Harpoon Glacier Harvest Wet Hop Beer

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	62
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An American Pale Ale brewed by
Harpoon Brewery
Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

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Ratings Average Score Seasonal ABV Style Pctl Serve in Advanced
82 3.21/5.0 3.21/5.0 Special 6.7% 53.4 Lager 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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GMCC2181 (485), Bear, Delaware, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Sep 24, 2008
Bottle shared by andrew at stateline on Monday Sep 22. Aroma of light hops. Color was a clearish/golden, small head. I have never had "wet" or even glacier hops so it was a little different. The hops were not right up front ready to knock your taste buds over, they were subdued but still had a good bite to them. It made it very easy to drink. Texture was a little light for an IPA but still overall a decent brew. Thanks andrew!

mgoy (288), Oak Brook, Illinois, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	7/10	4/5	5/10	3/5	12/20

Nov 20, 2008

I was able to drink a 100bl bottle of Harpoon Glacier Harvest Wet hop in Boston the night of game 4 of the ALCS. This was a very nice ale but contained a little too much hop when compared to the size of the body. The color is a clear light copper with a very light and airy white head. The aroma is full of hops with fresh floral hints.

CelticBrew (535), The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Oct 31, 2008

Pours a slightly hazy, medium coppery color from bomber. Medium, large bubbly foam. Aroma of wet type hops, malts, and copper metal. Flavour of much of the same, reminds me more of an old ale and or english pale ale. Decent bitterness, malt and hops balance. Not as metalic as I was expecting. Really not that bad of beer, would love to try on tap/cask.

hopson (525), Williamsville, New York, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Oct 29, 2008

draft at coles- not impressed- where is the hop flavor and burst so often found in these wet hop beers- tasted slightly oxidized- just average.

BT (85), Newtown, Connecticut, USA

2.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.5	5/10	3/5	5/10	2/5	10/20

Oct 27, 2008

Poured a bright copper, big, thick head, the quickly dissipated. Unfortunately the copper (metallic) was present in the flavor too. Nice aroma of hops, though.

surffisher (147), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Oct 27, 2008

22 oz. bomber bottle. Pours clear, bright golden with a nice white head that leaves some lacing. Mild aroma is rather grainy and earthy with sweet malts and some very subdued piney hops. Flavor is likewise somewhat bland, especially for a fresh hop ale, with a clean malty body and more of a bitter hop profile - not much in the finish re: hops. Medium light body, moderately carbonated, relatively smooth. Considering this is categorized as a pale ale (versus IPA) and it is very sessionable, its pretty good, though underwhelming.

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