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Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen
18 June 2008, 1:16 pm
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Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen pours a hazy yellow with a creamy persistent head. The aroma is of bananas and cream, sweetness like a banana candy or syrup, and a mild lemony citrus smell. The palate opens with light creamy banana, and follows immediately with a mild citrusy lemon flavor. Where the banana is dominant in the aroma, the lemony malt dominates the flavor. The beer is well carbonated, which contributes to its mouth feel. A mild tartness completes the palate.

I’m not a big fan of wheat beers. UFO is no exception, though I find it to be milder and thus more tolerable than other hefeweizens. I just don’t like the banana or lemon flavors.


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I’m sorry you don’t like one of our highest selling beers. I wish you had a better explanation other than that you “just don’t like [it].”

It seems as a beer expert, you would be able to be a little more specific. And, as an internet expert, you should probably know that this is wilson. I bet if someone here at Harpoon tried your beer, we wouldn’t like it either!

–JJG

Comment by John J. Griggens

John,
I gotta try the Raspberry UFO. Is it sold in NC? In the triad area?

Comment by Mark

Mark,

Are lessons on internet sarcasm literacy sold in the triad area? If so, I suggest you buy some.

Also: all raspberry beer tastes like an amateur home brewer’s worst beer ever. Even the raspberry beer we brew here at Harpoon is awful. I suggest you avoid it the same way you have so steadfastly avoided book-learning.

-JJG

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