Harp Lager cans anywhere?

RINO87

Are cans of Harp to be found anywhere in the city anymore. Not in Dunnes or Tesco.

Has it been replaced with this Rockshore sh1te?

99% certain I saw them in carry out on Bandon Road last week

Richmond Ultra

The offie on Douglas Street has them.

physioman

RINO87 wrote: »

Are cans of Harp to be found anywhere in the city anymore. Not in Dunnes or Tesco.

Has it been replaced with this Rockshore sh1te?

God that brings me back. It was so bad we use to call it 'harp burn.

-=al=-

I think there was some back in1995

Try_harder

Sally O Brien, and the way she might look at you

the beer revolu

RINO87 wrote: »

Has it been replaced with this Rockshore sh1te?

What is it that you don't like about Rockshore?

RINO87

Got them in an independent after... None of the supermarkets had it! I'm off to a music festival later today and a slab of harp is a tradition at this stage!

Rockshore? It's the marketing crap. "Its influenced by the west of Ireland" Me hole, its Harp re-branded and brewed in Dublin.

Nahthanks

The offie at the corner of Lough and Bandon Road by Lennoxs does 7 for €8 last time I was there.

AwaitYourReply

I thought Harp Lager had ceased production altogether as I had not noticed it on sale in pubs or being promoted for quite a while so; I'm surprised to discover it still exists in the off-licence trade.

I assumed that "Hop House 13 Lager was Guinness/Diageo's replacement of Harp lager to be honest. Harp and Tennents were not so popular as lagers in Cork in my experience - I always got the impression that in terms of lagers Heineken, Carlsberg, Budweiser, Coors Light, Miller, Fosters, Amstel, Stella Artois, Carling would probably have been consumed more down here on Leeside and that is probably mainly in draught form as you have other popular bottled lager products too such as Becks and Corona Extra and so on.

Not sure how Diageo's "Hop House 13 Lager" is selling in Cork versus the other options referenced although; things have fragmented with the explosion in various micro breweries with all of their unique craft beers on the market nowadays too.

RINO87

RINO87 wrote: »

Are cans of Harp to be found anywhere in the city anymore. Not in Dunnes or Tesco.

Has it been replaced with this Rockshore sh1te?

Are you looking for stomach ulcers?

the beer revolu

AwaitYourReply wrote: »

I thought Harp Lager had ceased production altogether as I had not noticed it on sale in pubs or being promoted for quite a while so; I'm surprised to discover it still exists in the off-licence trade.

I assumed that "Hop House 13 Lager was Guinness/Diageo's replacement of Harp lager to be honest. Harp and Tennents were not so popular as lagers in Cork in my experience - I always got the impression that in terms of lagers Heineken, Carlsberg, Budweiser, Coors Light, Miller, Fosters, Amstel, Stella Artois, Carling would probably have been consumed more down here on Leeside and that is probably mainly in draught form as you have other popular bottled lager products too such as Becks and Corona Extra and so on.

Not sure how Diageo's "Hop House 13 Lager" is selling in Cork versus the other options referenced although; things have fragmented with the explosion in various micro breweries with all of their unique craft beers on the market nowadays too.

Up to a certain year (probably around 1985), Harp was the best selling lager in Ireland.
Heineken then took over that role. It remained popular in Dublin for quite a while but is now really only popular in Ulster.

I believe it's still quite popular in USA and Americans are often surprised by how rare it is in the Republic of Ireland.

the beer revolu

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Are you looking for stomach ulcers?

Why do you ask that?
Do you really consider Harp as much different from any other mainstream lager?
When did you last drink it?

ofcork

Harp was very popular up to the 80s and smithwicks too.

the beer revolu

the beer revolu wrote: »

Why do you ask that?
Do you really consider Harp as much different from any other mainstream lager?
When did you last drink it?

I've heard of pubs banning it down these parts because people were becoming Ill from it.

I've had a can or two in the past and it was enough. Compared to Amstel though it's holy water

the beer revolu

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I've heard of pubs banning it down these parts because people were becoming Ill from it.
r

That's nonsense. It just gradually went out of fashion as Heineken and other brands came into the market.
I tasted it again a few years ago. It's just another lager.

_Brian

At one time harp was my pint of choice, went to college in Dundalk and there were always good specials for students.

But it was rough enough stuff, serious after taste.

Still widely available in the north and I occasionally have a pint of it when I’m up.

corks finest

Hope not,for after 20 yes in Derry,stuff nearly shagging killed me,got back to the beamish,and off it now a few years,but the thoughts of harp,,,,,even now bring back the pain

the beer revolu

the beer revolu wrote: »

That's nonsense. It just gradually went out of fashion as Heineken and other brands came into the market.
I tasted it again a few years ago. It's just another lager.

People who I have conversed about lagers and beers with with says it was horrendous. Each to their own and all but I would doubt several people could be too far off the mark. It went out of fashion because it was cack

corks finest

the beer revolu wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I've heard of pubs banning it down these parts because people were becoming Ill from it.
r

That's nonsense. It just gradually went out of fashion as Heineken and other brands came into the market.
I tasted it again a few years ago. It's just another lager.

awful, awful

Nothing wrong with harp, it's much nicer than the likes of hineken and carlsberg but not as nice as Bavaria which is by far and away the nicest larger.

OldMrBrennan83

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Dunnes do sell Harp. Only in six packs though.

j8wk2feszrnpao

[Deleted User] wrote: »

People who I have conversed about lagers and beers with with says it was horrendous. Each to their own and all but I would doubt several people could be too far off the mark. It went out of fashion because it was cack

Exactly. Each to their own, but it didn’t stop selling cause it was doing well. It’s gone cause people stopped buying it as it wasn’t as good/nice than the alternatives. Nonsense to suggest otherwise.

the beer revolu

munstermagic11 wrote: »

Exactly. Each to their own, but it didn’t stop selling cause it was doing well. It’s gone cause people stopped buying it as it wasn’t as good/nice than the alternatives. Nonsense to suggest otherwise.

So you are saying that the best selling products are always the best quality products? Really?

Think about that for a while.

munstermagic11

munstermagic11 wrote: »

Exactly. Each to their own, but it didn’t stop selling cause it was doing well. It’s gone cause people stopped buying it as it wasn’t as good/nice than the alternatives. Nonsense to suggest otherwise.

It became less popular and stopped selling because people were fed up of drinking poison. The army barracks in Clonmel got rid of it completely because four regular drinkers of it developed stomach ulcers

mikeym

Hop House 13 is mank.

NewbridgeIR

Pint bottles of Harp are lovely drunk by the neck. Last had one in New Ross about four or five years ago.

OldMrBrennan83

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j8wk2feszrnpao

the beer revolu wrote: »

So you are saying that the best selling products are always the best quality products? Really?

Think about that for a while.

Didn't say that, but hey, don't stop making up stuff at this point.

tabby aspreme

Never drank the stuff, but from what I can remember pint bottles of Harp were usually accompanied by a 20 pack of Major. The last memory have of anyone drinking Harp was a pal of mine collapsing from a stomach ulcer outside his future mother in law's house after a skinfull of the stuff, we took one of the entrance gates and used it as a stretcher to carry him into her house, she wasn't impressed

D'Agger

Tommy Tiernan had a great bit a few years back about how you'd go for a few pints of harp and next thing you know you'd be stood over your cousin with a shovel in your hands screaming 'TAKE THAT BACK'

And he's spot on

Mumha

You might be able to buy a few from the travelling fans, when Dundalk and Drogheda come down to play Cork City....

OldMrBrennan83

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killanena

Both my local fine wines and carry out stock them.

D'Agger

Patww79 wrote: »

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Can't find it on Youtube and not sure which show but....I'm sure it happened...I think

Nonoperational

Gas how there are so many people saying it's piss and I bet they never drank it. It's grand, like any other mainstream lager. Still widely available in the North.

the beer revolu

Nonoperational wrote: »

Gas how there are so many people saying it's piss and I bet they never drank it. It's grand, like any other mainstream lager. Still widely available in the North.

This is exactly the point I was trying to make.

A fella my dad knew's cousin in the seventies gotted an ulcer so Harp is pish.

Or it must be pish or it wouldn't have fallen out of fashion.

KungPao

I’d love a few Steiger.

j8wk2feszrnpao

Nonoperational wrote: »

Gas how there are so many people saying it's piss and I bet they never drank it. It's grand, like any other mainstream lager. Still widely available in the North.

As you doubt others, I'll doubt you and say you never drank it.

wandatowell

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Thank god I'm not the only one. Down the local its absolute muck, tastes of fizzy water but across the road the apricot taste shines through and it lovely.

Flesh Gorden

It's funny someone mentioned the phrase 'Harp-Burn', used to get cheap cans of it when there was nothing else left around Dublin or further north, back in my late teens/early 20's.

Only Royal Dutch and Harp used to have that odd feeling of it stripping my insides.

The difference being Harp would keep repeating on me with a burning feel.

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wandatowell wrote: »

Thank god I'm not the only one. Down the local its absolute muck, tastes of fizzy water but across the road the apricot taste shines through and it lovely.

Wouldn't be a drinker of Hop House 13, but something I've learned the hard way with Murphys and Beamish, is in the more touristy pubs where they neither pint would be as popular as Guinness, they leave a horrible aftertaste.

If it's not selling as much as the Buds and Heinekens, I wonder if the servicing of the taps is less frequent and the kegs going a bit stale. (if that's even possible)

I now tend to stick to the very bland, but reliable pint of Guinness if it's a more touristy pub.

kooga

just grab a few cans of that new rockshore lager - had a pint of it on Tuesday night in the briar rose - reminded me of harp

killanena

Can confirm that they are sold in my local fine wines, just picked up an 8 pack for €9. I've never drank it before but my uncle drinks it religiously on tap in his local so I'm curious to see what its like.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

I've drank many many different beers and none as bad as what comes out of a can of Harp.

the beer revolu

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I've drank many many different beers and none as bad as what comes out of a can of Harp.

I bet a blind tasting might give interesting results.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

the beer revolu wrote: »

I bet a blind tasting might give interesting results.

I bet it doesn't. It smells like mould.

the beer revolu

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I bet it doesn't. It smells like mould.

Unless you do it, we'll never know.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

I always pick up a new beer when I'm in the offie. I've tried hundreds over the years and Harp remains the only one that was undrinkable. Granted I've only ever had it from a can, but still it was awful.

Think I'll have to pick up 6 Harp over the weekend and give em a whirl