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100 Barrel Series #33 - Glacier Harvest ’10 Wet Hop Beer
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- From:
- Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6.7%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 12.5%
- Reviews:
- 67
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 15, 2014
- Added:
- Sep 04, 2010
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
For the 33rd session of the Harpoon 100 Barrel Series, we’re using locally grown hops and malted barley in our Glacier Harvest Wet Hop Ale, a pale ale made with fresh Glacier hops.
Wet hop beers are brewed using fresh, “wet” hops instead of traditional dried hops—hops contain about 60% moisture when they are picked. Typically, when hops are picked they are quickly dried and refrigerated to make them stable and more consistent for brewing. Freshly picked wet hops, however, need to be used within hours of harvest or they will begin to degrade rapidly.
Wet hops retain more of their natural aroma and volatile flavors that dissipate when dried. This gives wet hop beers a fresher hop flavor and aroma than that of beers hopped with processed hops. Barley grown in Maine complements the New York-grown Glacier hops. This robust pale malt can stand up to the intense, immersed hop flavor, and makes the beer a true celebration of Northeastern US brewing.
38 IBU
Wet hop beers are brewed using fresh, “wet” hops instead of traditional dried hops—hops contain about 60% moisture when they are picked. Typically, when hops are picked they are quickly dried and refrigerated to make them stable and more consistent for brewing. Freshly picked wet hops, however, need to be used within hours of harvest or they will begin to degrade rapidly.
Wet hops retain more of their natural aroma and volatile flavors that dissipate when dried. This gives wet hop beers a fresher hop flavor and aroma than that of beers hopped with processed hops. Barley grown in Maine complements the New York-grown Glacier hops. This robust pale malt can stand up to the intense, immersed hop flavor, and makes the beer a true celebration of Northeastern US brewing.
38 IBU
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Ratings by lordofthewiens:
Reviewed by lordofthewiens from New Mexico
4/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
In a pint glass the beer was copper colored with a light tan head. There was a little bit of lacing.
Aroma was grassy, floral, and sweet.
Bread-like taste, sweet. A little bit of piney hops late. The beer was more malt than hops.
It was still pretty well balanced, and a good beer to drink.
Oct 11, 2010Aroma was grassy, floral, and sweet.
Bread-like taste, sweet. A little bit of piney hops late. The beer was more malt than hops.
It was still pretty well balanced, and a good beer to drink.
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100 Barrel Series #33 - Glacier Harvest ’10 Wet Hop Beer from Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
88 ratings
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