Dunkin Blueberry Matcha IPA
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- From:
- Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #4,251 - ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #32,118 - Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 20.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 23, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 24, 2021
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas
3.53/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Mildly hazy golden orange, with a large, coarse and persistent white head. Abundant irregular patches of lacing cling to the glass wall. Profuse streams of small carbonation race to the surface, white patches of fat bubbles cling to the glass wall beneath the surface.
Aroma: Prominent notes of citrus hops, primarily grapefruit, with some orange, vie with strong notes of blueberry, this last somewhat like blueberry preserves.
Taste: The taste opens with strong notes of blueberry, with the taste seeming much more natural than the aroma. Soon after, moderate citric hop notes ascend, these are mainly orange, with a little grapefruit. Underlying this is a solid backbone of bread malt. Late in the taste, the blueberry notes fade to a mild, lingering surge of pine hops.
Mouth feel: Full and pleasant, a bit soft, with quite mild carbonation.
Drinkability/notes: While I am not a fan of strongly-hopped bears, I found I quite enjoyed this unusual example. Somehow the blueberries and hops are complimentary.
Presentation: Packaged in a standard twelve-ounce aluminum can, served in a La Fin du Monde tulip.
Apr 23, 2023Aroma: Prominent notes of citrus hops, primarily grapefruit, with some orange, vie with strong notes of blueberry, this last somewhat like blueberry preserves.
Taste: The taste opens with strong notes of blueberry, with the taste seeming much more natural than the aroma. Soon after, moderate citric hop notes ascend, these are mainly orange, with a little grapefruit. Underlying this is a solid backbone of bread malt. Late in the taste, the blueberry notes fade to a mild, lingering surge of pine hops.
Mouth feel: Full and pleasant, a bit soft, with quite mild carbonation.
Drinkability/notes: While I am not a fan of strongly-hopped bears, I found I quite enjoyed this unusual example. Somehow the blueberries and hops are complimentary.
Presentation: Packaged in a standard twelve-ounce aluminum can, served in a La Fin du Monde tulip.
Reviewed by md3kcn from North Carolina
2.76/5 rDev -23.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.76/5 rDev -23.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Purchased as a variety 12-pack of cans from Ingles for $16.99. Poured into a nonic pint glass.
L - Hazy yellow, with a massive four-finger pale white head. Foamy. Laces alright.
S - Everything feels faint here. I'm getting a bit of blueberry, oat, mineral, and white bread crust.
T - Faint blueberry, oat, and mineral. Getting some hoppy bite, but not where I want it. Extremely faint green tea note on the finish.
F - Medium-bodied, with surprisingly light carbonation. Oily.
O - Not sure what I was expecting here. I'm a pretty big fan of Dunkin' Donuts (no, I won't call it the ridiculous rebrand name), and doughnuts are like 75% of the ingredients of beer, so I figured this one would be a matcha made in heaven (I'm sorry) - even if the flavor is based on their coffee. I'm a little bit disappointed in the lack of presence of the flavors here. The flavors work well, but they aren't bold enough to make it work. Maybe make it a NEIPA, as well. Not getting this one again until they sort that part out.
Apr 11, 2022L - Hazy yellow, with a massive four-finger pale white head. Foamy. Laces alright.
S - Everything feels faint here. I'm getting a bit of blueberry, oat, mineral, and white bread crust.
T - Faint blueberry, oat, and mineral. Getting some hoppy bite, but not where I want it. Extremely faint green tea note on the finish.
F - Medium-bodied, with surprisingly light carbonation. Oily.
O - Not sure what I was expecting here. I'm a pretty big fan of Dunkin' Donuts (no, I won't call it the ridiculous rebrand name), and doughnuts are like 75% of the ingredients of beer, so I figured this one would be a matcha made in heaven (I'm sorry) - even if the flavor is based on their coffee. I'm a little bit disappointed in the lack of presence of the flavors here. The flavors work well, but they aren't bold enough to make it work. Maybe make it a NEIPA, as well. Not getting this one again until they sort that part out.
Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
3.92/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12 oz can, dated 9/20/21, into Ellipsis glass. LIMITED RELEASEZOMGGGGGGGG
Slight chill haze, blonde, head of 1 finger, loosely knit, lace n' all that jazz.
Slight hop spoilage in the nostrils, with a familiar blueberry cereal scent, an obnoxious hiss of Glade potpourri - blueberry edition, slight ground tea, and perhaps a hint of huckleberry cobbler.
Flavor is not as bad as you'd think. It drinks like a blonde ale accented with blueberries, with a slight nudge of dry hopping. I actually like this. It's not what you'd expect from an IPA, but who fucking cares...it's a Dunkin Donuts beer...nobody expected that, get your head out of San Fernando Valley, ya dolt. Very very slight tea influence but... I wouldn't have noticed it if it weren't on the can. A finish of blueberry cereal and slight herbal tea (it's more prominent on the finish). It's a solid 4. Tastes fine to me.
Feel is approachably light and carbonated, but decidedly medium bodied with some starch and resins equally matched. It fits the beer but it's not my favorite feelz.
Overall, this is a beer. It's a beer with blueberry flavor. It's like a blueberry blonde by a brewery that has a penchant for liberal (I hate that word, it doesn't mean freedom anymore - it means tyranny) use of hops. Hoppy blueberry blonde with some very mild herbal tea influence. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Just buy it, it's fine. You'll finish it.
Can from 12 pack of Harpoon/Dunkin Smashburgers - $15.9999
Nov 24, 2021Slight chill haze, blonde, head of 1 finger, loosely knit, lace n' all that jazz.
Slight hop spoilage in the nostrils, with a familiar blueberry cereal scent, an obnoxious hiss of Glade potpourri - blueberry edition, slight ground tea, and perhaps a hint of huckleberry cobbler.
Flavor is not as bad as you'd think. It drinks like a blonde ale accented with blueberries, with a slight nudge of dry hopping. I actually like this. It's not what you'd expect from an IPA, but who fucking cares...it's a Dunkin Donuts beer...nobody expected that, get your head out of San Fernando Valley, ya dolt. Very very slight tea influence but... I wouldn't have noticed it if it weren't on the can. A finish of blueberry cereal and slight herbal tea (it's more prominent on the finish). It's a solid 4. Tastes fine to me.
Feel is approachably light and carbonated, but decidedly medium bodied with some starch and resins equally matched. It fits the beer but it's not my favorite feelz.
Overall, this is a beer. It's a beer with blueberry flavor. It's like a blueberry blonde by a brewery that has a penchant for liberal (I hate that word, it doesn't mean freedom anymore - it means tyranny) use of hops. Hoppy blueberry blonde with some very mild herbal tea influence. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Just buy it, it's fine. You'll finish it.
Can from 12 pack of Harpoon/Dunkin Smashburgers - $15.9999
Reviewed by deleted_user_995920
3.18/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.18/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Pours a semi translucent deep yellow color with an attractive puffy, creamy head. Smell is mostly blueberry pie,crust included. Taste is sweet and tangy with a mild hop bite. Definitely a blueberry tart taste. Not sure if a Blueberry Matcha is a doughnut or not but the almost double IPA rocks. Feels well carbonated, medium bodied , finishes blueberry juicy. Overall this is a ridiculously drinkable slammer, kudos to Harpoon-****** I had to make a revision and adjust accordingly. They use artificial blueberry flavor. Blueberries are one thing fake chemicals crosses the board- I actually thought you got that massive blueberry flavor from, well A lot of blueberries. Just say no to artificial flavors in beer-
Sep 24, 2021
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