Harpoon 100 Barrel Series - Glacier Harvest Wet Hop Beer
Harpoon 100 Barrel Series - Glacier Harvest Wet Hop Beer
Rated 3.060 by BeerPals
Brewed by Harpoon Brewery, The
Boston, MA, United States
Style: American Pale Ale
6.7% Alcohol by Volume
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The 20th installment of the Harpoon 100 Barrel Series has been brewed to celebrate the annual hop harvest. Harpoon Glacier Harvest Wet Hop beer is a pale ale made with fresh hops picked just hours before being tossed into the brew. Wet hop beers are brewed using fresh, wet (hops contain about 60% moisture when they are first picked) hops instead of traditional dried hops. Typically, when hops are picked they are quickly dried and refrigerated to make them more suitable and consistent for brewing. This process allows brewers to use hops that were harvested in the fall throughout the following year. Alternatively, wet hops need to be used within hours of their being harvested or they will begin to rapidly degrade. Wet hops retain some of their natural oils and volatile flavors that dissipate when dried. This yields an immersed, intense hop flavor in the beer. Harpoon brewer Ray Dobens, creator of the beer, harvested the Glacier hops in Seneca New York the morning of August 13th and immediately drove them back to Boston that very afternoon in a refrigerated truck. Ray added the newly harvested hops to the brew within hours after the harvest. The fresh hops were added to a malty, copper-colored ale. The combination is a pleasing blend of fresh hop flavor and sweet malt.
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| Overall Rank | 40708 |
| Overall Percentile | 26.8 |
| Style Rank | 1766 of 2295 |
| Style Percentile | 23.1 |
| Lowest Score | 2.6 |
| Highest Score | 3.7 |
| Average Score | 3.086 |
| Weighted Score | 3.060 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.339 |
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7 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
Strong aroma is mainly hoppy with a hint of candy caramel and a strong tang of - what? Citrus? Wood? It pours a clear, slightly reddish amber with a fairly thick pale yellowish tan head. Hoppy flavor has slightly sweet caramel, oaken and citrus tones and a weird hint of something I can't quite describe - a truly unique flavor. Texture is fairly smooth and somewhat fizzy; finish is slightly tingly and woody and doesn't last. Not too shabby.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
I was definitely expecting more from this, as well as all of us I'm sure. After trying Sierra's Wet/Fresh Hop Ales, figured this would be more like that....versus something lager-ish. Kinda like a boston lager with some "fresh hops" added in. A decent beer, just not worth the coin. I liked their Oyster Stout, and want to try the 100-barrell series ESB....but this is probably one to stay away from.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6
Hmmmmmmmm. Pours a clear dark copper with a decent head. Aroma is a bit stinky. Mouthfeel has a tinny bite. Flavor is....nothing to write home about.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6
pours a medium copper .. . light piney aromas .. . pretty weak lacing . . mmm, not that bitter at all, very east coast my rigger! .. . almost a pale ale, more like an ESB from the cell phone store. fancy gold foil got me again!
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
Aroma of caramel malts, and some grassy hops. An orange amber body, the head disappeared quickly, and didnt leave much head. Flavor was dominated by the caramel malts with the hops making a brief, subtle showing. Overall i was a little disappointed, not that its a bad beer but what i am saying is its named harvest wet hop, so wheres the hops?
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
Tasted at the February Northern California Beer Tasting. This American Pale Ale pours a medium amber color from a 22oz bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is caramel and malt, earthy hops and some bubble gum. A medium bodied American Pale Ale. The malts are caramel and sweet. The hops are earthy and a touch piney. Nice balance. Decent carbonation. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
NorCal Feb '08 - There were a few things going on with this beer, none of which made me think this was a must have kind of beer. An aroma of light stale hope, grass and caramel with an underlying bubblegum character I don't enjoy. Appearance was clear, amber in color with a medium sized head. Flavors were caramel, earthy hops, and light grapefruit. Drinkable, yes. In search of, no.
