Flannel Friday
Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.52
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This Hoppy Amber Ale is our tribute to the quintessential season of change. A bright hop aroma from late hop additions plays with its strong malt backbone. Amber hued, medium bodied, with hints of citrus and pine, this ale is made for the crisp days (and nights) of fall.
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7/10
Slightly hoppy, but nice flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2018
at 23:11
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Poured from bottle gifted by Airforcehops enjoy by 12/15/17 nice amber color with a fluffy tan head. Aromas of caramel malt grains livht hops. Taste is the same and needs more zing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2017
at 20:43
6/10
Tried
on 05 Oct 2017
at 13:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Some restaurant tap: pours amber with a whitish head. Aroma is toasted malts, piny hops. Taste is lightly sweet and somewhat bitter. Not really something that is good.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2017
at 21:43
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a red-caramel color with a medium sized foamy tan head that left minimal lacing. The aroma was caramel, honey, fruity hops, earthy hops and a metallic oxidized note. The flavor was bitter and dryish with a metallic oxidized note and rough floral and earthy hops. Medium length finish. Medium body. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2017
at 17:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear bronze pour with a khaki head and good retention. Good lacing. As the label says, hoppy nose and taste with a malty backbone and crisp mouthfeel. Lose the hops and it would be really good.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2016
at 15:54
6/10
Tried
on 21 Oct 2016
at 22:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at SBWF 2016. Amber with a white head. Rather soft with malt, caramel, light hops and some fruit.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2016
at 03:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can dated enjoy by 12/15/16.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a crisp transparent amber color with smooth rising carbonation to fill a sustaining white foamy head. Delicate messy lacing.
The aroma has brisk sweet toffee rich to light caramel malts playing with a balancing sweet to bitter crisp citrus hoppy blend.
The flavor proceeds to blend and balance the previously mentioned aromas sweetly and subtly bitter. Crisp sweet malty aftertaste leading into a smooth finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionable smooth feel laying across my tongue. Hops lay back with barely any bitterness, but that’s okay, I get it,
Overall, damn, well, where did this come from. I’m not usually a fan of this brewery, but for the style, they did a fantastic job on this. Also, paired extremely well with my jalapeno burger at Essex Grill.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a crisp transparent amber color with smooth rising carbonation to fill a sustaining white foamy head. Delicate messy lacing.
The aroma has brisk sweet toffee rich to light caramel malts playing with a balancing sweet to bitter crisp citrus hoppy blend.
The flavor proceeds to blend and balance the previously mentioned aromas sweetly and subtly bitter. Crisp sweet malty aftertaste leading into a smooth finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionable smooth feel laying across my tongue. Hops lay back with barely any bitterness, but that’s okay, I get it,
Overall, damn, well, where did this come from. I’m not usually a fan of this brewery, but for the style, they did a fantastic job on this. Also, paired extremely well with my jalapeno burger at Essex Grill.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2016
at 18:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours deep Amber into a shaker. White head with good retenion recedes to skim surface. Caramel and resin aromas. Sweet with caramel and mild earthy hops front to back.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2016
at 16:23