Guinness (St. James's Gate) Hop House 13 Lager (5%)

Hop House 13 Lager (5%)
(Batch of Hop House 13 Lager (4.1%))

 

Guinness (St. James's Gate) in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Lager - Pale Regular
Score
5.73
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 226
Originally brewed at 5% for some markets, then downgraded to 4.6%.

Named after an early 1900’s hop store building at St. James’s Gate where hops are still stored, Hop House 13 is a double-hopped lager made with Irish barley and aromatic hops and continues the 256 years of heritage and brewing excellence at St. James’s Gate.
A crisp and full-flavoured lager with subtle malty notes and fresh hop aromas with hints of Apricot and Peach.
 

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5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Mitra Nieuwegein. Clear dark golden with a white head. Grainy aroma with some caramel. Slightly bitter taste with some metallic notes. For a beer named Hop House 13 lager it contains a surprisingly low amount of hops.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2018 at 16:10

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught @ The Castle Inn, 36 St Mary's Rd, Ealing, Greater London, England W5 5EU. [ As Hop House 13 Lager ].Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, pale malt, light caramel, fudge - toffee, light hoppy, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration pale malt, fudge - toffee, frutiy malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170417] 6-3-6-3-11
Tried on 01 Jan 2018 at 06:51

2.8/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2
sampled at Horecabeurs 2017, where I was refused to be served this beer in a glass ( any self respect they might have had, has currently left the building... HOW do you want people to respect your brand, if you raise them chugging bottles? I did not agree and demanded to pour it myself. i'm OK with respecting a brewers wish about how to drink the beer, but not when it's complete nonsense and even harmfull for its own quality. Very pathetic idea's here. I hope most people visiting this booth felt the same way, and the Belgian standards wont decline even further, now telling people you HAVE to drink beer from the bottle.... Sigh ) Pours clear, but darker blonde. Small white head. Smell is faded hops, bit medicinal. Very chemical. Taste is very grainy, but not natural, strong sweetness. Metallic maltyness. Prety medicinal overall. Boring, the only thing that sets this brew appart from other pale lagers is an even bigger lack of quality. Perhaps this beer would have been awesome if chugged from a nearly frozen bottle ?
Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2017 at 11:15

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
From shared bottle at Maakun’s, clear golden with white head. Sweet malts, sweet dough, floral honey notes. Moderate sweet and bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2017 at 14:20

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle shared at home. Clear darker golden with short lasting white head. Sweet malts, apple, light dry grains, caramel, honey. About medium sweet and under medium bitter. About medium bodied. Quite malty lager, not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2017 at 14:14

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can - Light citrus hops. Clear gold with a decent white head. Fruity and light sweetness, more like a blond.
Tried from Can on 24 Nov 2017 at 16:09

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Pours a clean light golden-amber colour with a creamy warm cap, good retention and some thick lacing. Loads of diacetyl in the aromas which makes me stomach churn. Sweet, rich butterscotch. The taste has this, but some hops do make this a little more pleasurable. Light dryness for mouthfeel. Yeah, would not have this again. Guinness Blonde American Lager was better.
Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2017 at 19:50

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
26-08-17 // draft at Ashes Camp, Dingle Peninsula. Clear golden. 4.1% Version. Light bodied, refreshing.
Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2017 at 10:24

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bright deep gold,white head.Vaguely skuny corn nose. Lightly sweet, thin and low carbo, faint hop bitterness
Tried on 30 Sep 2017 at 23:32

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500ml can. Named for the building where hops were once stored at St. James's Gate. Pours a clear gold with a medium, frothy, long lasting, white head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet aroma of toasted malt, caramel, bread and grass. Sweet flavour of grainy malt, caramel, bread, light lemon and grass with a mildly bitter finish. Light body with a creamy texture and soft carbonation. A pretty solid pale lager.
Tried from Can on 30 Sep 2017 at 23:29