Beer Review: Founders Brewing - Harvest Ale

  • ABV: 6.5%, Style: Wet Hop IPA
  • Brewed in Grand Rapids, MI, USA
  • Best before 4 October 2012
  • Served: 355ml bottle poured into BrewDog tulip
  • http://foundersbrewing.com

Founders - Harvest Ale

Was very surprised to find this year’s wet hop beer in from MI here in Philly. My friend is a big fan so I was excited to try it.

Look: Clear, pale straw coloured beer. Not much in the way of head, no lacing.

Aroma: Got a bit of a whiff of white wine about it as well as citrus and biscuit malt. There’s a lot of grass too.

Taste: Really fresh tasting hoppy beer. Finish is a little claggy, but still good and bitter. A really tasty beer.

Mouthfeel: Light carbonation,

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Overall: Reminds me intensely of the Kernel IPAs which is a real surprise. I love those but they aren’t really in the American style, so to find an American beer that tastes the same is just curious.

I never expect to be able try this beer again, but if I saw it I would pick it up. In the mean time I’ll just have to stick with the Kernels. 4/5

- 23rd January 2013, Sustainable Alcoholic

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