Tsingtao

Brewed by Tsingtao Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Qinqdao, China

Serve in Lager glass

I was gonna wait ti I went to a Chinese restaurant, but it was on sale. As far as generic country lagers go, this is definitely at or near the top of my list. Good slightly warm too, great for what it is.

Pretty much a typical light lager, crisp and clean with a medium hoppy bite. Went well with my General Tso’s chicken.

Bottle. Horrible pissy light-yellow appearance a poor first impression. Things get better with a tempting hop/grain aroma and vague lemon ice cream. Smooth, clean palate features perfect carbonation for this beer style. Light flavoured, though not distasteful with some hops and a creamy light-malt finish. Not bad for a cookie-cutter macro lager.

A descent beer. Its got some hops which certainly helps out a flavor. Would most definitly take this over any of the cheaper american macros. Very refreshing and wouldnt complain drinkin this when offered.

Bottle at New World dim sum restaurant, Chinatown, London. Golden coloured pour with virtually no head. Not much aroma to speak of. Tastes slightly hoppy and actually went quite well with the sublime dim sum that I was eating. Not my choice of beer but it was OK for a meal with friends.

It tastes like a good, non-skunky Henieken. Which dispite what many on here say, I think is pretty tasty. Definitly has a little drier of a taste/mouthfeel, but that is expected from a beer coming from Asia I think.

Medium white head. Paleish yellow body. Light oily grassy papery aroma with toffee notes. Dryish papery mealy strawy grassy taste with toffee notes. Light body. Mild, smoothish mouthfeel. Dryish papery grassy aftertaste. Fairly clean, although bad off-flavours settle in the mouth after a while. Bloody hell! They actually put hops in this. Could be a lot worse. (0.33l bottle, Meny Grønland, Oslo.)

Bottle. Pours a clear flat light gold with a huge diminishing white head. Tsingtao is another lager that falls victim to the dreaded green bottle. Because of said bottle it is no surprise to discover that the aroma is primarily skunky. Once I got past the skunkyness it smelt kind of sweet with some yeast and grain. After the dissapointing appearance and aroma the flavour was a nice surprise, it was nowhere as bad as I thought it would be, especially after reading some of the (overly) harsh reviews of it here. Sweet with a touch of hops and caramel, it goes down easy and is quite enjoyable. I’m surprised to say that I would actually get this again.