Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Easily the best beer that I’ve had from Harpoon. Pretty much a good average American Style Barleywine. Cloudy gold color, small head. Malt and hop aroma that deliver what you expect. Some malt, a bit of citrus from the hops, somewhat dry palate. Alcohol fairly well hidden. No shocks, no surprises, not bad really.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On draught Anam Cara Feb 2005. Dark, clear auburn-brown, small tan head that quickly fizzles to a thin covering. Aroma smells of salty wood smoked fish, touches of sweet English toffee and a clean, yeasty finish. Flavor is immediately full of smoked malt. It’s a wonderful smoke flavor, not overdone, or artificial tasting. The smoke slowly recedes from the palate, transitioning in to a soft, clean caramel and toffee sweetness. And that’s all. Show’s over. Medium body. Not much beer characteristic, kind of a smoked beverage. Great smoke flavor, but they need to work on the rest of the aspects of the beer.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Winter Warmer from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On draught at Lazy Chameleon. Clear dark copper color with a thin light beige head and sparse lacing. Cinnamon and other spices in the nose, along with a touch of malt. Light-bodied, considering they are throwing the term "winter warmer" around. Not much warming going on here. Lightly spiced flavor, with a little bit of malt and hops thrown in. Kind of watery overall. The finish returns to the cinnamon, plus a faint fruity aftertaste. So-so.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Dark from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
Dark brown coloured body with a thin light tan head that fades fast. Aroma of toffee, roasted malt, nuts and pit fruits. Light-bodied; Mild nutty and maltiness. No sweetness nor other flavours. Aftertaste just as bland as you’d expect-nothing on the palate. Overall, a bad beer and one that should be avoided! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Beers of the World in Rochester, New York on 24-November-2004 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Red copper ale with a light brown head. Vinous maderized aroma. Nice nutty malt in start with a light metallic aftertaste. Sweet finish. Very thin. (October 2004).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Ruby in color with no real head, but some decent lace - caramel and brown sugar nose - a bit thin bodied for the style, with a bit of hops clashing with the high level of sweetness - there is a metalllic taste to this that makes it kind of taste like bubble gum wrapped around a wet penny - not the greatest drinking experience.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Copper-amber in color with an impressive, frothy white head and nice lacework - slight hops in the aroma, with light fruity esters, mostly of strawberry - light in the hops department, and very malty and chewy for a bitter - quite bready, with hints of fruit, and some odd flavors for a bitter manifesting late, mostly gingerbread and brown sugar - dry hoppy finish reminds you what this beer is "supposed to be" - actually quite original and tasty, and quite a surprise after my experience with their 100 barrel alt beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
2004 bottle. Pours a good ruddy reddish-brown with a touch of haziness from a light layer of sediment. Big creamy white head. Smells of light hops (fresh and floral, little bit of veggies) with some pale malt. Flavor is big time pale malt, light crystal malt, some low alpha hops like perle or EKG or something. Good even malt base. There were some light fruit esters, but pass that off to an interesting yeast and then you get some soily, yeasty, dry notes. It’s got a great medium body, no thinning. I thought this was a wonderful rendition of an EPA or a ESB (the difference gets quite grey).
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed 3B from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
2004 Draught @ Belgian beer Fest. Light brown with some auburn highlights and a small off-white head. Smells of lightly sweet brown malts, touch of bourbon and sharp woody notes. Flavor proves to be much better than the aroma; plenty of lightly sweet brown malt makes up the base, but then you’ve got a wonderfully balanced light belgian yeast presence, followed by a dry nutty middle with hints of bourbon, ending on a dry spectacularly woody finish. Medium bodied, but very flavorful for what it was. Moderate carbonation.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Ale from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Clear amber body, thin off-white head. Tangy, almost sour body with little going on; I pick up some nutty flavors, a hint of fruit and maybe a bit of toast but not much else. Has a slight hops bitterness that persists through the sip. This is pretty dull.