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Harpoon IPA 3.25 992

Harpoon IPA

Percentile
71
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9923.25/5.03.25/5.05.9%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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 b33r (363), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/515/20
Jul 2, 2007  
Nice gold color with small head and little lacing. Aroma and flavor were both a little weak. Good overall but nothing beyond the average IPA.


 corby112 (773), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 1, 2007  
Pours a light amber color with a slightly hoppy aroma. Was very watered down with not enough of a strong bitter hop taste.


 mkgrenwel (420), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/514/20
Jul 1, 2007  
light sweet candy malt, spicy floral cascade hops. Slightly watery. I have had this beer a ton of times and it seems to be a little different each time. I sometimes get a nice woody/cedar flavor, and other times it’s just more of a straight cascade IPA. Goes great with salmon, btw. Tasty, but not unique and exciting enough to warrant a really high score.


 yespr (12411), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 1, 2007  
Sample from tap at the brewery. Pours clear orange with an off white head. Clean grapefruit hops aroma with a malty sweetness beneath. Flavour is sweet, floral, mildly bitter. Mellow soft mouthfeel into a mild sweet finish. Vague bubblegum note. Decent ipa.<br <br Sample from cask at the brewery. Pours hazy orange with very crispy white head. Strong grapeFruity and malty sweet aroma. Soft malty flavoured with mild bitterness. Soft malty and yet floral finish. Cask drops 1 i aroma and 1 in overall compared to the tapped version.


 beerbill (1977), Laurel, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 14, 2007  
On tap at Great Rock Country Club. Pint arrived at the table clear gold with a moderate frothy white head that left very nice lacing down to the bottom of the glass. Pleasant citrus and pine hops aroma. Flavor was again citrus and pine with light-moderate bitterness at the finish. Medium bodied. Nice beer to have after a shitty round of golf!


 kkearn (1013), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 10, 2007  
12oz bottle. This has been an old standby for me for a long time; my first sample was in February 1998. Pours yellow-golden with a huge, frothy white head that fills the pint glass. Hops esters prominant in the nose, but don’t dominate as much as in bolder examples of the style. flavor is well balanced, not too aggressively hopped. Not as ’over the top’ as most popular IPAs; but it hits the spot when i’m looking for a refreshing beer.


 cking (1041), North Canton, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/515/20
May 30, 2007  
Rated 11/17/06: Nice change of pace from a style which more often than not goes over the top. This IPA has a well received hop presence but it’s considerably mild than many of it’s peers. Floral aroma with some citrus notes. Orange/copper pour very light with lots of lacing and a medium head. Quenching and drinkable there’s a light airy feel to this one. Flavor is well balanced, good hearty malt presence. There are more citrus fruits in this one minus the grapefruit. Floral hops not much pine. Again a nice version of a great style.


BBorsutionns (44), Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
May 27, 2007  
Yellowish cooper color with a small white head. Floral hop aroma. Bitter malty, yes, grapefruit flavor.



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