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
5.75
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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.
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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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Clear golden colour with a small white head, fairly shortlived. Aroma is hoppy, citrus fruit, lemon/orange zest, peach. Taste also unusually hoppy for a lager, sweet fruit, pale malt. Heavy carbonation, a bit too much in my opinion, also has an almost sticky mouthfeel like cola.
Interesting lager though, I enjoyed it, not a bad effort from Guinness. I feel like it’s been created as a gateway beer to IPAs and similar.
Interesting lager though, I enjoyed it, not a bad effort from Guinness. I feel like it’s been created as a gateway beer to IPAs and similar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2016
at 20:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Waitrose, Wokingham. A straw coloured pour with a tight white head; grassy aroma with a hint of caramel; the taste has more caramel which blends well with the grainy body; the finish is pleasantly bitter with lingering caramel. An interesting twist on the standard lager profile, and one I’d be happy to try again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2016
at 18:18
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at The Crosse Keys Gracechurch Street. Clear deep gold colour lasting white head. It’s an ok premium lager. No puke or newspaper or cabbage. Some light lemon presence. Some malt presence ok fizzy cold.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2016
at 07:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg, half-pint, at Silk Mill Cider & Ale House. Stable white head, lacing rings down the glass. Clear amber coloured body. Half-dry smell of grass and pale malts. Smooth flavour od mild peaches and pale malts. Rounded fruity ending. easy to drink. Soft carbonated. Decent foodpairing (Derby 21.02.2016).
Tried
on 21 Mar 2016
at 08:57