Silphium (4308) reviewed UFO Hefeweizen from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cloudy yellow-orange pour, thin off-white head (more of a carbonation ring). Tangy, slightly sour wheat aroma with hints of orange and banana. The body is very tangy and fruity (oranges, lemon, a touch of banana), even fruitier than Bell’s Oberon. There is also a grassy wet hay aspect. Finishes a bit biscuity. Fairly unique and somewhat difficult to rate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
An amber beer with a small disappearing orange head. The aroma is of sulphur, fruit, and malt. The flavor is malty with notes of caramel and hints of alcohol. The sulphur reminds me of an Eastern European Beer.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Dark from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep sanguine body, thin clumping tan head. Aroma of grapes, toast, and earthy hops. Body is richer than expected with toast, red wine, graham cracker, figs and cigar smoke. Plenty of tannins. Good beer!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
2004 draught. Kinda cool trying one of these single batches on draught (at least I thought it was) as I have like the last few that I have tried. Anyways it pours a good enough dark caramel brown with a creamy yellow tinged white head. Aroma has a surprising amount of yeast, lightly sour with some deep roasted malt appeal and even some alcohol. Some very sweet nutty notes as well. Flavor begins with a big dose of bittersweet malt, slightly oily/syrupy, somewhat fluffy/carbonated mouthfeel though (which seems like a contradiction). Hmm, not terribly complex, it’s got some toffee/molasses in there, wouldnt mind some smoke malts, of which I tasted none. Sweet/sour chocolate and yeast on the finish. Definite bitter hops apparency throughout which really detracts from the style.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed IPA from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
An orange beer with a small but disppearing white head. Both the aroma is slightly sour, malty, and slightly hoppy. I loved this beer before I joined RateBeer, especially when I had it at the brewery - but 2 years and 2500 beers later it has become boring - it is a little sad, but also shows how much my world of beer has improved.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2004 bottle. Pours a dark brownish copper, with some lighter magenta and rusty orange colors. Big light beige colored head. Aroma of light nutty grains, hints of dry toffee, a touch of black licorice perhaps and some earthy hops. Flavor is bigger than I expected from the aroma; sweet and malty, but has a deep earthy roast quality that is very subtle but pleasing. Soft hints of light red fruits mingle with caramel and a touch of yeast. Finish remains full flavored. Palate is medium to medium full bodied and lightly spritzy. Very drinkable and very good, though perhaps a bit more sweetness and fruitiness than I would like from this style. Give me a little bit more yeast and earthiness. Still, this is one of the better alts I’ve had (not that I’ve had many).
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Dark from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
2004 bottle. Pours a dark black with beige swirls. Looks roasty and caramelly. Good beige head. Aroma of oily roast, maybe a hint of brown sugar and some lightly bitter hops. Flavor is big and spicy with plenty of roastiness throughout and climaxing at the finish. It almost seems like it’s a bit too much with the roast. Light sugars arise as it warms. A strange bitter almost old yeast flavor towards the end as well. The flavor was certainly unique and not altogether pulled together, but though I could get around that, I couldnt forgive the huge amount of artificial carbonation that seemed to sting the palate and break up the flavors.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed UFO Hefeweizen from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A rather underwhelming excuse for a hefeweizen. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle the beer pours a cloudy golden color with a medium sized orange-white head. The aroma is sweet wheat with some pale lager like undertones. The flavor is sweet creamy wheat. There is no noticeable citrus or bitterness. Rather mild and relatively harmless.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Copper pour with minimal head - understated aroma of caramel (almost too understated) - somewhat creamy mouthfeel, but the beer is too thin bodied to sustain it for very long - toffee dominates the flavor initially, making way for some bready qualities, along with a subtle spice - like some other harpoon brews, there is a homebrew qualitiy to this - smooth and drinkable, but it hardly warrants the special release status, especially considering the fact that the 100 barrel barleywine was so good (well, at least I thought so anyway).
notalush (7339) reviewed Dark from Harpoon Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dark amber/brown color, no real head but moderate lacing - aroma of nuts and caramel - interesting balance of slight smoke and medium sweet malt flavors, some fruit and toffee - something about this tastes homebrewed, some might find that charming, I do not - if I want homebrew I’ll drink homebrew - otherwise good, though - decent, mild hop finish, with lingering caramel.