Harpoon Brewery |
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Boston, MA (This is page 2. See pages 1, 3, 4, and 5. Page 1 has a description of the brewery itself.)
Harpoon Dark
Dunkelweizen - 5.5% ABV Pete This beer's name doesn't exactly give you much insight into what to expect. That being said, since it is a dunkelweizen, and 'dunkel' means dark, it makes sense to me now. It is a very good beer, with a prevailing malty flavor that is a real winner. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Don't Be Bitter
IPA - 7.5% ABV Pete Kind of tasteless. Goes down pretty easy with maybe a little bit of citrus, but really this just isn't much. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Don't Poke The Bear
Golden Ale - 5.14% ABV Pete Pretty mediocre, mild flavored - probably ideal for the volume-based Bruins crowd, but not for me. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Dragon Weisse
Berliner Weisse - 4.6% ABV Pete Really light and just not enough going on for me. Ratings: Pete - 2 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Dunkin' Coffee Porter
Porter - 6% ABV Pete New England novelty. Actually tastes more like coffee than any beer I've ever tasted. It's basically coffee with a ton of sugar, which makes sense for Dunkin'. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Eclypso
Brown IPA - 5.1% ABV Pete Pictured on the right. I like this combo. A little bitter, a little hoppy, and a little bit of roastiness to it. Big fan. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon El Triunfo Coffee Porter
Porter - 6% ABV Pete This is one of the best porters you will ever have. It has some nice chocolatey sweetness that balances the coffee flavor nicely. It's worth paying a little extra to get a bottle of this guy. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Flannel Friday
Amber Ale - 5.7% ABV Pete I had to try this out of loyalty to Harpoon. It's a style I don't like and, predictably, I didn't like this one. It was actually kind of hard to drink. Just not a fan. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon For the Frontline
Amber Ale - 5% ABV Pete For a good cause, but I do not like this style, and this isn't the best version either. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Fresh Tracks
Pale Ale - 6.2% ABV Pete Just not enough flavor for me here. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Ghost Dance
Grisette - 4.1% ABV Pete Pretty funky, a little spice. Good amount of flavor, lots of carbonation. I could drink a bunch of these. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #42: Ginger Wheat
Pale Wheat Ale - 7% ABV Pete This is super mild, and goes down really without you noticing it, which I guess is good for a 7% beer. I really wanted more ginger flavor, and this just didn't have much. If you're looking for a mild wheat beer with a hint of ginger, this could be for you, but it's not for me. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Hoppy Adventure
Imperial IPA - 7.8% ABV Pete This was surprisingly mild for something labeled a "double IPA". It isn't too bitter, and is pretty easy to drink. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon X Night: Hot Chocolate Milk Stout
Milk Stout - 5.19% ABV Pete Fairly sweet and chocolatey, but not to much to make it hard to drink. Quite good. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon House Golden
Golden Ale - 4.7% ABV Pete Easy to drink, but not the most flavorful of beers. Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Hybrid Remote
New England IPA - 6.5% ABV Pete Collaboration with Clown Shoes (which Harpoon owns, so I don't understand how it's a collaboration), brewed exclusively for the Catalyst restaurant in Cambridge, MA. Usually I don't like restaurant-specific beers, but this is pretty good. It's more west-coast than NEIPA honestly (more bitter than juicy), but it's good. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Imperial Pumpkin
Pumpkin Stout - 10.5 % ABV Pete This is an outstanding pumpkin beer. It isn't pure pumpkin. The fact that it's a stout and incredibly strong gives it more than just the simple pumpkin note. It's not as good as Pumking, but it's pretty damn close. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Imperial Stout
Imperial Stout - 8.53% ABV Pete Pictured on the left. It's a dry stout. Pretty light body, with a fairly mild flavor. Very drinkable given the color and alcohol content. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Interrobang
Imperial Stout - 18% ABV Pete This is described as a cold brew espresso stout. I couldn't pinpoint that flavor. I am not sure how, but I tasted black pepper in this. It doesn't taste all that strong, but I'm afraid I can't do it justice as it was too complex for me. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon IPA
IPA - 5.9% ABV Pete This is an above average IPA. It has the bitterness of the hops, but they are toned down for an IPA. You get a little more beer flavor than a standard IPA because it isn't that bitter. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Juicer
IPA - 6.6% ABV Pete Outstanding beer. Super citrusy as the name suggests, and a little bit extra body from the oats makes it a tiny bit creamy on the tongue. Real winner here, I hope this becomes a full-time beer. Ratings: Pete - 6 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Juicer 2
IPA - 6.6% ABV Pete Pretty delicious beer. It's somewhere between Juicer and the original IPA. Mellower than Juicer, with some of the bitterness of the IPA. Still a great beer, but I was a bit disappointed after the first Juicer. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Juicer 3
IPA - 6.6% ABV Pete Very good beer. Hoppy with a bit of bitterness, a lot like Juicer 2, but also finishes with a bit of spiciness, presumably from the rye, which I like a lot. Ratings: Pete - 5 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Lemongrass Spearmint Hefeweizen
Hefeweizen - ?.??% ABV Pete There is no information on this beer anywhere, but I definitely had it on tap at a bar in Boston. The name of the beer was written in chalk on the tap. I can tell you that my best guess for why I can't find anything about this online is that Harpoon wants to pretend like they didn't make it. It is completely terrible. Lemongrass and spearmint are 2 ingredients that should never be put in beers, and this has both of them. Just awful. Ratings: Pete - 2 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Leviathan Great Scott
Wee Heavy - 10.2% ABV Pete This beer has some nice malty flavors, but for the price, it isn't all that great. It is very hard to hide the amount of alcohol in this one, and it has a burn going down. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Leviathan IPA
Imperial IPA - 10% ABV Pete This is a very strong beer. And it tastes like it. Definitely a sipper Ratings: Pete - 3 Shyoh's |
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Harpoon Leviathan Single Hop
Imperial IPA - 10% ABV Pete This is the beer on the bottom right. It is pretty darn bitter, but pretty darn tasty. The hops come through in more ways that just bitterness. Nice. Ratings: Pete - 4 Shyoh's |
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