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100 Barrel Series #45 - Directors' Cut
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- From:
- Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 13.69%
- Reviews:
- 27
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 06, 2016
- Added:
- Feb 02, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 6
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
3.2/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.2/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
**
09/01/2013
AROMA is toffee, caramel. Pleasant , but somewhat weak.
LOOK: Dark brown , blackish pour. Very bubbly.
TASTE is mostly cola-like, and has some coffee and caramel.
FEEL: flat soda.
Not bad...interesting beer.
**
Apr 06, 201609/01/2013
AROMA is toffee, caramel. Pleasant , but somewhat weak.
LOOK: Dark brown , blackish pour. Very bubbly.
TASTE is mostly cola-like, and has some coffee and caramel.
FEEL: flat soda.
Not bad...interesting beer.
**
Rated by seedyone from New York
2.75/5 rDev -23.2%
2.75/5 rDev -23.2%
02/25/13 On tap at Rattle n Hum, NYC. Just a taste, which was pretty hoppy for a stout to my un-hoppy taste buds.
Nov 13, 2014Reviewed by Jadjunk from Georgia
3.43/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
"With a malty sweetness, subtle hops, and a hint of smoke, this beer blends two distinct styles, Pale Ale and Stout, to make one phenomenal beer." Brewed in the style of a Black & Tan Ale. This is entry #45 of Harpoon's 100 Barrel Series, released January 2013. Available in 22 oz. bottles and on limited draft.
Poured from a 22 oz. bottle to a pint glass. Served above 52º Fahrenheit.
(Appearance) Pours a frothy foamy light brown head over an opaque medium brown-red body with high clarity. Carbonation is plentiful, retention is good. Lacing is light and streaked. 4
(Smell) Notes of bready sweet caramel, pale malts with a subtle graininess, floral and mild spicy hop character. Clean, roasty smoke is faint but evident. 3.5
(Taste) Light caramel malt syrup sweetness with a creeping light roast malt over a light pale malt body. Hops provide a very mild hop flavor and a subtle earthy bitterness. A bit lighter in flavor than expected with a mild thinness, accented by the cleanliness of the drink. The flavor is enjoyable, even if too light. 3.25
(Mouthfeel) Texture is light, thin, dry. Carbonation generates a mellow carbonation for a very light and mild mouthfeel, near flat in presentation. Body is medium+ for the style, shy of medium overall. Balance is nearly even, perhaps a touch sweet over bitter with a notable lightness promoting high drinkability. Alcohol presence is light. 3.5
(Overall) Although I'd prefer to keep away from these pre-packaged black & tans, this one is fairly enjoyable, albeit expectedly thin. Very clean, well balanced, very lightly-bodied. One could certainly enjoy the bottle by itself, although to others it may leave something to be desired. I find myself craving a nice, roasty, smoky stout following this bottle without the complications of a pale ale. 3.5
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall's
100 Barrel Series: #45: Director's Cut
3.41/5.00
May 07, 2014Poured from a 22 oz. bottle to a pint glass. Served above 52º Fahrenheit.
(Appearance) Pours a frothy foamy light brown head over an opaque medium brown-red body with high clarity. Carbonation is plentiful, retention is good. Lacing is light and streaked. 4
(Smell) Notes of bready sweet caramel, pale malts with a subtle graininess, floral and mild spicy hop character. Clean, roasty smoke is faint but evident. 3.5
(Taste) Light caramel malt syrup sweetness with a creeping light roast malt over a light pale malt body. Hops provide a very mild hop flavor and a subtle earthy bitterness. A bit lighter in flavor than expected with a mild thinness, accented by the cleanliness of the drink. The flavor is enjoyable, even if too light. 3.25
(Mouthfeel) Texture is light, thin, dry. Carbonation generates a mellow carbonation for a very light and mild mouthfeel, near flat in presentation. Body is medium+ for the style, shy of medium overall. Balance is nearly even, perhaps a touch sweet over bitter with a notable lightness promoting high drinkability. Alcohol presence is light. 3.5
(Overall) Although I'd prefer to keep away from these pre-packaged black & tans, this one is fairly enjoyable, albeit expectedly thin. Very clean, well balanced, very lightly-bodied. One could certainly enjoy the bottle by itself, although to others it may leave something to be desired. I find myself craving a nice, roasty, smoky stout following this bottle without the complications of a pale ale. 3.5
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall's
100 Barrel Series: #45: Director's Cut
3.41/5.00
100 Barrel Series #45 - Directors' Cut from Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
120 ratings
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