Bomber from porterhouse; Caramelly, yeasty, and hoppy nose; hazy copper wiyh a medium, long-lasting, beige head; flavor some back ground malt with some nicely balancing hop bitterness! Tasty and seems well balanced!

Well I have never had this style of beer but this pretty much tasted like a hoppy pale ale. So i am guessing they kind of messed up. Orange copper colored, translucent but cannot see through it. Smell is hoppy. Body is thin. Taste has a bit of biterness.

Pours a deep amber into a shaker. Rocky head with lots of lacing. Malt and nut aromas. Flat with toasty bitter lingering finish.

I’ve not had such good experiences with the 100 barrel series, but this is a really solid lager - clear straw color with a light red tint - lots of sediment in the bottle - spicy, herbal, hoppy nose, with slight fruity esters in the background - quite hoppy, almost IPA-like - resinous, pine-like - nice balancing malt sweetness - biscuity, with a hint of honey and grain/bread - dry, hoppy finish - this is quite nice.

2006 bottle consumed on 2/3/2006.
The bottle yields a brassy looking liquid, with strong copper highlights and a bit of softer hay-colored tones. Head is quite foamy, rather heavy/rocky and forms about two-fingers high, initially. Off-white/white colored and slowly diminishing to cover, with some minor, spotty lace. Though the beer was just bottled, there is light sediment, already noticeable, at the bottom.
The nose explodes with ripe hallertauer-like hops. Not so much floral or spicy as it is tangy, juicy and herbal (dill, fresh cut grass, fresh basil). Strong hop presence in the nose is balanced by a very rich, thick honey malt, with strong doughiness, bits of sourdough even and just a whisper of crusty, earthy toasted grains.
The flavor, not surprisingly, is incredibly hoppy up front. Plenty of bitterness, more herbal notes, green, leafy, pungent flavors all combine to really whack at the palate. The malt is fully in support, with a strong pils-like honey flavor, lots of dough and fresh, but dry yeast on the end. Hop bitterness makes a reprieve on the end, adding much needed dryness, but almost a soapy, shampoo-like flavor as well (minor though).
Mouthfeel, due to the lack of filtration, is much more comforting than the normal Harpoon beer. Tighter, less prickly bubbles convey the hop livliness wonderfully and allow for the rich maltiness to wash over the palate. However, the beer seems quite underattenuated for what I would expect a traditional kellerbier to be. The sweetness becomes borderline syrupy and the malt thickness detracts from the overall "brightness" of the beer, and certainly the drinkability. Nor is the malt terribly complex, leading to more problems as the beer wears on. But that’s just my take, I suppose you could just approach this as an atypical German kellerbier. Just seems a little too brash/crude.