Harpoon Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Harpoon Brewery

Established in 1986

Contact
306 Northern Ave Boston, Boston, MA, 02210, United States
Subsidiaries
Harpoon Brewery owns 5 breweries:
Description
It all started in 1986. Sure, many things have changed since the early days of Harpoon, but much has stayed the same. We still love brewing beer and enjoying it with friends.

In July 2014, Harpoon became an employee owned company, with 48% of the company given to employees through the establishment of an ESOP. An E-what? ESOP stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan. It is a mechanism by which a company contributes to its employees’ retirement by allocating shares to them which it repurchases…..yadda, yadda, yadda… Here’s what it means: we are employee owned, we are an independent craft brewer, and you bet we’re damn proud of it.

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5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Not an Irish beer. Maybe a California beer. Way too much hop and not much malt. It's an IPA all the way.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:51


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Amber in color with a two and a half head. Taste and aroma are both well balanced. Taste is slightly sweet upfront with a tad of hoppiness in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:02


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Gold in color with a three finger head. Let's be honest. If you like pineapple, you'll this beer. If pineapple is just ok for you, you'll hate this beer. I loved it. Nuff said.

Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:02


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Can. Pink with soda like bubbles. Aroma is tropical fruit. Taste is a tart tropical fruit.

Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:00


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Hazy orange, with a large white head. Aroma is upfront orange zest and sweet Clementine juice. Light corriander, and soft wheat. Mouth feel is full, carb is light. Low bitterness, slightly buttery malted wheat with a potentially fake orange flavouring. Meh, not as clean, or crisp as id like for my tastes.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:46


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Typical american ipa. Good amounts of citrucy hops, light bready malts. Good carbonation, pretty straigh forward, solid, but nothing mind blowing.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:16


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

clear amber pour, fluffy white head. Nice bready malty aroma with some nice creamy subtle hops, and a little spicy. Flavor is a touch spicy with some nice hops, and agreat bready finish. Interesting beer, really nice, and drinkable.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:08


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

deep deep amber pour, small tan head, nice malty aroma, and some good caramel malts., and quite a bit of piney hops. Great thick malty mouthfeeel mre of those nice caramel notes with a good touch of hops in the finish. interesting take onthe style.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:08


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Sweet caramel aroma with brown malt, cocoa, nutty notes, toffee, and milk chocolate. Bittersweet flavour, medium body. A pastry Brown Ale? Nice.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:13


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

From tap at The Back Room, New York. Hoppy and malty aroma with citrus, malt, caramel, amd orange. Pretty sweet, medium bitter flavour. Body is medium. Malty and sweet.

Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:30


Brewery Stats
Score 6.62
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