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Harpoon Boston Irish Stout

Harpoon Boston Irish Stout

Rated 3.150 by BeerPals
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Brewed by Harpoon Brewery, The

Boston, MA, United States

Style:  Dry Stout

4.3% Alcohol by Volume

30 International Bittering Units

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We’ve been brewing in Boston for 26 years, and have always enjoyed the mix of great beer and good friends that Boston’s pub culture inspires. Hopefully we’ve helped create that combination here at the Brewery as well, but the Irish pub may have been one of the first inspirations, and we wanted to pay tribute to it. The development of Boston Irish Stout was quite a learning experience as we not only needed to come up with a recipe we liked, but had to learn how to nitrogenate beer on a large scale and package it properly. There were a few bumps in the road as we went along, but thankfully we could always drink our mistakes. Of course, it is also fun to see the tap attached to the bright beer tank (the tank we package out of). We need to sample pints out of the tank prior to packaging because it’s the only sure way to confirm that the beer is going to pour correctly when it is put in the keg. Quality control is a tough job at the brewery! Boston Irish Stout is a traditional dry Irish stout. Full-bodied but sessionable with a creamy texture (derived from the nitro pour), it combines the roasted character of six malts with delicate Willamette hops.

ID: 60439 Last updated 4 years ago Added to database 8 years ago

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Overall Rank27609
Overall Percentile48.4
Style Rank245 of 350
Style Percentile30
Lowest Score3.6
Highest Score3.6
Average Score3.600
Weighted Score3.150
Standard Deviation0.000

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  • CYBERCAT 11711 reviews
    rated 3.6 8 years ago

    Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

    Pours a rich sable with a very thick, fine-bubbled tan head, very Guinness-like. Aroma has strong, mouth-watering tones of roast malt mad molasses with a hint of coffee. Flavor echoes the roast malt and coffee tones of e aroma, though not as strongly, and adds a snip of caramel. Texture is fairly smooth and thick, dusty and not too fizzy. If not Guinness, still a good brew.

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