Harp Lager | Guinness Ltd.
Brewed by:
Guinness Ltd.
Ireland | website
Style: Euro Pale Lager
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 07-03-2001
Reviews: 732 | Ratings: 2,522
4.06/5 rDev +25.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
The beer is straw colored with a good amount of carbonation. The head thinned out really quickly but at lasted a while. There is a nice toasted malt aroma with a very minor floral hops smell. The beer has a slit sweetness to the overall smell. Much like the smell there is a slight toasted malt taste upfront followed by a hint of hops. Very smooth and easy to drink. Medium bodied and a slight carbonation feel.
★ 418 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
The beer is straw colored with a good amount of carbonation. The head thinned out really quickly but at lasted a while. There is a nice toasted malt aroma with a very minor floral hops smell. The beer has a slit sweetness to the overall smell. Much like the smell there is a slight toasted malt taste upfront followed by a hint of hops. Very smooth and easy to drink. Medium bodied and a slight carbonation feel.
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2.35/5 rDev -27.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Medium amber-golden color. Just a little bitterness. A bit "thin" in taste in my opinion. At first drink or two by itself - not my favorite taste. Drank the second half with my meal and it didn't help matters. Certainly not "gosh-awful" but left me disappointed.
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look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Medium amber-golden color. Just a little bitterness. A bit "thin" in taste in my opinion. At first drink or two by itself - not my favorite taste. Drank the second half with my meal and it didn't help matters. Certainly not "gosh-awful" but left me disappointed.
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3.5/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Guinness Ltd. "Harp Lager"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle, brewed in Canada
$2 @ Wegmans, King of Prussia, PA
My review for Harp from years ago was removed because I called it "sulphur-ridden swill for shanty Irishmen" (probably reported by someone from Guinness, despite the fact that my numbers were some of the highest it had received!). I shouldn't have added the "shanty Irishmen" part, I was just going for effect, but the "sulphur-ridden" part I'll stand by to my last dying breath. It was! It was way too sulphury for a lager, and as a trained professional brewer with over a decade of experience at the time I called it out!
Anyway, it's OK that my review got kicked because they've cleaned it up and changed it, and now it's a different beer altogether; I would have had to re-review it anyway. The sulphur is gone, and it's more malty and even a touch caramelish. What's the problem with that? Well it's not the beer that it originally was, and now it's simply a homogenized "lager" that tastes just like so many other beers out there. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they had Yuengling Lager in mind when they made their changes! And that's a shame, because even with its defects it was at least original. Now it no longer exists and you'll never be able to try it, and with that said, what you can get now is even more worthless in my opinion, but I don't want to be negative (or this review will be removed!) so I'll note that it's very easy to drink, nicely malty, superbly balanced, and has enough character that you can enjoy it for more than one or two - all of which is true, just like so many other beers out there.
★ 1,641 characters
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Guinness Ltd. "Harp Lager"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle, brewed in Canada
$2 @ Wegmans, King of Prussia, PA
My review for Harp from years ago was removed because I called it "sulphur-ridden swill for shanty Irishmen" (probably reported by someone from Guinness, despite the fact that my numbers were some of the highest it had received!). I shouldn't have added the "shanty Irishmen" part, I was just going for effect, but the "sulphur-ridden" part I'll stand by to my last dying breath. It was! It was way too sulphury for a lager, and as a trained professional brewer with over a decade of experience at the time I called it out!
Anyway, it's OK that my review got kicked because they've cleaned it up and changed it, and now it's a different beer altogether; I would have had to re-review it anyway. The sulphur is gone, and it's more malty and even a touch caramelish. What's the problem with that? Well it's not the beer that it originally was, and now it's simply a homogenized "lager" that tastes just like so many other beers out there. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they had Yuengling Lager in mind when they made their changes! And that's a shame, because even with its defects it was at least original. Now it no longer exists and you'll never be able to try it, and with that said, what you can get now is even more worthless in my opinion, but I don't want to be negative (or this review will be removed!) so I'll note that it's very easy to drink, nicely malty, superbly balanced, and has enough character that you can enjoy it for more than one or two - all of which is true, just like so many other beers out there.
★ 1,641 characters
2.92/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap at James Hogan's (Dupont Crl), clear gold with a thin white head. Light aromas bready and malt. Taste is …. "moderate" is fair: moderate malt, moderate carbonation, moderate body. Some hops at the end and a non-descript metallic aftertaste. Overall, an OK beverage, but why really bother.
★ 301 characters
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap at James Hogan's (Dupont Crl), clear gold with a thin white head. Light aromas bready and malt. Taste is …. "moderate" is fair: moderate malt, moderate carbonation, moderate body. Some hops at the end and a non-descript metallic aftertaste. Overall, an OK beverage, but why really bother.
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3.35/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Curiously brewed in far eastern Canada, this is not one of the few lagers I'd buy. It was given to me and sat in my cellar beyond its normal life.
The opportunity finally arose when I caught a cold and had some Muligatawanny soup (which helps break a cold.)
I find no need to turn my nose up at Harp: it is an acceptable, sessionable lager. Its abundant hops went well with the peppery soup (that also had a heavy dose of ginger.)
Will I buy it? No.
But don't look a gift horse in the mouth. It served its purpose as a beverage with spicy food.
★ 545 characters
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Curiously brewed in far eastern Canada, this is not one of the few lagers I'd buy. It was given to me and sat in my cellar beyond its normal life.
The opportunity finally arose when I caught a cold and had some Muligatawanny soup (which helps break a cold.)
I find no need to turn my nose up at Harp: it is an acceptable, sessionable lager. Its abundant hops went well with the peppery soup (that also had a heavy dose of ginger.)
Will I buy it? No.
But don't look a gift horse in the mouth. It served its purpose as a beverage with spicy food.
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3.37/5 rDev +4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A happy child with unaffected good humor. Nothing complicated here, straightforward as Irish stew. A light-medium lager on the Euro model. Enough malt and hops to be interestingly above average but nothing aspires to great heights either.
Recommended as a change of pace that doesn't really step too far away from the box.
★ 326 characters
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A happy child with unaffected good humor. Nothing complicated here, straightforward as Irish stew. A light-medium lager on the Euro model. Enough malt and hops to be interestingly above average but nothing aspires to great heights either.
Recommended as a change of pace that doesn't really step too far away from the box.
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3/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I usually only get this around St. Patrick's Day because that's about the only time this lager is not selling at its normal unsightly retail price of $15-$16 per 12-pack. On sale in March, it usually goes $12-$13, which is enough. I have no idea when we stopped getting our Harp from Canada, but it might be at the same time it stopped being the 5% abv listed here; the Harp I have is indeed from Ireland (although not the original Dundalk brewery) and the label says it's 4.5%. Pale gold lager, white head, good malt flavor but with little top-note or tang, clean finish with a characteristic European touch of astringency. Perfectly fine, but not $16 fine, especially since it's in those dratted Euro 11.2-oz. bottles. Try it when it's on sale.
★ 746 characters
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I usually only get this around St. Patrick's Day because that's about the only time this lager is not selling at its normal unsightly retail price of $15-$16 per 12-pack. On sale in March, it usually goes $12-$13, which is enough. I have no idea when we stopped getting our Harp from Canada, but it might be at the same time it stopped being the 5% abv listed here; the Harp I have is indeed from Ireland (although not the original Dundalk brewery) and the label says it's 4.5%. Pale gold lager, white head, good malt flavor but with little top-note or tang, clean finish with a characteristic European touch of astringency. Perfectly fine, but not $16 fine, especially since it's in those dratted Euro 11.2-oz. bottles. Try it when it's on sale.
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4.82/5 rDev +48.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This was the first beer that I truly loved. It has a great taste that's simply wonderful. I still drink it regularly and it's the beer that I give to people when they want to start varying what they normally drink. To me, it's a great introduction into Irish beer.
★ 264 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This was the first beer that I truly loved. It has a great taste that's simply wonderful. I still drink it regularly and it's the beer that I give to people when they want to start varying what they normally drink. To me, it's a great introduction into Irish beer.
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2.75/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Bought 6-pack $5.99 Times Supermarket
Light golden color
Light mouthfeel
Medium carbonation
Very light malt taste, mostly watery
Overall it lacks taste and character. Would not buy again.
★ 188 characters
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Bought 6-pack $5.99 Times Supermarket
Light golden color
Light mouthfeel
Medium carbonation
Very light malt taste, mostly watery
Overall it lacks taste and character. Would not buy again.
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4.02/5 rDev +24.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L -Golden with little head
S - Sweet, malty, fruity
T - honey, toast, mild hop bitterness.
F -medium body with low carbonation.
O - Maybe b/c of low expectations but I was really impressed, great flavor for a light session beer.
★ 229 characters
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L -Golden with little head
S - Sweet, malty, fruity
T - honey, toast, mild hop bitterness.
F -medium body with low carbonation.
O - Maybe b/c of low expectations but I was really impressed, great flavor for a light session beer.
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3.54/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Appearance - Pours a gold with three fingers of foamy white head.
Smell - sweet malt, toasted grains, hint of straw, light floral hops.
Taste - sweet malts upfront which are not too overpowering. The toasted grains and hint of straw follow suit. The light floral hops come in at the end.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes dry and smooth with a pleasant malt sweetness lingering.
Overall - For a Euro Pale Lager (Munich Helles Lager) it certainly delivers on the malt front. This won't blow you away but is quite refreshing nonetheless.
★ 568 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Appearance - Pours a gold with three fingers of foamy white head.
Smell - sweet malt, toasted grains, hint of straw, light floral hops.
Taste - sweet malts upfront which are not too overpowering. The toasted grains and hint of straw follow suit. The light floral hops come in at the end.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes dry and smooth with a pleasant malt sweetness lingering.
Overall - For a Euro Pale Lager (Munich Helles Lager) it certainly delivers on the malt front. This won't blow you away but is quite refreshing nonetheless.
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3.24/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12 oz. bottle into a Helles Lager glass
A - Har pour produces a head that is 3 fingers in height and is bright white. Head is thick and foamy in appearance and dissipates rather slowly. The beer itself is clear with moderate carbonation visible rising moderately paced towards the surface. Color of the beer is a dark golden hue. 3.75/5
S - Caramel and lightly toasted light malt comprise the majority of the aroma along with a backing of herbal hops. Fairly sweet aroma but also a bit earthy as well. The aroma also features a bit of butter and corn. 3.5/5
T - Quite watery at first but then the malt starts to come in. Very light maltiness with just a hint of buttered white bread. Sweetness is much less caramel and much more a cereal grain sweetness. Noble hop bitterness on the back end lingers for quite a bit but this bitterness is not overwhelming. Flavor reminds me a bit of Cheerios, overall prior to the hop bitterness. 3/5
M - Very light but smooth and a bit creamy as well. Light carbonation burn up front but this dissipates within a few seconds. Leaves the mouth feeling a bit dry but not overly so. 3.25/5
O - Based on the aroma I was expecting quite a bit of flavor from this beer but sadly that ending up not being the case. Quite different from some of the other Euro Pale Lagers I have had, with this one being much lighter. Easily sessionable. 3.25/5
★ 1,396 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12 oz. bottle into a Helles Lager glass
A - Har pour produces a head that is 3 fingers in height and is bright white. Head is thick and foamy in appearance and dissipates rather slowly. The beer itself is clear with moderate carbonation visible rising moderately paced towards the surface. Color of the beer is a dark golden hue. 3.75/5
S - Caramel and lightly toasted light malt comprise the majority of the aroma along with a backing of herbal hops. Fairly sweet aroma but also a bit earthy as well. The aroma also features a bit of butter and corn. 3.5/5
T - Quite watery at first but then the malt starts to come in. Very light maltiness with just a hint of buttered white bread. Sweetness is much less caramel and much more a cereal grain sweetness. Noble hop bitterness on the back end lingers for quite a bit but this bitterness is not overwhelming. Flavor reminds me a bit of Cheerios, overall prior to the hop bitterness. 3/5
M - Very light but smooth and a bit creamy as well. Light carbonation burn up front but this dissipates within a few seconds. Leaves the mouth feeling a bit dry but not overly so. 3.25/5
O - Based on the aroma I was expecting quite a bit of flavor from this beer but sadly that ending up not being the case. Quite different from some of the other Euro Pale Lagers I have had, with this one being much lighter. Easily sessionable. 3.25/5
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3.7/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
As far as the Euro Pale Lager style goes, Harp isn't a bad beer. My main critique of it?: it sits rather heavy in terms of body. But there's a nice herbal hop "pop" and a solid malty base that makes it a nice, balanced lager. It's not setting the world on fire, but it has the right to exist.
★ 292 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
As far as the Euro Pale Lager style goes, Harp isn't a bad beer. My main critique of it?: it sits rather heavy in terms of body. But there's a nice herbal hop "pop" and a solid malty base that makes it a nice, balanced lager. It's not setting the world on fire, but it has the right to exist.
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3.34/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had at Raglan's Road Irish Pub at Disney Springs.
L: Has a nice pale/straw color
S: I couldn't smell anything with the beer
T: Has a nice taste of the toasted malt and caramel
M: Beer goes down smooth
O: This is a good beer to drink on special occasions
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look: 4 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had at Raglan's Road Irish Pub at Disney Springs.
L: Has a nice pale/straw color
S: I couldn't smell anything with the beer
T: Has a nice taste of the toasted malt and caramel
M: Beer goes down smooth
O: This is a good beer to drink on special occasions
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1.23/5 rDev -62%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
Reader beware! The picture of this beer on this page is NOT what it is now! This beer has been disgustingly raped and violated in the most disturbing manner. Without going into much detail, I rated this beer very poorly not so much by the way it is now, but more so by the way IT USED TO BE!!!
Currently this beer tastes allot like any other, common U.S. beer, most notably Budweiser, and even provides one with the same headache from the fake, watered down ingredients as you would expect from a few other A/B products.
Harp Lager, when it use to be bottled in the picture as you see here, was an excellent, UNIQUE, readily available Irish Lager. But with great shame they've destroyed it.
If you like common American lagers then by all means, pay more money for this and you'll be happy. However, if you are a fan of Harp Lager from the last century, or have a more developed, educated palette with respect to beer, don't buy this! It's garbage, and no where near what they want for it.
★ 996 characters
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
Reader beware! The picture of this beer on this page is NOT what it is now! This beer has been disgustingly raped and violated in the most disturbing manner. Without going into much detail, I rated this beer very poorly not so much by the way it is now, but more so by the way IT USED TO BE!!!
Currently this beer tastes allot like any other, common U.S. beer, most notably Budweiser, and even provides one with the same headache from the fake, watered down ingredients as you would expect from a few other A/B products.
Harp Lager, when it use to be bottled in the picture as you see here, was an excellent, UNIQUE, readily available Irish Lager. But with great shame they've destroyed it.
If you like common American lagers then by all means, pay more money for this and you'll be happy. However, if you are a fan of Harp Lager from the last century, or have a more developed, educated palette with respect to beer, don't buy this! It's garbage, and no where near what they want for it.
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2.18/5 rDev -32.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Really, I can’t imagine anything more bland. Look up bland in the dictionary and see a picture of this. When in an Irish bar stick with the Guiness, at least it has taste,
★ 173 characters
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Really, I can’t imagine anything more bland. Look up bland in the dictionary and see a picture of this. When in an Irish bar stick with the Guiness, at least it has taste,
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3.94/5 rDev +21.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
Though I dislike the modern look and thats its now brewed in Canada, I still find Harp to be a nice drinkable beer. Its fairly balanced in my opinion with a VERY nice mouthfeel. The carbonation is spot on...could be because it doesnt travel so far to the states now that the beer taste crispier versus previous offerings. Overall Harp is a crowd pleaser not to bitter and not too sweet.
★ 387 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
Though I dislike the modern look and thats its now brewed in Canada, I still find Harp to be a nice drinkable beer. Its fairly balanced in my opinion with a VERY nice mouthfeel. The carbonation is spot on...could be because it doesnt travel so far to the states now that the beer taste crispier versus previous offerings. Overall Harp is a crowd pleaser not to bitter and not too sweet.
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3.88/5 rDev +19.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a pretty decent pale lager, it's almost a clear a budweiser but it have a much deeper and satecfying taste, plus they don't use adjunct so all you get i a nice grassy malt taste and just enought hps to balance the taste
★ 227 characters
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a pretty decent pale lager, it's almost a clear a budweiser but it have a much deeper and satecfying taste, plus they don't use adjunct so all you get i a nice grassy malt taste and just enought hps to balance the taste
★ 227 characters
3.39/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Smells a little skunky when I opened the bottle. Pours a light golden color with a rather small head. Lacing is there but barely, has good carbonation. The initial taste is surprisingly good with a sweet, fruity, lightly hopped flavor. Mellows out to a sweet finish. This is a perfect brew for summer, sweet, light feeling, will definitely look for it at the beginning of next summer
★ 389 characters
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Smells a little skunky when I opened the bottle. Pours a light golden color with a rather small head. Lacing is there but barely, has good carbonation. The initial taste is surprisingly good with a sweet, fruity, lightly hopped flavor. Mellows out to a sweet finish. This is a perfect brew for summer, sweet, light feeling, will definitely look for it at the beginning of next summer
★ 389 characters
4.24/5 rDev +30.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Nice golden color.. have consumed these for years and still a nice steady lager..... balance between hops and malt.... A great session beer and works with all types of food. clean and tasty
★ 193 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Nice golden color.. have consumed these for years and still a nice steady lager..... balance between hops and malt.... A great session beer and works with all types of food. clean and tasty
★ 193 characters
1/5 rDev -69.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
There is really nothing redeemable about this beer. Way to bitter, initial taste is horrible, then it goes down your throat, and the moment you finish it, you want to spit it out, overall, not very good.
★ 203 characters
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
There is really nothing redeemable about this beer. Way to bitter, initial taste is horrible, then it goes down your throat, and the moment you finish it, you want to spit it out, overall, not very good.
★ 203 characters
2.15/5 rDev -33.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
i first tried this beer a year or two ago and it was pretty good but nothing special. i decided to get another one and was very disappointed this time. apparently they've changed the beer, but not for the better. it tasted watered down with very minimal flavor.
★ 261 characters
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
i first tried this beer a year or two ago and it was pretty good but nothing special. i decided to get another one and was very disappointed this time. apparently they've changed the beer, but not for the better. it tasted watered down with very minimal flavor.
★ 261 characters
2.87/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Had a pint at Flanagan's Harp and Fiddle in Bethesda. Poured with a nice two finger head that slowly dissipated. Golden in color, essentially clear. Taste and smell are nothing special, but it's a solid lager with a smooth finish.
★ 230 characters
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Had a pint at Flanagan's Harp and Fiddle in Bethesda. Poured with a nice two finger head that slowly dissipated. Golden in color, essentially clear. Taste and smell are nothing special, but it's a solid lager with a smooth finish.
★ 230 characters
2.62/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Bright straw color with average activity. White 1.5 finger head, lasting around 5-10 minutes, with average legs.
Smell of sweet grains and faint floral spices. Flavors of grains, slight corn, noble type hops. Sweet roasted grains/corn with a slight syrupy feel but still ending with a nice sharpness.
Slick light body with prickly carbonation. Light and short finish, ending with smoky roasted malt feel and a bit hoppy.
Overall a mediocre craft having faint flavors and almost no personality but good freshness. Very basic and overly sugary.
★ 545 characters
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Bright straw color with average activity. White 1.5 finger head, lasting around 5-10 minutes, with average legs.
Smell of sweet grains and faint floral spices. Flavors of grains, slight corn, noble type hops. Sweet roasted grains/corn with a slight syrupy feel but still ending with a nice sharpness.
Slick light body with prickly carbonation. Light and short finish, ending with smoky roasted malt feel and a bit hoppy.
Overall a mediocre craft having faint flavors and almost no personality but good freshness. Very basic and overly sugary.
★ 545 characters
Harp Lager from Guinness Ltd.
3.24
out of 5
based on 2,522 ratings.
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
I don't get this beer or why it exists.
Typical AAL looking appearance, seems toughened up by the brown bottle, but when I see it poured out, its just all light yellow and a 1/2" white head. Dusty grain in the nose, nothing else really.
Taste is bland. Tiny yeast sweetness, hardly anything hop or malt wise. I didn't even get the skunk I was hoping for in the nose. I don't get the cost for this or the market demo, maybe people who want something as bland as the Guinness stout, who knows. . .
★ 502 characters