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Harpoon Glacier Harvest Wet Hop Beer


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64
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An American Pale Ale brewed by
Harpoon Brewery

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
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703.24/5.03.23/5.0Special6.7%56.5Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The 20th installment of the Harpoon 100 Barrel Series has been brewed to celebrate the annual hop harvest. Harpoon Glacier Harvest Wet Hop beer is a pale ale made with fresh hops picked just hours before being tossed into the brew. Wet hop beers are brewed using fresh, wet (hops contain about 60% moisture when they are first picked) hops instead of traditional dried hops. Typically, when hops are picked they are quickly dried and refrigerated to make them more suitable and consistent for brewing. This process allows brewers to use hops that were harvested in the fall throughout the following year. Alternatively, wet hops need to be used within hours of their being harvested or they will begin to rapidly degrade. Wet hops retain some of their natural oils and volatile flavors that dissipate when dried. This yields an immersed, intense hop flavor in the beer. Harpoon brewer Ray Dobens, creator of the beer, harvested the Glacier hops in Seneca New York the morning of August 13th and immediately drove them back to Boston that very afternoon in a refrigerated truck. Ray added the newly harvested hops to the brew within hours after the harvest. The fresh hops were added to a malty, copper-colored ale. The combination is a pleasing blend of fresh hop flavor and sweet malt.

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 argo0 (6230), Washington DC, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/105/514/20
Oct 2, 2007  
(22oz bottle) Medium beige off-white head that mostly dissipates, atop crystal clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, lemongrass, some caramel, orange, light earthy. Taste is medium sweet, lemongrass/orange, some caramel, spicy. Slight tin in finish. Soft medium body, some chewiness, very drinkable.


 kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 21, 2007  
Name: Glacier Harvest Wet Hop Beer
Date: 10/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

clear copper, wispy of white head, sweet caramel malt aroma with a nice fruity character and light floral hops, sweet caramel malt flavor, nice balancing floral and citrus hops, light bitterness flows into a lingering bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **/4


 CaptainCougar (4664), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Oct 19, 2007  
Bottle thanks to mj: Pours a transparent copper orange with a thin, spotty-lacing wispy white head. Aroma of earthy piny hops and some mild pale maltiness. Starts semi-sweet and pale malty with a lot of earthy bittering and flavor hops with a hint of grapefruit. Good body, but needs a fresher hop character.


 hopdog (4648), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/103/512/20
Oct 12, 2007  
22oz bottle. Poured a medium to deeper and slightly hazy orange color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, wet and fresh hops, juicy citrus, and lightly spicy. Tastes of caramel, citrus and had a lightly spicy finish. Tastes and body on the thin and somewhat watery side. Tastes a big let down vs. the aromas.


 hopscotch (4588), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 26, 2007  
Bottle… Clear copper ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Decent retention. Notes of beef stock, earthy hops and crystal malt, along with a whisper of mildew-like funk, permeate my nose. The flavor is all about fresh hop bitterness balanced by mild, caramel malt sweetness. Full-bodied with a whole-milk mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Mellow, pleasantly bitter finish. A big SHOUT goes out to kmweaver for providing the bottle!



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