Celtic Ale - Spruce Tips
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- From:
- Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Irish Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 2.51%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 08, 2012
- Added:
- Mar 05, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by soccerman7 from Vermont
3.68/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Had a pint at the brewery on a brisk night.
A - A thick, dense head that stayed to the bottom of the pint. Gorgeous garnet red color with great carbonation.
S- Spruce. It just hits you. Smelled like walking in the woods. After you get through the spruce, there was a really nice baked sweet bread / malt character.
T - The spruce was a bit over powering a first but was balanced. It added a pleasant spice / herbal character to the beer. Once through the spice, it had a nice malt backbone. Very nice flavor.
M - It was a perfectly made cask. Creamy mouth feel with out coating the mouth. Very nice body.
D - While the spruce was a bit over powering, pairing it with a basket of beer battered onion rings was really good. The spruce cut the fattiness of the rings really well. Paired with food it is fantastic, though a little difficult on its own. Overall I really liked it and would order it again.
Mar 05, 2011A - A thick, dense head that stayed to the bottom of the pint. Gorgeous garnet red color with great carbonation.
S- Spruce. It just hits you. Smelled like walking in the woods. After you get through the spruce, there was a really nice baked sweet bread / malt character.
T - The spruce was a bit over powering a first but was balanced. It added a pleasant spice / herbal character to the beer. Once through the spice, it had a nice malt backbone. Very nice flavor.
M - It was a perfectly made cask. Creamy mouth feel with out coating the mouth. Very nice body.
D - While the spruce was a bit over powering, pairing it with a basket of beer battered onion rings was really good. The spruce cut the fattiness of the rings really well. Paired with food it is fantastic, though a little difficult on its own. Overall I really liked it and would order it again.
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