Harringtons Ngahere Gold

Brewed by Harringtons Breweries (Christchurch)
Style: Malt Liquor
Christchurch, New Zealand

Serve in Lager glass, Paper Bag, Shaker

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This is not to be toyed with. Supposedly it’s 7.2%? I’m not quite calling bullshit on that but I reckon the hops are hallucinogenic or otherwise adding to the alcohol buzz. One time I sunk a whole lot of this I ended up waist deep in the Pacific Ocean off New Brighton. No idea how I got there. One nasty wave and I could have drowned. Had to walk all the way back to Linwood too. No cab will take you when you smell like fish. Then there was that other time I found myself shirtless in the forest having scrawled indecipherable runes on myself in felt tip pen, carrying a sack of pine cones. That was an awful yet deeply spiritual experience. Anyway kids, drink responsibly.

They call this the nectar of the gods, the perfect drop, the holy ale, but to me this is the shit that made me into the man i am today! No matter where ya at, da party, da park, da pub this shit is like 6ft of bullet proof armor in a bottle! No need for mates when hanging with Mr nga nga! and there is no Nga bros when i bust out the flagons of de old GOLD! Got me through my engineering degree and most of the bullshit highschool, BLOODY clasic. Encourage everyone to give it a go, serious drinkers and underagers. Although its not as potent as in the old days (use to be 8-14% depending on the batch) and even though you can’t order them in kegs no more. It’s worth the memmories! If only i could remember half of them HaHa!

bra dis iz da m3anasst drop owt cuntz. opt ftp 6 dayz a week. sikkk az :) lol

Never understood the fascination with this beer. It is high in alc and does not hide it well. Sweet and thin, with little interest in the back palate.

Bottle 500ml. at Archive, Brisbane. Malty, tasty, but not so well balanced. Aromas of honey, vanilla, with hints of caramel and wet leaves. Taste is sweet, with light bitterness, and average length. Palate is velvety, and medium bodied. Dark yellow, with a frothy head.

Straw gold colour with a white head. Malt aromas predominate along with vegetal alcohol. Nothing terribly alluring about the aroma. Sweet at first then a flood of unpleasant rawness. Fortunately the finish is short enough to move on before any lasting harm is done.

Brilliant Beer This! Advise buying it direct from the bottle store and taking a 1.5 or 2l bottle to be filled! Very smooth for a lager this strength, compares very well to high vol Belgian beers, will get you nicely toasted with minimal ill effects next day! Sweet notes and mixes well with lime or lemonade for those taking it easy. Goes good with smirnoff black for pure rocket fuel but beware the headache next day ;-)

Bottled. A golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of alcohol and malt as well as lighter notes of metal. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, as well as lighter notes of metal and over ripe fruits.

500ml bottle - brought at great expense by Oliver from work - thanks!
5 Simple heady ESL aroma, caramel sweetness, some fruity esters, and a bit of alcohol too.
3- Gold, brief head.
5 Tastes as it smells, this is a classic Eastern European ESL, right down to the textbook ester fingerprint in the retronasals, and the biting bitter finish.
3 Sweet and smooth, but with crisp carbonation and a biting bitterness. Finish keeps that biting tingle going, and mellows to slightly plasticky bocky malts.
10 "Harringtons" ends in an ’s’, and "Breweries" ends in an ’s’ - I conclude that this is brewed in Latvia, right?

White good sized head strong carbonation gold pour deep the aromas bread hay grain flavour not much bitter mild a barley sweetness bread note tastes are short do not seem to last long on the palate no real brightness finish dull short tasting sweetness hop and malt bit tart