
Twas another night at Harpoon. This time an offering of 60 cask ales from local New England breweries. My favorites of the night were Well Read Ale, a nicely balanced English Red Ale by Willamantic Brewing and Allagash’s Burnham Road. Burnham Road, a Belgian style smoked strong ale, didn’t have that strong ham bone smokiness, but more of a pleasant hash-like-sneak-up-on-you smooth smokiness. Of course I did not try all 60 cask ales, but from what I heard, all were quite good.
Thanks to Amy from Here for the Beer for typing all of these out!
Allagash Brewing in Portland, ME
- Allagash Burnham Road a Belgian Style Smoked Strong Ale (IBU:35 OG:1.065 ABV:7.4)
- Allagash CBC Barrel Blend a Blend of several barrels from their Wild Barrel Room (ABV:8.5)
American Flatbread Burlington Hearth in Burlington, VT
- London Calling an Original Bitter (IBU:26 OG:9.8P ABV:3.7
Amherst Brewing Company in Amherst, MA
- Graduation Ale a Dry-hopped Golden Ale (IBU:40 OG:14P ABV:5.8
- Super Stout a Cocoa infused Stout (IBU:33 OG:15.5P ABV:6)
Berkshire Brewing Company in S. Deerfield, MA
- Imperial Stout (IBU:30 OG:20P ABV:8.5)
- Lost Sailor IPA (IBU:40 OG:15P ABV:5.9)
Bobcat Cafe in Bristol, VT
- Lincoln Lager (IBU:25 OG:1.043 ABV:5)
- Ripton Red (IBU:30 OG:1.056 ABV:5)
Boston Beer Company in Boston, MA
- International IPA (IBU:47 OG:15.5P ABV:6.13)
- Ungespundet Pils (IBU:30 OG:13.5P ABV:5.27)
Boston Beer Works (Canal St) in Boston, MA
- The Big Gouda a Smoked Lager (IBU:28, OG:18P ABV:7)
- Splendid Splinter a Golden Ale (IBU:25 OG:12P ABV:5)
Boston Beer Works (Fenway) in Boston, MA
- Old Ironsides an English-Style Old Ale (IBU:35 OG:1.064 ABV:6)
Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, MA
- The Colonel a “Vatted Ported” (IBU:55 OG:15P ABV:6.5)
- Spring Training IPA (IBU:40 OG:14.5P ABV:6.3)
Cambridge House Brewpub in Torrington, CT
- Cambridge House IPA (IBU:60 OG:15P ABV:6.4)
- Three Steve Stout (IBU:30 OG:12.5P ABV:4)
Cape Ann Brewing Comapany in Gloucester, MA
- Fisherman’s Tea Party a Barley-wine made with 3 styles of tea (IBU:86 OG:1.089 ABV: 9)
Gardner Ale House in Gardner, MA
- Chair City Pale Ale (IBU:32 OG:11.5P ABV:4.8)
- Chocolate Porter (IBU:35 OG:12.5P ABV:5.5)
Gritty McDuff’s in Portland, ME
- Black Fly Stout 2001 Gold Medal Winner at the Real Ale Festival (IBU:16 OG:1.045 ABV:4.1)
- Gritty’s Best Bitter 2000 Gold Medal Winner at the Real Ale Festival (IBU:25 OG:1.050 ABV:4.9)
Harpoon Brewery in Boston, MA
- Harpoon IPA (IBU:42 OG:15.8P ABV:5.9)
- Harpoon Summer Beer (IBU:26 OG:12.8 ABV:4.8)
Haverhill Brewery/The Tap in Haverhill, MA
- Merrimack Mild an English Dark Mild (IBU:19 OG;9.4P ABV:3.8)
- Scapegoat Bock a German Dunkel Dark Bock (IBU:26 OG:16.4P ABV:6.6)
John Harvard’s Brew House in Manchester, CT
- The Dark Bootlegger Ale a blend of a traditional Brown Porter and Barley Wine aged in a Thomas Tew rum barrel for 7 wks (IBU:37 OG:16.8P ABV:6.7)
Kennebunkport Brewing Company in Kennebunk, ME
- Taint Town Pale Ale the local favorite (IBU:32 OG:1.048 ABV:4.75)
- Vintange 2008 Prelude Holiday Ale a traditional strong Enlish Ale (OG:1.078 ABV:7.5)
Lowel Beer Works in Lowell, MA
- Bohemian Pilsner made with all Moravian malt & dry-hopped with whole Czech Saaz (IBU:25 OG:1.050 ABV:5)
Martha’s Exchange in Nashua, NH
- Dr. Hoppenstein’s Double IPA Hopped thoughout the entire brew process from mash-in to cask (IBU:93 OG:1.091 ABV:9.1)
- Revolution Red a medium bodied red brewed with beets and carmalized malts. (IBU:42 OG:1.056 ABV:5.5)
Mayflower Brewing Company in Plymouth, MA
- Mayflower Golden Ale the moderate mineral content in there water is perfect for this style of beer (IBU:18 OG:10.5P ABV:4.2)
- Mayflower Pale Ale made with Victory Malt, Caramel Malt, East Kent Golding Hops, and Nugget Hops (IBU:40 OG:11.9P ABV:4.9)
Mercury Brewing Co. Ipswich, MA
- Ipswich Dark Ale (IBU:40 OG:14.1P ABV:5.8)
- Ipswich IPA a cross between an American and English style IPA (IBU:60 OG:14.3P ABV:6.3)
Moat Mountain Brewing in North Conway, NH
- Moat Pale Ale an American Style Pale Ale with a firm bitterness (OG:11.5P ABV:4.5)
- Moat Spruce Brown standard session Brown Ale both malty and bready in body, medium bitterness (OG:12P ABV:5)
Opa Opa Brewing Company in Williamsburg, MA
- Opa-Opa IPA (IBU:55 OG:14.7P ABV:6)
Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury, VT
- Imperial India Pale Ale has a generous supply of hops throughout the entire process providing an enormous hop flavor (IBU:135 OG:24.5P ABV:11)
- Russian Imperial Stout brewed with double the malts and four time the hops of a regular stout (IBU:65, OG:24P ABV:10.6)
Pennichuck Brewing Company in Milford, NH
- Chief’s Imperial IPA unfiltered and dry-hopped with Centennial, Cascade, and Simcoe (IBU:106 OG:23.3P ABV:10)
Portsmouth Brewery in Portsmouth, NH
- Baltic Porter dry-hopped with Warrior (IBU:38 OG:19P ABV:7.5)
- Saison Prentemps dry-hopped with Rose Hips and pepercorns (IBU:32 OG:16.75P ABV:6)
Redhook Ale Brewery in Portsmouth, NH
- Triple Nelson made with Candi sugar, Crystal malts, and dry-hopped with Nelson Sauvin in the cask (IBU:40 OG:20.5P ABV:9.6)
- Saturnaleia Double Red rich malty notes of a traditional red and dry-hopped with Amarillo and Centenial (IBU:71 OG:19.5P ABV:8.1)
Salem Beer Works in Salem, MA
- Customs House IPA full hop character, Cascade & Amarillo, with a supporting background of solid malt (IBU:56 OG:12.5P ABV:6.25)
Sabago Brewing in Gorham, ME
- Boathouse Brown Ale brewed with Caramel, Chocolate and Black malts and hopped with American hops (IBU:24 OG:11P ABV:4.8)
- Full Throttle Double IPA featuring Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, and Simcoe hops and has been dry-hopped for over a month (IBU:85 OG:20P ABV:8.2)
Shipyard Brewing in Portland, ME
- Chamberlain Pale Ale featuring Pale Ale, Crystal and Chocolate malts and Fuggles, Cascade and Tettnang hops (IBU:37 OG:1.050 ABV:5)
- Old Thumper Extra Special Ale from the Ringwood Brewery in Hampshire, England (IBU:35 OG:1.060 ABV:5.8
Smuttynose Brewing Co. in Portsmouth, NH
- Smuttynose IPA includes Simcoe, Amarillo, Warrior and Centennial hops (IBU:70 OG:15 ABV:6.6)
- Star Island Single spicy, light bodied with drinkablity (IBU:30 OG:13P ABV:5.5)
Thomas Hooker Brewery in Bloomfield, CT
- Liberator Dopplebock chocolaty with notes of figs, raisins and brown sugar (IBU:45 OG:20 ABV:8.4)
Trinity Brewhouse in Providence, RI
- Scotch Ale oak aged in barrels for 8 months (IBU:32 OG:21 ABV:9)
Tuckerman’s Brewing in Conway, NH
- Tuckerman Headwall Alt a German style brown ale (IBU:32 OG:12 ABV:4.75)
- Tuckerman Pale Ale (IBU:39 OG:12 ABV:5.5)
Watch City Brewing Co. in Waltham, MA
- Bitter (and Jaded) ESB in honor of their original beer from 13 years ago (IBU:40 OG1.04)
Willamantic Brewing Co. in Willimantic, CT
- Well Read Ale an English Red Ale (IBU31.5 OG1.057 ABV5.7)
Woodstock Inn Brewery in North Woodstock, NH
- Pemi Pale Ale (IBU:56 OG:1.057 ABV:5.7)
- Pigs Ear Brown Ale (IBU:25 OG:1.054 ABV:4.3)