Founders Harvest Ale returns

Early this week, I wrote about the return of Founders Breakfast Stout. In addition to that wonderful stout, this week we saw Founders Harvest Ale show up around south Louisiana. Harvest Ale is a wet hopped ale, meaning that the hops were harvested, then immediately shipped to the brewery and used before they were dried. Founders says this about Harvest Ale:

This liquid dream pours a hazy golden straw color with a white, two-finger head. Your first sip rewards you with a super juicy hop presence bursting with fresh citrus, then finishes to introduce toasted malt undertones.

I poured it into my handy can shaped Founders glass (OK, it’s an All Day IPA glass), and I found it ever so slightly darker than “golden straw color,” but I would hesitate to call it copper or amber. The vegetal hops are noticeable right away (have I ever mentioned how much I love fresh hops?) along with lots of pine and some citrus notes as well. The taste is all hops, and it’s heavy on the pine

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