Harp Lager

Brewed by Dundalk (Diageo)
Style: Pale Lager
Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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On tap @ Royal Oak Ottawa. Pours a clear pale straw yellow with a small white head. Aromas are hay and perhaps a bit of Taste is straw, corn, mild grain, a touch of alcohol, and mild hop bitterness. Light body to the point of being thin and watery but not unpleasant. Standard mass produced lager. ---Rated via Beer Buddy

Bottle at mahoneys. Clear golden pour with sticky white head. Bitter and boring lager. Easy to drink though

Pours a pale yellow with a fluffy head. Bubbles rising constantly from the bottom of the glass tells me this is probably going to be far too carbonated. The aroma is somewhat that of a typical American lager, but Harp has a bready, yeasty note that tells me there’s something more there. There is also a floral aroma from the hops. The taste is slightly sweet with a faint bitter in the finish. Mouthfeel is definitely overcarbonated, yet creamy with more body and less dryness than most beers of this style. You’d expect a beer so lacking in flavor would be thin and watery, but not so with Harp Lager. Overall, this isn’t a bad beer, there’s just not enough flavor to satisfy my palate. I should note that the flavor has become a little stronger since it’s warmed, but only a little. Personally, I’m not one to choose beer when I’m hot and thirsty, but I suppose Harp could hit the spot on a Summer day. Certainly, there are hundreds of worse choices.

Pale gold, thin head. High carbonation. Nose is Reminiscent of the first grass clippings of spring. Starts with a bland bitterness finishes a bit sweet, not a lot going on. I have a fonder likening for this, compared to other industrial swills (the Irish clearly make a better industrial swill than us Canadians). I would certainly drink it again, but have a hard time giving it anything higher in the scores.

Mid gold with thin head. Aroma is sweet, malty, corn. Thin taste, weak bitterness - another generic pale lager

On tap - too much fruit in this taste for me. The bitterness seems right, but there’s needs to be something else here.

Not bad. Had on draft.hahaoshndld akoxbaoavavaoxhabwlabakebskdbalenahsbwbkhal Hahap ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Aromas of fresh grass, unripened nectarine, and scallions. Clear gold-copper with a mostly diminishing, white head. Dry, bready, and bitter. Light-medium bodied with lively carbonation, and a fresh, snappy, hoppy finish.

12oz bottle. Pours a clear pale gold color with small creamy head. Aroma is a bit grainy, bready, with a bit of hops. Taste was a bit more pronounced. Grainy, bready, with some bitterness.

UPDATED: MAR 26, 2013 Decent lager, had on draught in a pub in Co Armagh. Nothing much more to say about it. Craic was good.