A harvest beer is made is fresh hops that have not been dried. Using of fresh hops is called wet hopping and adds a volume of liquid to the beer. Fresh hops are only available in the fall make harvest beers seasonal.
The aroma is very hoppy, lots of grass, citrus, and pineapple aromas. The head is thick and sticks to the side of the glass as is goes down. The color is a light red and very clear.
The start of the flavor of this beer is sweet, and quickly turns hoppy, but finished sweet again. The sweet brown sugar taste is more prevalent than the hop flavor. The hops are fruity and mildly bitter. The mouthfeel is medium to thin wish plenty of carbonation. The finish is a mix of sweet and bitter.
This beer could be defined as hop flavored candy. I think the sweetness is too much and would benefit from being toned down. The hop flavors are strong but poorly balanced. I'm going to happily finish the beer, but it's no hop slam.
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Don't give up on this one. Try it again next year when it is fresh. The wet hop beers are best when newly released. I think this beer is released in early October.
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