The weekly Thursday beer special at Great Lost Bear features Harpoon Brewery this week. Their well-known IPA and Celtic Red Ales are available for the usual $2.50 a pint, but who hasn’t had those? Of more interest is their 100 Barrel Series Catamount Maple Wheat, also for $2.50 a pint, and their Leviathan Series Baltic Porter. A 13.5 oz pour is all you’ll get of this 9.5% ABV monster, but a couple pints of that might be deadly, so the smaller serving is a pretty good idea. The Catamount Maple Ale pours
[a] beautiful orange-ish copper color, totally clear, just like all Harpoon brews. Big ‘ol carbonation, with tiny bubbles wildly swirling around to create a rather healthy looking, thick, frosty off-white head…The aroma is really inviting, with a big whiff of sweet, yet smokey Vermont Maple syrup. The spicy, herbal wheat balance is very good, with the wheat, hops and heat really adding to the nose complexity.
The BA folks outdid themselves with that description, but it sure sounds tasty. I really need to see if I can find some of this at the RSVP, as my Thursday night volleyball league prevents me from getting some straight from the tap. For those not similarly engaged, stop on down to Forest Ave’s beer block and grab a pint! Oh, and that Leviathan Series page lists a Quad as their newest offering. I will hunt this one down–it sounds wonderful.