Harbin Beer

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

Cool bottle. Clear yellow, moderate head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is grain, rice, a hint of hops with an unnatural kick. Light bodied, moderate to low sweetness, watery, etc.

Very fancy packaging! Pours a clear bright gold with a generous frothy white head leaving some early lace. Leafy, herby, skunky hop aroma. Clean grainy palate, lightly hopped, clean dry finish. I actually really enjoyed this.

Bottle. Pale yellow beer with a thin frothy white head. Nose is biscuity malts, with a touch of sourness that isn’t particularly pleasant. Very mild flavor, light touch of pilsener malts. Not as bad as some macro pale lagers.

From 11.2 oz bottle into my trusty pint glass- poured transparent thin golden yellow, slowly dissolving head. Aroma of yeast and malts. Hits the mouth with a thin watery body, clean and collapseable finish. Not the greatest drinking beer, but it’s light years ahead of tsingtao.

The beer pours a luminous gold color, the head average and a creamy white, as it quickly settles, the lace forms a thin coating upon the glass, nose is all malt, lightly sweet and crisp, start has a fair malt profile with the top light to moderate in feel. Finish has a customary acidity, the hops barely there, dry aftertaste, drinkable but just barely.

The most remarkable aspect of this beer is the crystal clear yellow color. The taste is clean and crisp but lacks flavor. There is no observable head

600ml bottle. Interesting packaging. It had me thinking someone put Sake in the beer section. Pours a pale yellow with a decently fluffy white head. This beer has a light, grassy aroma with a bit of yeast. Upon tasting, this brew isn’t all that bad. It has a fairly clean, grainy, rice flavor with a touch of grass(green bottle.) If the beer warms, you can see a bit of malt - almost like a light corn syrup flavor. As the beer sits in a pint, it seems to go flat pronto. All in all, an average but drinkable brew.

600ml bottle. Interesting packing. Botle labeled 20070601. Poured a medium and clear golden color with an averaged sized white head. Aromas of grains, corn, and a light grassiness. Tastes of some malty sweetness, corn and grainy. Thin body.