Harbin Beer

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Pour is a bright yelow with a small white head. Aroma is corny and bready. At least no skunk in mine. Flavor is spritzy and light. Pretty bland and boring.

Very pale yelollow color, noe head. very sweet nose. Sweet corn taste. Come on - what else do I have to write about it to fullfill the character limit- geeze

Can. The flavor is fine. A bit hoppy and slightly fruity. Had this at a Circle K in Hong Kong. It said this was the oldest brewery in China.

Tasted 3/13/08. 20oz bottle. Filtered with a deep golden hue. Grainy bready nose. Light to medium bodied and grainy. Slightly sweet aromas. Grainy and tart. Mild skunk and effervescence. Still moderate.

Didn’t pour as pale as expected, approaching a true gold, a touch of yellow, definitely not straw colored. Fast fizzy head though. Slightly skunked, green bottle. If else, a touch of grass in the nose. The flavor not quite lightstruck, but there was a little sulfury kind of astringency there. Deeper into it, I could notice that the malts weren’t going to come out and play, but they were definitely in the background, providing enough of a mouthfeel to make this start working. Finishing hops also mild, but apparent as a slight spicy grass note. Very clean, and smooth. All flavor elements only slightly above threshold, but given no flaws except for the green bottle, and a delicate balance between those elements, this beer manages to climb just a notch above most mega-lagers. Further, its probably the best Chinese lager I’ve stumbled across so far.

Bottle shared by Tmoney99. Pours a slightly hazy pale golden color with an averaged sized white head. Aromas of grains, corn, grassy with a touch of sweetness. Tastes of some malty sweetness, corn and grainy. There was the slightest sake characteristic. Thin body. Worth a try once.

Clear golden pour with lots of head. Not a lot of flavor. No real finish, not much of anything.

Clear pale gold-yellow with a thin wispy white head. Sweet fruit and skunk grain aroma. Taste is crisp grain and sweet apple with corn. A bitter funky finish, thin body, high carbonation.