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Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #27 - Helles Blond Bock

Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #27 - Helles Blond Bock - Heller Bock

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 Percentile 
63
overall
Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: Heller Bock

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
463.22/5.03.17/5.0Special7.4%73.4Lager glass, Shaker, Stein
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Commercial Description:
The 27th offering of Harpoon’s 100 Barrel Series is Helles Blond Bock. This light amber beer has a bready aroma, creamy smooth mouthfeel, and a clean, lingering sweetness at the finish. Brewer Jaime Schier set out to create a beer with a robust body that was light in color and delicate on the palate. Jaime combined Pale Ale malt, Munich malt, and Black malt to give the beer its intense malt flavor. A German Bock yeast accentuates the malt character, yielding a slightly sweet aroma. German Noble hops add a touch of bitterness to balance the malt. This Helles Bock recipe comprised the most malt per 120-barrel batch ever brewed at Harpoon. Enjoy it on a warm, sunny day, with a big basket of pretzels and mustard. This German style bock balances bready malt sweetness with delicate hop bitterness; light-bodied, clean and satisfying. ibu: 30 og: 17
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 jerc (3861), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 30, 2009  
2009-10-24. Amber body with a tiny off-white head. Mild aroma is touch odd, pale malts. Flavour of pale malts, light bitterness, odd toasty malt character. Average palate. Meh, adequate example of a style that I generally do not love. Shared by HogTownHarry

Me: "Yes, but can your Blackberry make me cool like blankboy?"
blankboy: "There’s an app for that!"


 chriso (4665), London, Greater London, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 30, 2009  
On tap at Harpoon Brewery, 8 October 2009. Pleased (and surprised) to find this still available on tap. Fairly dark gold for a helles. Soft malty aroma. Sweetish palate. Good depth. Lots of body for a Helles. Quite a lot of alcohol presence. Not too sticky. Not my favourite style but I liked this one.


 VTHopHead (890), Barre, Vermont, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 25, 2009  
Bottle/22 - Pours a darkish amber in color with almost no head and very little carbonation. Aroma is not strong with floral hops and some (small) malty sweetness. Flavor is slightly sweet initially with plenty of bready yeast and some floral hops. Medium bitter in the middle and finish, which was clean and slightly astringent. Definitely "blondish"... I Like...


 HogTownHarry (3922), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 24, 2009  
(bottle ( 22oz ). shared at October 2009 WaterlooWeekend. Clear amber-gold with a small frothy off-white head. Vegetal, weak aroma - stale oily grain and moderate alcohol. Taste - sweet, simple, a bit of a fruity tang, not much alcohol to it. Slick, light body, smooth, somewhat quick finish - tastes okay, it grew on me.


 checkmatei1 (629), Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Oct 14, 2009  
Bottle: Poured a dark copper with a nice head. The aroma was floral and sweet. The flavor was sweet, honey, malty, slight hop, and grass. Overall, a really good beer.


 Pwn3d (1036), Manhattan, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Light and sweet bohemian style pils. Toasty with some florals. Good beer but no brew masters limited offering.


 jeremytoni (1067), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 4, 2009  
From a bottle poured a dark copper color with a fair amount of head. Nice malty sweet flavor with a hoppy finish.


 zach8270 (2051), Henrietta, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/512/20
Sep 28, 2009  
(bottle - 22 oz) Golden pour with a fizzy white head. Aroma is light and grassy with some hints of bread, floral hops, and straw. Flavor is lightly sweet and corny at the beginning with a dry and stale grassy middle and a very light and bitter finish. Some hops and grass come through at the end. Very watery.



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