Well, they couldn't satisfy Bill Gates either

My most recent wanderings in search of good beer took me to Cambridge (Click and Clack's fair city), MA, where I found myself at John Harvard's brewhouse, a few strides away from the great seat of learning that carries John's name (actually all he did was leave $375 worth of books to the school and they named it after him - and then the books were lost in a fire - I could do that).
John Harvard left us a pretty good university at his death in 1638 from a consumption, but alas he didn't leave us such a noteworthy brewpub.
The name of the place should probably be more like John UC-Davis's or John Seton Hall's or maybe John Bowling Green State's. Something adequate, but not truly outstanding.
Most of the beers were pretty Big Ten instead of Ivy League. I first had the Provision Ale. The guy who wrote the menu envisions it as something like what John Harvard enjoyed on his voyage to the New World aboard the Hector. It has hints of caramel and is pretty smooth, but overall, not so remarkable that it's worth a special trip - certainly not across the ocean on a sailing ship. And I don't imagine Harvard enjoyed ale on the voyage over so much as depended on it. His whole family had just died of the plague and he was running away from all that mess. If you're in the Boston area, Cambridge is cool, so go in if you're thirsty. The growlers they sell are quite nice-looking anyway.
On the Beer Eye scale, the John Harvard Provision Ale rates a 6.0

I also tried John Harvard's Pacific Coast IPA, which was much better than the Provision, and was better than say, the Plague.
If you like strong pale ales, you will find this an above-average one, and if like me, you like flowery-tasting beers this is one worth trying the next time you get admitted to Harvard. It's got a hint of bitter orange flavor, which detracts a little, but overall this copper-colored concoction is, as Harvard might have said, 'most pleaseing to th' tongue and good for cureing all sortes of mal humours.'
On the Beer Eye scale, the John Harvard Pacific Coast IPA rates a 7.8