Subsidiaries
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can. Pours a pale golden colour with a longlasting white head. Sweet malty grainy aroma. Sweet malty flavor with some grainy hints. Dry malty finish withsome bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2006
at 14:50
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled(330ml). –Golden coloured, medium white head, malty nose. Weak hoppy and not so pleasant malty-caramel aroma. Bitter and sour finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2006
at 08:03
5.3/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured a golden amber with light white head. Ordinary grainy style aroma. A dry ale with a grainy finish.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2006
at 12:01
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
5% version. Seems to be brewed side by side (according to born on dates) with the 4.3 version. That one doesn’t have a trace of the harp, and has "Great Northern Brewery" all over it, and this is quite traditional looking. Doesn’t call itself Harp Export Lager, but it says quite prominently "Imported - Importée" and "Imported Lager". Poured a nice golden colour with a medium to big fluffly white head that went away fast. Initially very fizzy, but that dies out soon enough. The nose is mainly malt, honey, some graininess, and a hint of dust, relatively faint (my nose isn’t exactly in top shape though). The taste is damn smooth, caramelly, with an underlying bitterness that’s not all that pleasant, hints of metal, some sourness. Some very, very weak fruitiness (grape style). Not a brilliant lager, but a solid, drinkable one. I really should’ve had this colder and side by side with the 4.3 version.... guess a rerate is pending for both.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2006
at 13:56
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can. Black colour with a beige creamy head. Aroma is roasted coffee. Flavour is roasted coffee,malt.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2006
at 04:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Brown-black colour. Beautiful medium-sized beige head that lasts fine. Aromas of coffee, dark chocolate and sugars. Tastes sweet, but not a very carachterful or complex-tasting beer.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2006
at 09:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
one of the three beers I found on a new liquor store. I expected it to be better. A bit light and watery but the taste is pretty good.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2006
at 12:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled (Cameroon version). Dark brown colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is sweetness meeting toffee, roasted malts and some coffee. Very sweet flavour, with caramel and roast a long way under the sweetness. Alcohol is also to be noted in the sweetness. Quite different Guinness FES, and definitively different than the Nigerian version. Sticky palate. 6 5 5 3 11
Canned (Mauritius version, 7.5%). Quite much deep amber colour with mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is rather sweet malty, grainy as well as some mild roasted notes. Flavour is also quite much the same. Not very pleasant 5 3 5 3 10.
Canned (Mauritius version, 7.5%). Quite much deep amber colour with mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is rather sweet malty, grainy as well as some mild roasted notes. Flavour is also quite much the same. Not very pleasant 5 3 5 3 10.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2006
at 16:38
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at "1920" restaurant. Almost black, minimal brown head. Overall an improved and stronger version of the original one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2006
at 08:48
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Nearly black colour with a light brown head. Aroma is malt and roasted coffee. Flavour is bitter roasted coffee with some fruitiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2006
at 23:39