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.
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.
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pours a small dying white head. Aroma of grain. Industrial taste of malt, with a hint of corn and metal. Easy drinkable
Tried
on 10 May 2012
at 08:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Würziger, etwas oxidierter Beginn. Frisch, geringe Süße, mild. Gering alkoholisch, harzig. Süßlich bleibend, etwas schokoladig. Nettes, nicht sonderlich spannendes Bier. 7/11/11/9/9/9
Tried
on 05 May 2012
at 13:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
caramel, cereal, roasty, floral, barnyard, leather, smoke, skunky, brown, cloudy, minimal head, brown foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, thin feel, oily feel, astringent,
Tried
on 25 Jan 2012
at 09:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nice stuff, actually. Perhaps because I’ve been drinking too many lagers but this goes down right, Lots of roast and dark chocolate. Some coffee elements. Some raw barley grain. Doesnt go down badly at all, combines well with the spicy Ethiopian and injera. had at the ethiopian house in bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2011
at 17:15
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
11.2 oz bottle. Has a label that looks like it was pasted on with a kindergartner’s gluestick. Pours a slightly hazy pale yellow with a small white soapy head that falls into a ring and thin film of foam in about two seconds. Aroma is vomity, grainy. Taste is sweetish but it has a welcome bitter hop edge. Tastes a little corny and metallic. Highly carbonated. Not good, but there’s a lot worse out there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2011
at 00:20
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
clear brown, small offwhite head. Caramelly malty aroma. Flavor is malty, caramelly , bitter.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2011
at 13:53
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Flacher, schwach gehopfter Antrunk. Später getreidig, wobei hier sofort ein metallernes Fehlaroma aufkommt. Dann wässrig, nur noch wenig getreidig. Laff, wenig spritzig. Zum Ende trocken. Trinkbares, aber überaus langweiliges Bier. 10/6/9/5/12/6
Tried
on 21 May 2011
at 03:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Judging from the color, saying it’s a stout is pushing the limits. It’s dark amber to light brown, clear and with a small, off-white head. Toffee, coffee and a buttery touch on the nose, some dried fruits. Flavorwise it’s much the same, roasted malts, toffee and dried fruits with a tiny buttery touch. A quite nice one, definitely nothing I’d expect from Ethiopia. 110129
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2011
at 15:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Das Etheopian Restaurant, DC 11.2oz ($7): Pours a very non-stout color: mud brown with an off-white head. But, that is not a bad thing. This beer, like Harar in my opinion, is in a style of its own. Aroma is of roasted malts, some adjuncts, and plenty of sugar. Beer is pretty sweet, but not cloying. It was much easier to drink than I had anticipated. Roasted malts and molasses flavors are present throughout. A much better beer than I thought it would be. In my opinion Ethiopia does not have it too bad with their beer.
Tried
on 07 May 2011
at 23:40
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 330ml.Clear medium to dark red amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, brown sugar, light roasted. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20110129]
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2011
at 14:01