Harnas - just right! (Harnas)

Member Name: dangaroo

Product:	Harnas
Date:	13/05/08 (40 review reads)
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Advantages: That infamous mountain water!

Disadvantages: Sold out to the Danes, ruddy vikings!

I'm finishing a bottle of Harnas, right now as I type and although I had my opinions on the canned version, I thought that I'd review it after drinking a bottled one too. The Harnas adverts always represent hard working farmers in the mountains in the olden times who need to refresh themselves with a Harnas, they're also keen to point out that Harnas is as fresh as mountain rivers! With a blue design, this emphasises the case further.

So now on to the beer.. at 6%, it should feel strong but it seems rather light..must be that mountain water! It's a darkish colour with a medium sized head (well depending how you pour it), which goes away fairly rapidly, in particularly when being drunk by me!

Containing no chemicals just hops, barley, mountain spring water and brewed in a traditional way (whatever that means!), it's bound to be full of folic acid and rather healthy (well more or less!) It's also got quite a high extract percentage of 12.1% but not a particularly strong taste. Although it's still 6% and will get you drunk faster than a 4% beer! The canned variety is no where near as good, the tin taste rubs off on it a bit in my opinion, although they do often have promotions with free packets of peanuts!

Harnas is a good tasting lager with low carbonation and a refreshing taste, not fruity, not bitter, just right!

Having been bought by Carslberg, they are often criticised by true Polish beer lovers for selling out like Tyskie, Zywiec, Lech and so on but that's the way the world works these days, one big company!

All in all I recommend Harnas. I'm not sure what the availability is like in the UK, it can be ordered online at alibaba and I'm sure it must be available at some of the Polish pubs and shops.

Summary: If you feel like hiking in the mountains but live in East Anglia.. just have one of these!