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Harvest Ale
Founders Brewing Company
- From:
- Founders Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #61 - ABV:
- 7.6%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #1,921 - Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 8.94%
- Reviews:
- 1,168
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 08, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 24, 2004
- Wants:
- 443
- Gots:
- 634
Each fall, our brewhouse looks more like a greenhouse as thousands of pounds of wet hop cones arrive within hours of being picked by some of our favorite local hop growers. Acting quickly, we then load up these wet hops into what will become Harvest Ale – an impossibly aromatic and bright IPA bursting with fresh pine, melon and citrus notes. Our ode to the beauty that is the wet, American hop.
70 IBU
70 IBU
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Ratings by cameraman:
Reviewed by cameraman from Kentucky
3.77/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.77/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
The beer is poured a bright orange to yellow color with hints of amber along the sides of the glass. A quarter inch white colored head, thinning out to a light layer on top. A grassy and pine fragrance strikes the nose, with the feint scent of citrus, mostly grapefruit and lemon. A strong malt flavor, with a hearty bread flavor then halfway across the palate, a hop bitterness brining the flavors of grapefruit, grass, and pine dominate the taste. A slightly thin feel at the front, then gradually gains weight to become more of a medium bodied feel. This beer is drinkable, for a hophead, a strong bright color, an intense aroma, with palate abusing hop flavors. The textures inconsistency does bring the beer down.
Jan 10, 2010More User Ratings:
Reviewed by MattDecker from Texas
4.25/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
On tap, Mothership Series #24.
Pretty good. It's got a nice balance of hop Carmel and honeydew melon. Not super tasty, bright, vibrant honey dew melon. The more earthy, not quite bursting with flavor melon flavor. Subdued, but in a way that works well for this beer. Glad I got to try it.
Oct 20, 2022Pretty good. It's got a nice balance of hop Carmel and honeydew melon. Not super tasty, bright, vibrant honey dew melon. The more earthy, not quite bursting with flavor melon flavor. Subdued, but in a way that works well for this beer. Glad I got to try it.
Reviewed by Peach63 from New York
4.35/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours amber with a 1.5" white head, which lasts. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is floral, citrus, pine.
Taste is orange, papaya, light grapefruit, pine.
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Dry, resinous finish.
This is another outstanding IPA from Founder's.
Oct 14, 2021Aroma is floral, citrus, pine.
Taste is orange, papaya, light grapefruit, pine.
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Dry, resinous finish.
This is another outstanding IPA from Founder's.
Harvest Ale from Founders Brewing Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
4715 ratings
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