Harpoon Brewery Brown

Brown

 

Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Brown Ale Regular
Score
6.26
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Harpoon Brown is brewed to accentuate the sweeter, rounder notes derived from six different malts, including a de-husked chocolate malt that adds a hint of chocolate. The blend of these malts produces a beer that is complex and delicious without being heavy. This drinkable beer is perfect as a session beer or paired with foods.
 

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

Bottle. Not a bad brown ale, Pours w/proficient head and a dark copper. Aroma is light, taste is malt & hops, thin but not awfully so.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:44


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

Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance had a nice brown color with a fairly nice looking one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute.
The smell had some light rusty nutty notes over coating a light chocolate malt.
The taste was sweet, roasty and nutty and had a light watery nutty aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat fairly light and showed a decent sessionability about it.
Overall, in my opinion, I say this was a pretty good brown ale worthy of having again.

Tried on 28 Jun 2014 at 18:42


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours clear copper with brown hues and thin off white head. The aroma is roasty with hints of caramel and slight dark roastiness. It tastes roasty with fairly full notes of malt, sugar and some caramel sweetness. Pretty nice stuff.

Tried on 31 May 2009 at 08:44


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

Pour is a brown with a big tan head. Aroma is malty and bready. Flavor is deffinatly on the sweeter side with some roast flavor left on the tounge. Not much else to say other than its a better than average brown ale.

Tried on 01 Apr 2009 at 19:52


6.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 11

Bottle. Clear amber body with reddish highlights. Average fizzy beige head. The aroma is roasty with notes of toasted malt, weak coffee, chocolate and nuts. Some hint of resin. The flavor is lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Moderate bitternes in the finish. Thin to medium body, watery texture.The label calls this a session beer. I can see drinking more than one of these.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2008 at 23:35


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours tea-colored into a shaker. Fluffy off-white head bubbles and pancakes as it slowly recedes. Dried biscuit aromas. Soft, sweet caramel upfront with a lasting metallic finish. Boring.

Tried on 09 Jul 2008 at 19:07


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Reddish-brown colour. Thin head. Slightly smokey, slightly munich malty nose. Fresh craclklin’ grains. Palate is thin, with some light nutty notes and some of that Newcastley metallic taste.

Tried on 01 Jul 2008 at 10:26


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12 oz bottle-pours a foamy tan head that laces and copper/red color. Aroma is spice/citrus hops, medium malt-caramel. Taste is spice/citrus/slight metallic hops, medium malt-caramel. Finish is somewhat thin and quick. OK/mild carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2008 at 22:31


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Draught at Brickseller, Washington DC
Amber color; creamy head. An Ale with some caramel, incredibly watered down. Useless.

Tried on 01 Dec 2007 at 06:30


6.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Beer has a relatively small head and a brown body with some noticeable carbonation at the bottom. Aroma is the typical ale like smell with some flowery hints. Taste is malty as all hell with some hop and caramel hints. I liked it, but then again I just like brown ales a lot.

Tried on 03 Jul 2007 at 10:54