Tsingtao

Brewed by Tsingtao Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Qinqdao, China

Serve in Lager glass

UPDATED: AUG 7, 2003 This beer was a little too malty for my taste, almost a warm buttery taste at first, followed by a heineken-esque flavor. I had this while eating chinese food and it went very well with the meal. Has a very cloudy pale look while being poured with almost no head at all. Nothing about this beer really screams drink me.

Didn’t expect much, but have been hitting some of these asian swills lately. Bottle opened with a strong skunk smell. Color was pretty light, yellow with a very slight off orange tint. Huge head merley from the artificial carbonation and it subsided just like a soda (some lacing throughout, though). Mouthfeel was decent for a swill and the flavor was corn malty with a mild (pleasant) hop finish that would be typical of a weak Pilsner. Wasn’t a great beer, but I’ve had worse.

Bottle at Yan’s Wok. Yellow with a white head, quickly gone.Aroma moderate malty (rice). Flavor moderate sweet. Light body, watery, soft carbonated. Doesn’t harm anyone!

It tasted old, and had no desirable qualities.

I've had this on tap in Hong Kong, very refreshing beer there. This was perhaps the best bottle I've ever consumed in the states. Very light pilsener coloration, a bit fizzy. Floral nose. Floral hops also dominate the flavor. Rather nice, really, and very refreshing. Not a complex beer, but enjoyable. Very prone to skunking horribly though.

33 cl bottle 4.5%. No yeast at the bottom. Light golden clear colour with a weak head. Aroma of rice, grain, malt and some hops. Flavour of rice, malt and hops very light but drinkable for a lager.

UPDATED: FEB 7, 2004 The archetypal lager color a bright gold, typical head modest and bright white, frothy in texture, the lace thin. Nose is quintessential lager malt and crisp, start is sweet, top is cadaverous. Finish is moderate in carbonation, hops apropos to the style, not a very good beer by any countries standards, but they sell a hell of a lot of it.

An ordinary blonde color with the faint corn/rice--beer aroma of mass produced, peroxided beers. Easy, clean flavor. While this beer does nothing to test the palate, it is palatable.