Five High Harvest Ale
Dark Horse Brewing Co. in Marshall, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Autumn|
Score
6.55
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A fragrant blend of super fresh Cascade, Chinook, and Challenger hops are brought to us from High Five Hop Farm just ten minutes down the road here in Marshall, Michigan. We take freshness seriously when it comes to our Harvest Ale and do our part by hand selecting the perfect blend of wet hops right down the street. Please do your part by enjoying this beer while it’s fresh. Cheers!
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle sample at a tasting at zvsn's place. Hazy golden. Malt, stale hops, sweetish, caramel, bitter finish, medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2019
at 17:22
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
At a tasting, small stable bubbly head, a touch hazy and quite deep earthy orange color, greenish aroma with some minerals, nuttiness with a bit stale maltiness in flavor with some greeness lingering, medium bitterness. A bit old and not too good.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2019
at 14:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle - Orange pour. The aroma is of piney hops and caramel malt. The flavor is moderately bitter with pine, caramel, and a little citrus. It's balanced and tasty though nothing special to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2017
at 11:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours nice creamy amber, relatively clear. Bit of foam. Sweet malty nose, wet hops aroma coming through. Taste is nicely balanced, very fresh, body is quite medium, soft tropical fruits. Wet hop thing definitely there, hops are more grassy and with more tannins than usual. Really well done, probably one of the best harvest beers I have had.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2017
at 10:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber color. Very earthy, with oranges and melons. Pretty dry bitter but not that interesting.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2017
at 05:47
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 9/13/2017. Pours crystal clear deep golden amber/light orange color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/pine hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, lemon/orange peel, light pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6%. Overall this is an awesome fresh hop IPA! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Really great mix of juicy, vibrant, and dank hop complexity; nice balancing malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. A really enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2017
at 17:15