3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle.Very kindly bought back from Hong Kong by my son Adam and his girlfriend Sam. Clear and bronze with a small head. Dry at first with a gentle sweet finnish. Medium body, well balanced and easy to drink.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tried at a super upscale drinkery on the top of one of those Hong Kong Towers, poured quite chilled. Nice aroma of fruitiness on the nose, and malty sweetness. Charming orange-bright brown body with no head, even when poured by an expert waitress - thusly it should be poured headless, one would assume. Taste is a pleasant mix of sweet malts with some fruity touches. Okay mouthfeel. This is a decent beer, worth seeking out if you’re in the city.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
UPDATED: FEB 10, 2012 Bottle in HK with Galligan. Fuller amber colour than usual for Chinese beer, some hops in the aroma, body is reasonably crisp with a decent if brief bitter finish. Nothing special but a lot better than most beers out this way.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Small white head. Yellow body. Fruity grassy aroma with citric oily notes. Dry-sweet grassy oily smoky (WTF?) taste with fruity notes. Mid-bodied. Faintly harsh mouthfeel. Dry grassy fruity smoky aftertaste with plastic notes. Not really a success. Weird. (0.33l bottle shared by hcalsos.)
2.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Super clear golden coloured body with a thinnish white head that leaves a pretty ugly lace on the side of the glass. Aroma of nice fresh malt, lemons, a touch of low a.a. hops, some raisins and a hint of coriander seed. Light-bodied; Sharp assertive hoppy taste up front with a mellow maltiness and a deep pungent grassy and barnyard flavour soon afterwards with a grassy bite at the end. Afterwards fairly bitter on the palate with the grass and bitter caramel coming through. Overall, a pretty bad beer, but when there aren’t many alternatives, this one was neat to try. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased at City/Super! Supermarket in the best city in the world: Hong Kong (off the Causeway Bay MTR stop), China on 26-August-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 21-January-2010.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle and draft @ brewpub. Clear warm gold, effervescent but little head retention. Really nice clean aroma of herbal hop, dry. Pils-like character here with a crisp dry finish. Leafy, with a good hoppy finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Golden and sparkly. Fairly malty aroma with some fresh grain notes. The nasal hops are light, fruity and spicy. Fairly spicy palate, but fades into biscuity malts.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle @ the Inn Side Out - Hong Kong. Right away I was surprised how much more backbone this brew has compared to the piss poor local offerings. Doughy malts coupled with grassy hops. Finished bitter, a nice brew.
1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Bottle in HK (orange and blue label). I must have had a skunked bottle or something. This was dreadful: artificial grain alcohol taste with corn, rice, and a chemical-like bite. Very bad.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle in Hong Kong, from department store. Quite nicely hoppy and malty as for lager, not to strong though. Little bit sweet, not splendid, but refreshing and drinkable.
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