Harpoon Brewery

Commercial Brewery | Boston, MA, United States of America

Vital Statistics

Affiliated Venues

Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall (Boston, MA, United States of America)

Beers

Overall average: 60 (logged 11 times)
Harpoon Boston Tea Party Ale: 67 (logged 1 time)
Porter
Harpoon Harborside Seaport Golden Ale: 50 (logged 1 time)
Belgian Pale Ale
Harpoon House Golden: 67 (logged 1 time)
Kölsch
Also known as: Harpoon Summer Beer
Harpoon IPA: 63 (logged 2 times)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Harpoon Juicer VIII IPA: 67 (logged 1 time)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Harpoon Licorice Stout: 8 (logged 1 time)
Stout
Harpoon Rivalry Pale Ale: 67 (logged 1 time)
American Pale Ale
Harpoon Vanilla Bean Porter: 67 (logged 1 time)
Porter
UFO Pink Lemonade Shandy: 75 (logged 1 time)
Fruit Beer
UFO White: 67 (logged 1 time)
Witbier

Collaborations

Deschutes / Harpoon EHOP (collaboration)
Amber / Red Ale

Logs for beers from this brewery

A little orangey.
Draft at Boston Logan International Airport
A really interesting beer. First of all, what else am I going to drink at the Tea Party Museum? But this was made with Lapsang Souchong, and it's really not subtle. Lots of smoke and earthiness; the porter underneath was on the thin and brown side, letting the tea shine through. I liked it!
Mellow, cereal-butter blonde beer. Very pleasant. Only had a couple sips before I realized they gave me the wrong flight.
A disaster, I thought, though to be fair, if you really liked licorice, you'd probably like this. It was very strong on the licorice. The stout underneath may have been good, it seemed like it could have been, but all I could taste was clear, building, black licorice. Ugh.
My favorite of the night; this didn't taste watered down like I'm used to with shandies, and it didn't even taste overtly lemonadey - it tasted like a good wheat beer with just enough overtone of fruit.
A solid pale ale, not too hoppy and with enough malt to make this a balanced pour. On the other hand, nothing really jumped out to me as exceptional.
It wasn't explicitly stated, but I'm going to guess this is one of them new-fangled "New England IPAs." Bitter and hoppy in front, with a grapefruit character. Finished fairly smooth. A little harsher than the really good Fremont offering from a couple weeks ago.
Had even less of this than the Golden. It was nice. Smooth, warm vanilla, not too roasty.
Bottle at Chinatown
A fairly standard IPA. Sadly the waitress couldn't identify the brewery beyond, "they're local, from Massachusetts". Which I suppose it's a better than her first answer of "the bartender makes it".