Harpoon Chocolate Stout - Harpoon Brewery

kangarooAdam59

Maine

4.3/5  rDev +19.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Best by 2/15/2013:

Into a pint glass:

A: pitch black colored body yielding a foamy level brown head, closer to an off-white to the top of the head and gets darker closer to the body. The head is about two fingers and slowly dies to a beautiful film leaving some nice speckled lacing around the sides of the pint glass.

S: roasty sweet between milk chocolate, coffee and malts.

T: exactly the same with a bit of light vanilla as the beer warms.

M: medium and a bit watery, leaving nothing harsh on the tongue.

O: this was done really well for the most part, but am unsure if this is really an American Stout and could be closer to a Milk/Sweet Stout. No worries, I still liked it and would definitely come back to it.

Serving type: bottle

11-29-2012 00:53:13 | More by kangarooAdam59

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

fuzzcherry

Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev +4.2%

03-19-2013 06:01:52 | More by fuzzcherry

ThatguyJoefromBoston

Massachusetts

1.5/5  rDev -58.3%

03-14-2013 23:10:27 | More by ThatguyJoefromBoston