Tsingtao

Brewed by Tsingtao Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Qinqdao, China

Serve in Lager glass

UPDATED: JUN 12, 2008 Bottled, sampled in Restaurant Asia, Zagreb
Golden with mostly vanishing head. Sweet corn/rice aroma. Medium-bodied, crisp, sweetish. Some grassy hops in malt-corn base.(3/2/4/2/7 1.8)
Re-rated, bottled, alc. 4.7 % (bottled 10/2007)
Golden color, creamy white head. Skunky sweet corn aroma, which is not nice. Paperboadish, quite sweet corn/rice flavor. Quickly vanishing flavor. Yes, Chinese Bud. (2/2/2/2/6 1.4)

Carbonated, clear straw body topped by quickly dissipating off-white head. Aroma is light skunk on the pour, but turns grassy with some grainy. Taste is mild -- medium sweet, grassy and grainy. FInishes with some dryness and minimal bitterness. Grainy and faintly grassy burp. Mild acidity in a light-medium body. Not bad, but its strength is its inoffensiveness.

UPDATED: JUN 30, 2008 Bottle. Light golden with white head. Some malt in aroma and taste, but generally very light. A little citric aftertaste. (050923)

12 oz bottle—1st 6 pack I got was an outdated batch, which I didn’t notice till I was having the 1st beer from it and not enjoying it too much. The first one fit a number of descriptions I’ve read on this beer, like-skunky, not much different than the US macros, shipping conditions that the beer was subjected to, etc.. The store was kind enough to do a swap for a different 6 pack with a more recent bottling date. So, that’s the 6 pack I will rate as there was a big difference between the 2. Pours a mild yellow, pale golden color, white head that is quite high, reduced to about 1/2 “ and held for much of that beers existence. Aroma is light and citrusy, lime possibly? Along with a sweetness, possibly corn. Carbonation and taste are good, an enjoyable beer.

Bottle. Yellow colour with a short bubbly white head. Aroma of grains and slight bit of malt. Flavour is waterish, grainy with hints of malt, dry thin finish. Very simple beer.

Can at Hong Kong airport 7:30 lokal time (25HK$) - we are waiting for the last plane -> going to Hanoi. Clear yellow - white head. Straw, high sweetness, fruity, light malty. Ok refreshing and thats it !!

Very pale and not particularly sweet. Quite watery but with som hoppiness to the aftertaste. Great for curries, but not much else

Yellow with litle head. Minimum malt flavour and a crisp, clean, practically non-existant flavour. It serves a purpose and it does work with spicy foods...