Comments on: Harpoon Brown Session Ale http://www.beeraday.net/beer/harpoon-brown-session-ale/ Drinking one beer a day and discovering new brew Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bruce Paine http://www.beeraday.net/beer/harpoon-brown-session-ale/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Bruce Paine Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:45:02 +0000 http://www.beeraday.net/?p=1051#comment-138 I got it as a single bottle at Big Red. I think they probably had some variety packs that did not sell so they put the stuff out on the shelves as individuals. It was with the harpoon varieties next to a bottle of the Munich Dark. I got it as a single bottle at Big Red. I think they probably had some variety packs that did not sell so they put the stuff out on the shelves as individuals. It was with the harpoon varieties next to a bottle of the Munich Dark.

]]> By: Andy Murphy http://www.beeraday.net/beer/harpoon-brown-session-ale/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Andy Murphy Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:17:41 +0000 http://www.beeraday.net/?p=1051#comment-137 Bruce, there's nothing going on with the brown ale worth talking about. Calling it a Session Ale is the marketing team putting the best face on things. I think the brew came in the same Wintry Mix pack as the ill-fated Chocolate Stout but I can't remember... Oh, and remind me never to let Old Man Paine pierce my ears. Bruce, there’s nothing going on with the brown ale worth talking about. Calling it a Session Ale is the marketing team putting the best face on things. I think the brew came in the same Wintry Mix pack as the ill-fated Chocolate Stout but I can’t remember…

Oh, and remind me never to let Old Man Paine pierce my ears.

]]> By: Bruce Paine http://www.beeraday.net/beer/harpoon-brown-session-ale/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Bruce Paine Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:27:43 +0000 http://www.beeraday.net/?p=1051#comment-133 Drank this bastard about three days ago. After really enjoying the harpoon IPA, and freaking loving the Harpoon Celtic Ale (get that on here fast), I was surprised this taste had so little distinction. I appreciate a beer that, upon hitting the tongue, puts flavor onto the whole surface of the licker. Then, after a mouthful has taken a moment to sink in, it puts highlighted flavors into different spots and makes the flavor unique and calculable (distinction). This beer does very little of that. Where some beers are busy forcing a overly wide variety of flavors at your (a common illness in craft beer), this beer does little more than provide a sugary malt in cold fluid. I found it wanting, as did Old Man Paine, whose palate operates as a rusty sledgehammer pierces ears. Drank this bastard about three days ago. After really enjoying the harpoon IPA, and freaking loving the Harpoon Celtic Ale (get that on here fast), I was surprised this taste had so little distinction. I appreciate a beer that, upon hitting the tongue, puts flavor onto the whole surface of the licker. Then, after a mouthful has taken a moment to sink in, it puts highlighted flavors into different spots and makes the flavor unique and calculable (distinction). This beer does very little of that. Where some beers are busy forcing a overly wide variety of flavors at your (a common illness in craft beer), this beer does little more than provide a sugary malt in cold fluid. I found it wanting, as did Old Man Paine, whose palate operates as a rusty sledgehammer pierces ears.

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