Harar Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Harar, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Owned by Heineken Ethiopia

Established in 1984

Description
Harar brewery is located in the lively city of Harar in Harari region. It is one of the only region in Ethiopia where the majority of its population lives in an urban area, with more than 100,000 population.

The brewery started operations in 1984 and currently has an annual technical production of 500,000 hecto liters with more than 200 employees.

Harar brewery is known for producing brands like Harar Beer, Harar Draught, Sofi, Buckler. These brands are of high quality brewed from 100% natural ingredients. The brewery has been awarded four times (2009/2012/2014/2017) the Ethiopian Quality Award.

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4.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle @ Meskerem, an Ethoopian restaurant in Washington, D.C. Pours clear golden with small white head. Clear aroma of yeast and hops with a slight citric note. Bitter flavour of hops but, above all, metal. Sparse malty touches. Mildly bitter aftertaste. Boring. Not very well balanced. Won’t have another one.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2013 at 17:54

1.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 0.5
Smell of metal. Dark brown colour, mid-brown head. Aroma of mämmi, sugar, burnt malt. Gross. Sweet. To be avoided.
Tried on 08 Oct 2013 at 09:44

2.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
Flaske jeg fikk gratis på Delirium, utgått på dato: kortvarig skum, og smaker som tynn, dårlig solbærsaft.
Tried on 17 Aug 2013 at 11:16

3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2
Bottle shared at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Hazy pale yellow with no head. Aroma of cooked vegetables, cereals and something I can’t put my finger on.. Slightly sweetish and sourish flavor, vegetal, with faint plastic notes and a hint of bitterness. Light-bodied. Unpleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2013 at 12:55

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
12oz bottle consumed at this little Ethiopian spot at 14th and P Streets NW in DC. Pours a clear, light gold with some fading, white head. Nose is mild, hay, yeast, grass, white bread. Flavor is malt, hay, white flour. Watery finish. I liked the St George’s significantly more.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2013 at 12:25

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle. Scotch Ale, not stout. Pours clear brown-red with a large tan creamy head that slowly dissipates with nice lacing. Strong caramel/molasses aroma. Flavor doesnt live up to aroma, sweet and malty but watery and a bit chemical laden. No bitterness at all. Light bodied
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2013 at 20:17

5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
My wife and i’s eating around the world in NYC project is underway, and we found ourselves at ashway ethopian on 107th St. They had 4 Ethiopian brews in bottles this was one of two I hadn’t previously had. Pours quite dirty Boone and quite hazy, with white head. Nose of light hops and fruit. Tastes of grains, bananas, wet cardboard, grass, citrus, and light grape fruity hops. Not bad better then I thought was fine with spicy dishes I got.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2012 at 17:33

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Funny beer, not very stout like. If you didnt tell me what it was I would have guessed it as a Eastern Euro dark lager. Caramelly grainy sweet, just a wee hint of chocolate or roast, virtually no detectable hopping. Overall very sweet, trending toward a thin mouthfeel and finish. Very mediocre, unrefined almost homebrewish. Brown color with a tinge of red, small head.
Tried on 03 Aug 2012 at 05:30

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ Delirium Cafe. Clear reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and roasted malt. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 180712
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2012 at 06:18

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
33cl bottle (5,5% ABV) at Delirium Café, Brussels. Tasted some time after the best before date. Pours dark brown with a beige head, much lighter in colour than expected. Sweet aroma of caramel with some roasted malt. Medium to light body, and quite different from what I expected. Sweet and not so much flavour, but quite drinkable. Fun to try, but I don’t think I will buy this again.
(Backlog: tasted 2011-03-19 - [Produced March 2010 - best before February 2011])
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2012 at 09:10