Belgian Pale Ale
Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Belgian Regular|
Score
6.44
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This Belgian Pale Ale is brewed and conditioned to Harpoon IPA specs, but fermented with Belgian Golden Ale yeast.
Using the finest Belgian and American brewing ingredients we have created a golden amber ale that boasts a mellow malt body and a spicy, fruity flavor.
Using the finest Belgian and American brewing ingredients we have created a golden amber ale that boasts a mellow malt body and a spicy, fruity flavor.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Courtesy of jcwattsrugger. It pours clear deep gold with white head. The aroma is full with Belgian yeasty spices, some sweetened malts and perfumy flower pedals. The taste is crisp and pretty refreshing with coriander, yeasty spices, Belgian candy sugar, a bit of beat sugar maybe and firm floral perfume counter rose pedals and some spicy hops.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2010
at 18:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite - Jersey City, 7/12/10
Aroma: The nose has some floral hops, lemon, and yeast, along with some herbal notes
Appearance: This one pours a crystal clear golden-orange color with a small, lacy, white head
Flavor: Tastes of some citrus, a bit of floral hops, and a good amount of spice/yeast malts
Palate: It is fairly light of body, with average carbonation, a touch thin, and a dryish finish to it
Overall Impression: This isn't too bad actually. The Belgian yeast seems to work pretty well for what they were trying to do here, and I actually found this one to be pretty drinkable despite it being a bit too thin. Overall, a solid enough beer.
**Just submitted a Photo for this one as well, as it was missing one.
Aroma: The nose has some floral hops, lemon, and yeast, along with some herbal notes
Appearance: This one pours a crystal clear golden-orange color with a small, lacy, white head
Flavor: Tastes of some citrus, a bit of floral hops, and a good amount of spice/yeast malts
Palate: It is fairly light of body, with average carbonation, a touch thin, and a dryish finish to it
Overall Impression: This isn't too bad actually. The Belgian yeast seems to work pretty well for what they were trying to do here, and I actually found this one to be pretty drinkable despite it being a bit too thin. Overall, a solid enough beer.
**Just submitted a Photo for this one as well, as it was missing one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2010
at 18:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle opened 6/17/10. Pours a clear amber color with a medium sized offwhite frothy head. Decent head retention and fair lacing. Aroma of banana, clove, spicy hops and a bit of a soapy note. The taste is bitter, leafy and spicy hops, banana, citrus and a faint bit of spiciness. Thin-medium bodied. I’m not really liking this as its a generic Belgian pale with a hop profile that I’m not digging at all. Decent overall though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2010
at 21:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tampa Wkly Gathering @Datz-12oz bottle-pours a white head and gold color. Aroma is perfumy/floral. Taste is sweet perfumy/floral hops, sweet light malt, yeast, spice-coriander. OK effervescence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2010
at 09:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Half Time. Pours dark orange gold with a foamy off-white head. Aromas of fruit and spice. Medium minus body with mild carbonation. Flavor is fruity and peppery/spicy. Nice drink. Finishes mildly spicy and hoppy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2010
at 17:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
typical harpoon style of brewing that seems like their motto should be, "this is good enough". it seems like they could make some really good beer if they tried, but this is a perfect example of where they fail. good aroma, good flavor, but none of the distinctive characteristics that could knock it over the edge into greatness.
Tried
on 27 May 2010
at 06:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours clear amber into a snifter. Off-white micro head recedes to skim surface. Toasted caramel aromas. Crisp with upfront sweet nutty caramel turning sour and astringent in the lasting belgian yeast finish.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2010
at 16:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Six Pack ($10): Pours a golden orange with a thick and foamy head. Aroma is of fruit, hops, and Belgian yeast, so it smells rather nice. Taste is slightly sweet while maintaining a strong hops presence belying its affinity to the Harpoon IPA. Kind of a tart finish and overall a really smooth and enjoyable beer.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2010
at 17:08