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Summer Beer
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- From:
- Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Kölsch
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 13.6%
- Reviews:
- 383
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 10, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 08, 2001
- Wants:
- 28
- Gots:
- 199
Harpoon Summer Beer is a beer brewed to be enjoyed with summertime activities. It is light, refreshing, and crisp.
28 IBU
28 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews. | Log in to view more ratings + sorting options.
Ratings by superspak:
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.68/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 8/19/2012. Pours a lightly cloudy golden straw color with a nice 1-2 finger fluffy white head with nice retention, that reduces to a good cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of pear, bread, lemon, cracker, herbal, grass, floral, light pepper, and earthy spiciness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance, but they are quite muted. Taste of lemon zest, pear, bread, cracker, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper, and earthy spiciness. Light spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of pear, lemon, bread, herbal, grass, and pepper on the finish for a short bit. Nice balance of flavors, with a good malt/hop balance; a touch watered down; zero cloying flavors after the finish as expected. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a nice kolsch. Nice flavor balance and very smooth to drink. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.
Dec 09, 2012More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3/5 rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Seemed a little bit on the bitter side for a kolsch. Light bodied, but too sharp of a taste to be labelled a summer beer,, was expecting something smoother...
Dec 10, 2023Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Reviewed from notes. The appearance had a clear yellow colored body with a soft white lumpy head that lasts about a good three minutes. It leaves some lacing around the sides of the glass and it slides nicely down their sides as the beer goes down. The carbonation is slowly rising. The smell had some lemon and wheaty grains, basically balanced well. The taste was mostly sweet through the lemon and the wheaty grains, leaves you wanting more. The palate was light yet well balanced with a clean finish in this. This is a pretty sessionable beer. Overall, this makes actually a very good summer beer. I’ve had several of these before I decided to give a it a review so I could be as fair as possible. I would definitely have this again.
Jul 09, 2017Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
2.35/5 rDev -33.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.25
2.35/5 rDev -33.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.25
**
07/28/12
LOOK: Light
AROMA: Beer
TASTE: Wheat, a bit too much for a summer beer.
FEEL: Thin, but a touch of CreamIness
A good summer beer…not too light. OK Flavor. Ellie's 7th Birthday party.
**
Oct 09, 201607/28/12
LOOK: Light
AROMA: Beer
TASTE: Wheat, a bit too much for a summer beer.
FEEL: Thin, but a touch of CreamIness
A good summer beer…not too light. OK Flavor. Ellie's 7th Birthday party.
**
Summer Beer from Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
1055 ratings
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