Harp Premium Irish Lager

Brewed by Guinness (Diageo)
Style: Pale Lager
St. James’s Gate, Dublin, Ireland

Harp Lager is an Irish lager first produced in 1960 by Guinness in its Great Northern Brewery, Dundalk.

Diageo Ireland has since closed the Dundalk Brewery and the last Harp was brewed at the Great Northern on October 2013, after which production moved to Diageo’s sole Irish brewery, St James’s Gate Brewery, home of Guinness, in Dublin.

Today, Harp is sold all over Ireland and the UK, in the US and Canada, in Australia, and other various regions of the planet, but it is most popular in the North of Ireland.

Review: 500ml can of Harp Lager: 4.0% vol.

The brand was traditionally marketed with the Brian Boru harp as its main emblem. These days the bottle and design is all modern, still has the famous harp logo but it’s this time blended in with a striking blue colour that it’s barely noticeable. Pity really.

Lower alcohol rate in Ireland, cause we can’t be trusted with stronger volumes of beer!

On the appearance it looks fine, a standard enough look for a lager really, good frothy white head and a golden coloured beer on show. Ok.

On the nose it was pretty odorless really. Disappointing.

It is light on the taste, a bit thin but pretty crisp, clean and very smooth, relaxing and soft on the tongue, goes down very easy. Nice and creamy mouthfuls hitting the spot.

Typical lagery taste, grainy with mild hops, barley and malts, a touch of citrus. All perfectly balanced.

Enjoyable, a nice one to sip and enjoy slowly.

Over time enjoyed it a lot, best lager I have had in awhile. Feels very nourishing, not with a huge array of flavours but crispy enough to do the business.

Just a bloody good lager. Recommended for a slow day on the sofa watching the football!

Best lager in a while, nourishing, nice to sip slowly, just a great lager. Simplicity.