Coffee and sugar is a big part of the profile which is as intended, I think. Taste: Moderately sweet with a subtle squash flavor and a gently creamy coffee character with light spice at the back. Medium-roast coffee gets more prominent as it warms. Smell: Cinnamon, coffee, sweetened latté that’s really appealing. (I’d expected a dark base beer style like a porter since it’s a coffee beer.) The beer is brewed with pumpkin purée, Dunkin’ coffee, cinnamon, and lactose, and is 5.2% ABV.Īppearance: Muddy brown-orange, not terribly attractive frankly, but the off-white head is decent. This fall treat is another tribute to all the days that Dunkin’ has helped us fire up the brew kettle. Inspired by our favorite fall latte, this ale is brewed with pumpkin, fall spices, and a splash of coffee. I haven’t had any of the other Dunkin’ beers so this was an interesting first experience, and also, I have to say, quite a random collaboration. This is the pumpkin spiced latté entry into Harpoon’s coffee beer collaboration series with Dunkin’ Donuts. Overall: Nice, the spices are a touch over what I’d prefer in the flavor but I’m not mad about it. Mouthfeel: Light to medium-light body with a wheat creaminess and a decent spice-dry finish. The spices have a slight astringency which could be age (2.5 months since it was canned), but it’s not bad. Taste: Surprisingly light (wrote that note down before I realized the base is a hefeweizen) with a noticeable squash flavor, along with a wheat-y German weizen-like flavor (though low phenolics, perhaps overshadowed by the spices). Not getting much in the way of classic hefe aromas but that’s okay. Smell: Classic pumpkin pie spice, not overdone, a bit of caramel malt and some graham cracker. We say… they’re tasty! So we brewed our fall-spiced hefeweizen with pure pumpkin – a truly delicious fruiveggie!Īppearance: Hazy orange color, creamy off-white head with good lacing. Other people say pumpkins are vegetables. This one’s brewed under Harpoon’s UFO brand (which stands for UnFiltered Offering), and stylistically it’s a hefeweizen with pumpkin and spices. Overall: Pleasant and easily sessionable, robust enough for the season but well balanced with the hops. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied, moderate carbonation, and it’s nicely attenuated for a dry, clean finish. Malts stay nutty and go dry at the end for a satisfying finish. Taste: Nutty, toasty malts that avoid being sweet with a pleasant hop bitterness and a lightly spicy resin note, as well as a bit of forest floor earthiness-crunchy leaves, loam, mushrooms, twigs. Bread crust, roasted nuts, and a solid hoppy backbone to the aroma. Smell: Toasty Vienna-type maltiness with a nice piney hop note, earthy with a bit of hop resin. Dense, thick off-white head that’s fluffy. The sun is bright but the air is crisp-its time to layer up and crack a beer.Īppearance: Deep amber color with copper highlights at the edges when held to the light good clarity. Teetering somewhere between a Brown Ale and a Red IPA but balanced and easy-drinking, Flannel Friday is our tribute to fall in New England. Harpoon says:Īmerican hops combine with subtle notes of caramel and roast in this seasonal Amber Ale. But this one works, and reminded me a bit of Deschutes Brewery’s Hopzeit Autumn IPA from a few years ago (which I liked). Considering many ambers these days tend to emphasize hops, it could be easy to get lost in the shuffle. It’s a simple recipe: take an American amber ale and hop it up with Citra, Simcoe, and Cascade hops. Particularly these pumpkin beers if you’re a fan of the category. Highway 20 technically connects Bend to Boston, so why not? At any rate, if you can get your hands on these beers, they are worth checking out. I’ve been receiving Harpoon samples for a little while now, and I have to say, I’d love to see the beers distributed and available in Oregon. (By the way, pumpkin beers are perfectly appropriate through all the holidays, not just for Halloween.) Harpoon leaned heavily into the autumn theme with these offerings (three beers and a cider), three of which are brewed with pumpkin. Since today’s Beer Advent Calendar post highlighted Winter Warmer from Harpoon Brewery, I decided to post the reviews of Harpoon’s fall beers the brewery recently sent me.
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