Harpoon IPA

Harpoon Brewery is out of Boston, MA, a great city.  I was in college there in the early nineties when the craft brewing movement was first gaining steam.  Things like Sam Adams and Harpoon were unbelievably flavorful because nothing like them had been brewed in America for a long time.  They did not have a lot of modern era equivalents.

I do have a slight cold, so I may be misinterpreting the taste of this.  That being said, it seems like a very mainstream, accessible IPA.  It would be a good introductory IPA, one with training wheels so to speak.  It pours a honey golden color, lighter in color than a lot of IPA's.  Its aroma and flavor of hops is less than some American pale ales.  It is very drinkable, but not what a real hop-head would want out of an IPA.

According to the bottle:  "In the tradition of IPAs, our highly-hopped, copper-colored ale features a floral aroma and a crisp, refreshing finish."

2018: The beer pours a dark golden with amber tints. There is a tall head of white foam. The aroma is oranges and malt, with a light floral note. The taste follows the aromas, drinking very clean and crisp, with a moderately bitter finish. The beer has a medium body and drinks with a refreshing carbonation. This is a clean, crisp, refreshing drinker of an IPA, but not a hop-fruit forward one.