Harpoon Brewery Dark

Dark

 

Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Dunkel / Tmavý Regular
Score
6.56
ABV: 5.2% IBU: - Ticks: 64
Harpoon Dark is a Harpooner favorite, and has been since we first started brewing it. While the beer has never been our lead horse outside the brewery walls, that’s okay by us. We’re just happy brewing it and drinking it.

A blend of specialty malts gives our Dark a velvety mouthfeel with roasted notes and a hint of chocolate, balanced by a subtle hop aroma. Hard to describe but easy to drink, Harpoon Dark is rich in character and light on the palate. The overall character is hearty malt and chocolate balanced with a crisp hop bitterness.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

[12oz can from Beer52.] A rich caramel colour with a thick cream coloured head; caramel malt aroma; earthy caramel taste with a pleasant light grainy bitterness that cuts through the sweetness. A pleasant Dunkel.

Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2019 at 19:00


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

35.5cl can at home on 19th Jan 2019. Poured into two Veltins Pilsener stemmed tulip glasses. Very dark body (as the name might suggest!), beige crust on top. Malty little thing with a sweetness running through the brew right to the end, slight chocolate leanings from the malty molasses and you can just about find some hop action to calm the sweetness down after the initial sip.

Tried from Can on 20 Jan 2019 at 07:18


6.6
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

LOOKS like crap. Or the can I did anyway. Decent malty smell to it though and the flavour is lovely. A bit of dried fruit, some chocolate, malt, maybe a touch of toffee. Maybe the can got bumped or it was a bad pour but while it looks rubbish it's a really nice beer. There's not loads going on but a couple of big flavours make it very drinkable.

Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2019 at 19:10


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7

Roasted malt, some hops, not too shabby at all.

Tried from Draft at Harpoon Tap Room - Logan Airport on 01 Dec 2018 at 16:20


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

From old tasting notes. Known as "Jake’s Special Dark". Tasted at Jacob Wirth’s in Boston. Translucent reddish brown. Brief tan head. Faint roasted malt nose. Bittersweet toasted malt flavor upfront. Light crisp hops in finish.

Tried on 07 May 2017 at 14:18


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

[2/2/17] Draught at Harpoon Brewery in Boston. Brown. Malt, caramel, toast, some nuts, sweetish, light smoky hint, medium-bodied. Pretty nice.

Tried on 22 Feb 2017 at 07:37


7

Tried on 19 Mar 2016 at 12:33


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught @ Harpoon Tap Room - Terminal A - Logan Airport (BOS), Boston, MA
Pours slightly hazy dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, toffee, floral, hint of chocolate and cold coffee. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long caramel and light chocolate finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jun 2015 at 15:43


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Harpoon Brewery, Boston. Dark amberish brown with beige head. Roasted malts, caramel, dry finish.

Tried from Draft at Harpoon Brewery on 09 Feb 2015 at 13:20


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Very nice pour from a bottle. Dark, opaque, with a thin head, off-white with tan and blue notes. Aroma is sweet caramel, bananas, almost bananas foster-ish, with even a slight hint of bubblegum. Flavor is very nice, sweet, dark chocolate with a bitter chocolate finish. Nice full mouthfeel, overall very good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2014 at 12:38