Monday, December 31, 2012

Harpoon Winter Warmer:
Greetings fellow beer travelers and welcome back to our attempt to cover as many beers as possible in as short amount of time as possible.  Now, drunkenness aside (it doesn’t make for easy review reading for you) the challenge of these reviews is to not get bogged down in seasonal beers that begin to taste alike and become indistinguishable.  Today’s beer had a high likelihood of that happening but thankfully I, your intrepid beer reviewer, was aware of this possibility so I moved Harpoon’s Winter Warmer beer to the front of the line for today and here I am, reporting to you my findings of this beer- please contain your excitement till the end.  The beer pours a light copper coloration with a thick creamy white head that leaves a decent amount of lacing and spicy nose of cinnamon and all-spice.  The beer’s initial taste is very malty with a creamy back bone that mellows down to a rumor of creaminess on the mid and backend while the beer’s main taste is over taken by way too much spice.  The spice level is almost artificial in it’s taste and it becomes very off-putting to try and enjoy this beer when every time you drink it you’re sense of taste is overwhelmed with what tastes like store bought faux ingredients.  So as you can tell, I’m not a fan of this beer and wouldn’t recommended this for your consumption, but if you do choose to drink it, it’s at your own risk. 


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