presence. This is much better than feared.


 LooseCannon (936), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/102/57/20
Feb 10, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pour clear golden in color with no head at all. Aroma sweet and apples. Taste watery, mild apples and sweet with bitter finish.


 blankboy (3214), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/512/20
Feb 9, 2009  
Bottle at ’Cole’s Rare Beer Fest’, Buffalo, NY. Pours a very pale clear yellow, almost white, with a spare white head. Clean aroma of apples -- smells alright, better then I expected. Simple, slightly watery, sweet apple flavour. Lightly carbonated. Average bodied. Not great but surprisingly pretty decent.


 tupalev (2618), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/55/102/58/20
Jan 31, 2009  
Where did this come from in the middle of Cole’s Rare Beer fest? Watery yellow, no head. Odd aroma but eventually some apples come through. Watery taste but again, some granny smith apples eventually come through. Um, ok, but I am still confused how I had this at this fest :)



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