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Harvest Ale
Founders Brewing Company
- From:
- Founders Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #61 - ABV:
- 7.6%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #1,924 - Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 8.94%
- Reviews:
- 1,168
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 08, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 24, 2004
- Wants:
- 443
- Gots:
- 634
Each fall, our brewhouse looks more like a greenhouse as thousands of pounds of wet hop cones arrive within hours of being picked by some of our favorite local hop growers. Acting quickly, we then load up these wet hops into what will become Harvest Ale – an impossibly aromatic and bright IPA bursting with fresh pine, melon and citrus notes. Our ode to the beauty that is the wet, American hop.
70 IBU
70 IBU
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Ratings by akorsak:
Reviewed by akorsak from Pennsylvania
4.12/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Cask. General Sutter.
A: The harvest ale is a coppery orange hue, full enough to almost haze over entire. But not quite. Very little head, as expected from a cask ale.
S: The nose is a citrus wonderland, dry-hopped to the extreme. Citrusy grapefruit flavors overpower biscuity caramel aromas 90% of the time.
T: Citrus hops, thanks to the generous dry-hopping, really drive the flavor. A grapefruit taste, resiny and oily, sets in early. Peppery freshness follows the hops, a fullness that is best accentuated on cask. Biscuity caramel flavors follow the hops, a strong foundation for the ale. This kind of beer makes me love the fall.
M: Citrus flavors overpower the biscuity malts, even in this subtle cask version. It's worth checking out in this 'au natural' format.
D: Pleasnatly quaffable, an APA that comes across well in the bottle but is much stronger in the cask.
Oct 30, 2010A: The harvest ale is a coppery orange hue, full enough to almost haze over entire. But not quite. Very little head, as expected from a cask ale.
S: The nose is a citrus wonderland, dry-hopped to the extreme. Citrusy grapefruit flavors overpower biscuity caramel aromas 90% of the time.
T: Citrus hops, thanks to the generous dry-hopping, really drive the flavor. A grapefruit taste, resiny and oily, sets in early. Peppery freshness follows the hops, a fullness that is best accentuated on cask. Biscuity caramel flavors follow the hops, a strong foundation for the ale. This kind of beer makes me love the fall.
M: Citrus flavors overpower the biscuity malts, even in this subtle cask version. It's worth checking out in this 'au natural' format.
D: Pleasnatly quaffable, an APA that comes across well in the bottle but is much stronger in the cask.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by MattDecker from Texas
4.25/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
On tap, Mothership Series #24.
Pretty good. It's got a nice balance of hop Carmel and honeydew melon. Not super tasty, bright, vibrant honey dew melon. The more earthy, not quite bursting with flavor melon flavor. Subdued, but in a way that works well for this beer. Glad I got to try it.
Oct 20, 2022Pretty good. It's got a nice balance of hop Carmel and honeydew melon. Not super tasty, bright, vibrant honey dew melon. The more earthy, not quite bursting with flavor melon flavor. Subdued, but in a way that works well for this beer. Glad I got to try it.
Reviewed by Peach63 from New York
4.35/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours amber with a 1.5" white head, which lasts. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is floral, citrus, pine.
Taste is orange, papaya, light grapefruit, pine.
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Dry, resinous finish.
This is another outstanding IPA from Founder's.
Oct 14, 2021Aroma is floral, citrus, pine.
Taste is orange, papaya, light grapefruit, pine.
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Dry, resinous finish.
This is another outstanding IPA from Founder's.
Harvest Ale from Founders Brewing Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
4715 ratings
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