Harbin Beer

Brewed by Harbin Beer Company (Anheuser-Busch)
Style: Pale Lager
Harbin, China

12oz green bottle: Standard gold pour with a sizeable white head that settles, but never leaves. Grassy nose that displays all the classic signs of green bottle lager. I’ve actually come to except this fact and compared to other green bottle beers, this one isn’t half bad. The grassiness is at least defined and somewhat clean, with a soft buttery caramel malt in the background. The body starts watery, but fills out on the tongue towards the finish. A nice toffee and honey mixture adds a moderate dose of sweetness while the grassy hops add a soft bite on the back end. Comparing apples to apples, or pale lagers to pale lagers, this is actual one of the better ones I have had.

Bottle, Market Street in McKinney, TX. Pours a straw yellow with minimal head retention. Aroma of slight malt with slight citris. Flavor is the same. High carbonation with light mouth feel......It’s not a bad beer, this is the way I would want our Macro’s to taste like for $5.60 a six pack.

Basic lager yellow with initially large frothy head that turn into a very thin covering. Large champagne-like bubble rise from the depths. Nose of grain, lemon and grassy hops. Flavor was crisp light hops, grains and mild tartness. Rich carbonation made this even lighter. Really pretty nice lawnmower beer.

Bottle. Pours yellow with a white head. Aroma is clean malt and light hops. Light body. Flavor has grain, grass, and light hops. I’m not gonna lie I was expecting this to be awful, but it wasn’t that bad.

600 ml tissue wrapped bottle from Country Club Liquors; Nose of caramel and very light grassy hops; medium dark gold with a medium white head; flavor is lagerish grainy, but has some caramel and a light bitter note; I could drink this again, no skunkiness; must have got a fresh one!

smell was hoppy. appearance was clear gold, clean looking. Flavor tasted like a heineken or a becks. Mouthfeel was crisp. Nothing special, I wasnt really impressed.

A light golden beer, pours with a lot of dirty white foam. Nice hoppy aroma with a little malt. Hardly any bubbling. Flavor is of rice malt, and is slightly bitter. It’s just a little sweet but not too much. Watery mouthfeel, but decent bite. An ok beer.

600ml Bottle - The Liquor Collection - Honolulu, Hawaii
Aroma – Smelled skunked from the time it was open until it was drank. Very stale and light struck.
Appearance – Light golden yellow color, decent fluffy head and clear.
Flavor – A typical over brewed malt beer with very little flavor and very skunked in the flavor also.
Palate – Slick pale Mouthfeel, some texture with a bland dry finish.
Overall – Had to try it so I can add it to I have tried them all list. It was pretty nasty actually a very poor beer in my humble opinion.