Adored since 1959, it’s the powerful surge and settle that gives GUINNESS® Draught beer its uniqueness. Lovingly poured around the world, GUINNESS® Draught is one of best-selling imported beers in the USA.
A unique mix of nitrogen and carbon dioxide helps create GUINNESS® Draught’s liquid swirl that tumbles, surges and gradually separates into a black body and smooth creamy head.
The rise and fall of our bubbles has perplexed PhD physicists. But all you need to focus on is the taste. With an initial malt and caramel flavour, GUINNESS® Draught finishes with a dry roasted bitterness. Enjoy.
Six Degrees of Preparation
GUINNESS® Draught is best served at 6°C (that’s 42.8°F), with the legendary two-part pour. First, tilt the glass to 45 degrees and carefully pour until three quarters full. Then place the glass on the bar counter and leave to settle. Once the surge has settled, fill the glass to the brim. It takes about 119.5 seconds to pour the perfect pint. But don’t fret. It’s worth the wait.
Harp
Brewing in Ireland has a long history, and by the beginning of the nineteeenth century there were over two hundred breweries in the country, fifty-five of them in Dublin. During the nineteenth century the number of breweries fell to about fifty, and to day only about 12.
The first lager brewery in Ireland was set up in Darty in Dublin in 1891, but did not survive very long. Lager was later brewed for a short period in Kells, in the Regal Brewery.
In 1959 the consumpution of lager in Ireland and United Kingdom was five times greater than the 1950's figure, and the potential of brewing and marketing lager with a traditional continental character in these islands was realised. In 1959, Harp Lager Brewery (Ireland) Limited acquired the Great Northern Brewery which had been established in Dundalk as an ale and stout brewery in 1897.
Dr. Herman Muendar, a distinguished German "Braumeister" was chosen to manage the new venture. He was eminently suited to the task, having gained considerable experience supervising and directing the re-building of war damaged breweries in the Ruhr area of Germany. And so Harp Lager was born, with the Brian Boru Harp as it emblem.
It was early 1960 that brewing got under way, and by June 1960 the first bottle appeared on sale in Ireland. Today Harp brews a draught lager and, also sells in bottles & cans. There is Harp Export Lager which is a little bit stronger than normal Harp and Gold Harp
Harp is marketed by Guinness all over the world.
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