Harpoon Winter Warmer
Harpoon Winter Warmer is a full-bodied rich ale that uses a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg to achieve its spirited flavor. Perfect for the holidays!
Ingredients: Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Yeast, Flavoring (cinnamon and nutmeg).
Ingredients: Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Yeast, Flavoring (cinnamon and nutmeg).
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781 reviews
Boston, United States
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12oz bottle. Pours a brownish amber with a small beige-ish head. Aroma is nutmeg, toffee, earth, some caramel, and some cinnamon. Taste is nutmeg, cinnamon, toffee, and some earth. Light-medium body. Moderate carbonation. Crisp-ish mouthfeel.
Good tasting beer that tastes better when sipping and relaxed
Pours a clear copper brown on tap with fluffy tan head that dissipates to leave good lace. Aroma of vanilla, cinnamon, toffee, and caramel, a touch of earth. Taste has big cinnamon and light nutmeg, a biscuit and caramel malt middle, and earthy hop finish. Decent winter spice beer
Poured from can, has a good caramel color with a pale head. Head retention dissipates quickly. Smell is good a nutmeg is discernible on the nose. Drinks easy and has no lingering aftertaste. Not tasting the cinnamon but is very drinkable.
Pours clear brown with a thin white head. Aroma of spices. Tastes has a malt body with strong spice influences. Palate includes cinnamon with nutmeg and cloves. Very interesting, hard to pick apart. Good beer.
Best Before 2/10/10 Sampled on 8/24/10 - Got this on clearance sale for fifty cents, so figured was worth the try. Thought it may be cause of the date, but after reading some of the reviews maybe that is just the way the beer is. Balance WAY off to me. I found it too sweet, and almost undrinkable. Had to force myself to finish it and treat it almost like a lambic or fruit beer. The spices or whatever it is wasn't working for me....and I recommend staying away from this one.
12 fl. oz. bottle. A clear amber coloured beer with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of malt, cinnamon, nutmeg, spice and with a sweet finish.
Quite dark and hoppy. Not annoying but thick to dirnk. Well brewed it must be said and great with nice food.
Actually the Spring Pale Ale. Very smooth, good tasting beer. Enjoyable for the IPA and lighter beer drinkers.
12 oz bottle. Mild caramel and malt scents. Pours a clear brown with almost no head. Complex tastes of cookies and malt sweetness with the spices coming through in an understated way. Astringent in the short finish and very low carbonation. A good seasonal.
Great tasting holiday beer. The cinnamon notes are not overbearing. There are hints of nutmeg as well. You could drink more than one of these without it becoming overbearing
Pours ruby amber with thick head. Aroma is nutmeg, caramel and cinnamon. Taste is cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar. Finish is boozy. A good holiday ale.
appearance: clear dark copper, light tan to off-white head. aroma: caramel, cinnamon, hint of clove and ginger. taste: malty sweet, with nutmeg and cinnamon noticeably present, with some toffee and brown bread; I didn’t get any pumpkin notes. finish: sweet, lingering spice notes, average palate. notes: Forgettable. My go-to winter daily drinker is still--until dethroned--Sam Adams Winter Lager. This is a heavier, less-balanced version. Bottle from somewhere.
Winter in June! Found this while cleaning my fridge, must have been left behind over Christmas. Pours copper brown with a light beige head. Aroma is cinnamon, nutmeg, toffee, fruity esters. Flavor is sweet, caramel, fruity esters, cinnamon, nutmeg. Drinkable, but not by Amy means good.
Shared 12 oz. can. Pours clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma of a Christmas candle. Taste is liquid potpourri. Way too much spice here. Drain pour.
Aroma: odd spicy aroma that is neither cinnamon nor nutmeg; scary; Appearance: clear amber pour with thin white head that dissipates quickly; Taste: unfortunately, follows nose. Gross. Palate: medium body with long, odd finish; Overall: would never get again.
Straight gingerbread. mild in flavor overall. chalky dry finish. pretty simple but works as far as the whole holiday thing goes.
Very drinkable ale. Taste is nearly all malt and cinnamon. As others have stated the cinnamon and nutmeg flavor builds with each sip.
12 oz. bottle, consumed on 12-6-16. “Enjoy By 02/15/17.” Pours a clear, slightly amber sable. Moderate to large amount of taupe-colored head. The head has a golden hue that reminds me of golden egg nog. Nice color and nice head. Spicy aroma features scents of ginger, raisin rice pudding, and pumpkin spice. The smell does evoke Christmas but also is somewhat artificial. The flavor is more subtle than the aroma in its spiciness; rather, the flavor is dominated by malt flavors. Toffee and some wood and leather. Cinnamon comes on strong upon multiple sips. Nutmeg too, I suppose, although that’s a less distinctive flavor. Light to medium body. Perhaps a touch undercarbonated. Forgettable palate effects. Fits the bill. Very good appearance, pretty good taste, average aroma, and below average palate. Overall, an acceptable although not inspired craft beer.
Dark copper color wih a thin head. Aroma of cinnamon and allspice. Flavor has strong toasty caramel and warm spicing. Seems like allspice and light orange peel, then moderate cinnamon. Bready. Finishes dry. Medium body.
Harpoon Winter Warmer has a moderate, bone-colored head, a clear, bubbly, copper appearance, and minimal lacing left on the glass. Aroma is of pie or holiday cake spices, with a brown ale under-aroma. Taste is of the spices, a bit of white pepper, very low bitterness, brown bread crust, and a touch of chocolate cake. Mouthfeel is light to medium, and Harpoon Winter Warmer finishes crisp and highly drinkable! RJT
355ml embossed bottle. This is basically a pumpkin beer that they have carried into "winter" adn shame on them.
Poured from bottle brown red with a thin tan head. Aromas of malt caramel spice and bread. Taste is spice caramel and malt.
Deep nutty Amber with a thin white cap. Gingerbread and pseudo-pumpkin spice aroma with more spice than malt on the nose, and light cinnamon apple. Light and crisp body with cinnamon apple flavors and a little earthy caramalt, and a fair dose of holiday/pumpkin spice tones. Really meh.
Nice color and taste. The winter spices are well done; not over done as in many winter brews. Tasted on draft at Churchill Tavern, New York.
12oz bottle, from my local Kroger. Enjoy by 1/15/16. Clear brown red color. Thin off-white head. Leaves decent ridges of lace. Red / amber ale kind of aroma to it. Some caramel, more toasty malt though. More cinnamon and nutmeg though, all else is mild underneath that. Medium body. Kind of soft, lighter to moderate carbonation. Moderate sweet taste, very mild bitterness, some spicy edge. Alright winter ale. But pretty basic. Not much to it at all.
Bottle. Pours red with a half-inch head. Aromas of cinnamon and caramel. Flavors are caramel, spice, ginger and bread. Finishes with a bit of earthy hoppiness. Clean, fizzy mouthfeel. Not bad, but not exceptional.
Pours hazy blonde with a white head. Nose is sweet and slightly citrus and herbal. the flavor is fairly thin and leans toward light citrus and a touch of coriander. light carbonation not quite sure how this is considered a winter warmer
Drank from a pint, poured from a twelve ounce bottle. Has some odd nutmeg flavors and aromas, not very good.
Draft at Fado in Philly. Top of a keg. Hazy red chestnut pour with a flux of choppy beige foam. Juicy and spicy red ale. Cinnamon. Blood oranges spiked with cloves. Nutmeg. Allspice. Not adventurous. Ultimately mediocre.