Harpoon Chocolate Stout - Harpoon Brewery

Kinsman

New Hampshire

2.88/5  rDev -20%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A: Pours a typical stout black with a tan foamy head, quickly fading to leave some lace on the glass.

S: Noticeable dark chocolate aroma, and a strong roasted malt scent

T: Roasted character provides a somewhat harsh bitterness. Chocolate flavors are almost overdone on this one, but they don't completely ruin it.

M: Kind of a disappointment here. Just doesn't have the body you would expect from a stout like this.

D: Overall not a bad beer and worth trying one. However there are definitely better stouts out there.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2009 01:51:03 | More by Kinsman

thampel09

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -2.8%

05-24-2013 18:51:39 | More by thampel09

NJBeer265

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +18.1%

05-22-2013 18:32:37 | More by NJBeer265

ShanShantheRocket

New York

4/5  rDev +11.1%

05-12-2013 20:53:33 | More by ShanShantheRocket

bigbluebeerguy

Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev -2.8%

05-08-2013 01:58:39 | More by bigbluebeerguy

cadaugherty

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -2.8%

05-08-2013 00:53:34 | More by cadaugherty

dwebs

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +11.1%

05-04-2013 17:28:03 | More by dwebs

PaulsBrew

West Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +4.2%

05-03-2013 01:55:25 | More by PaulsBrew

EricReynolds

West Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +4.2%

04-30-2013 02:59:58 | More by EricReynolds

carndog

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +11.1%

04-25-2013 00:04:04 | More by carndog

cmoses

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +25%

04-23-2013 15:03:46 | More by cmoses

ericdupont

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +4.2%

04-21-2013 04:14:40 | More by ericdupont

mendvicdog

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -2.8%

04-17-2013 23:11:50 | More by mendvicdog

TeamMathis

West Virginia

4.06/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Appearance: Black with a quickly dissipating dark, tan head.
Smell: Intense chocolate with roasted coffee beans.
Taste: Chocolate with roasted coffee beans. Bitter aftertaste.
Mouthfeel: Watery yet with decent carbonation.

I really like this stout. The chocolate smell is one of the most pronounced of any beer claiming "chocolate" in the title. The drink greets with chocolate near the front of the tongue, but in the back of the mouth there is the roasted coffee beans aspect. It turns bitter as it goes down. I will get this again next Christmas.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2013 02:37:07 | More by TeamMathis

Bromine

Florida

3/5  rDev -16.7%

04-11-2013 11:22:05 | More by Bromine

Atomicskis5

Connecticut

3/5  rDev -16.7%

04-11-2013 02:47:44 | More by Atomicskis5

JHull

South Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -9.7%

04-09-2013 00:17:24 | More by JHull

khargro2

Georgia

3/5  rDev -16.7%

03-28-2013 01:43:30 | More by khargro2

wckneeshaw

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -2.8%

03-26-2013 21:55:42 | More by wckneeshaw

brheuer

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +18.1%

03-24-2013 21:22:54 | More by brheuer

DrewSnyc667

Massachusetts

2.18/5  rDev -39.4%
look: 1.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

12 oz bottle into a pint glass

A - Pours like dark muddy pond water that isn't that appealing. No head at all, dark and flat, cant see through it

S - Sweet roasted malts

T - Artificial toasty sweetness and the chocolate tastes like bad yoo-hoo, bitter

M - Feels flat, nothing there

O - Pass on this one

Serving type: bottle

03-23-2013 00:08:59 | More by DrewSnyc667

Treyliff

West Virginia

3.68/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

A- pours pitch black with a small light tan head that reduces quickly leaving no lace.

S- slightly artificial candy-like chocolate syrup, vanilla bean, grainy malt and so e graham cracker

T- sweet and chocolaty, just a trace of roasted notes, some cocoa. Finish is sweet with a bit if a grainy malt and chocolate linger

M- medium body and carbonation, creamy and velvety mouthfeel, finishes slightly thin and watery

O- simplistic stout, yet very drinkable. Pretty one dimensional but makes a good dessert beer that isn't too heavy. Reminds me of a poor mans Sam Smith Chocolate Stout.

Serving type: bottle

03-22-2013 03:14:00 | More by Treyliff

fx20736

New York

4.19/5  rDev +16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4

poured from a 12 oz bottle into a nonic, served at room temp.

oil black with a billowing nougat head

aroma: chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. Chocolate brownies, chocolate syrup, chocolate malt. the malt sneaks in at the end is a nice toasty chocolate malt.

mouthfeel: pretty thin, too thin for the style.

taste: rich and malty with lots of chocolate and just a touch of hops for bitterness.

notes: decent, tasty, easy drinking, great aroma. This beer would benefit from a bigger mouthfeel.

Serving type: bottle

03-22-2013 01:29:22 | More by fx20736

grahamboudreaux

Tennessee

4.25/5  rDev +18.1%

03-21-2013 07:08:32 | More by grahamboudreaux

BGsWo22

New York

3.25/5  rDev -9.7%

03-20-2013 23:17:22 | More by BGsWo22