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Harpoon IPA

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bottled
common

on tap
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9863.25/5.03.25/5.05.9%38.5Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Filtered and force carbonated.
Ingredients: Water, Three malts, including a 2-row pale, Northwest Cascade Hops, and Yeast.
This copper colored ale is floral, medium bodied, with a crisp, refreshing finish. Originally our summer seasonal in 1993, it is now available year-round. Harpoon IPA was ranked atop both domestic and imported IPAs by Beer Connoisseur Magazine.
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 jsh12bama (337), Alabama, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
May 31, 2008  
Pours orange with thin off white head. Aroma of slight grassy hops. Taste is light taste of hops. Not as much hop bite and hop nose as I would like but it is a decent session brew.


fluxman (2), New Hampshire, USA
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3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/104/515/20
May 27, 2008  
Consistently hoppy, some say overhopped, I say perfectly hopped. I’ve had better IPAs but none as consistently good.


skeweredalive (5), Danielson, Connecticut, USA
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2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
May 24, 2008  
12oz bottle. Poured into a shaker glass and a thick head soon followed. Smell is a little on the weak side, but what scent there is smells citrusy. It shares the typical clear orange color that other ipa’s exhibit. Drinks smoothly, but for an ipa, it is weak on hops. Lacing covered the entire glass throughout the drinking period. Overall, i found it to be a pretty mediocre ipa.


 Heathen (800), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/512/20
May 23, 2008  
THOUGHTS: Another beer I had for the Super Bowl. Nothing special, but a slightly better than average IPA. By the way I’m not a huge IPA fan. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, light orange with an average to large, slightly off-white head that mostly diminished but left excellent lacing. The aroma was moderate malt, moderate to heavy pine or some resin and orange hops with a little band -aid. The initial flavor was lightly sweet acidic and bitter; while the finish was moderately sweet and heavily bitter with a long duration. The flavor was mostly citrus orange with some pine. A little one-sided but not a bad side to be. The medium body was dry with very fizzy carbonation and a metallic finish.


 keepersj12 (800), Sicklerville, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
May 23, 2008  
A little better than average IPA. Nice light aroma. Pours a nice yellow with a fluffy head that laces all the way down the glass. Flavor starts out sweet then to the typical citrus and pine. Nice dry finish.


 pumpmaster (478), Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
May 21, 2008  
12 ounce bottle purchased at Total Wine Fort Lauderdale, FL for $1.49 Good!


 mgumby10 (1858), Jupiter, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 18, 2008  
Pours a light orange color, with a small white head. The aroma is of mild hops, but more of a citrus fruit bomb that includes grapefruit and a touch of orange. The flavor is more fruity as well. The hops really are lagging in this brew, and I like my IPA’s to be more formidable in their hop presence with the citrus fruit and malt only providing balance ot it. This was the exact opposite actually. It wasnt undrinkable, but not something I’d reach for again.


 arventresca (340), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/53/102/58/20
May 18, 2008  
Bottle. Pours dark gold. Smell of citrus and hops. Not much taste here for an IPA. Very weak offering in my opinion. I was disapointed.



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