Tsingtao

Brewed by Tsingtao Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Qinqdao, China

Serve in Lager glass

Bottled in Chinese restaurant “Jade” in Munich. Yellow with big white head. Bit bitter of hops but not unpleasant. It went well with roasted duck. Worth trying.

UPDATED: JAN 27, 2009 Bottle in frosty glass, at Chinese restaurant. Straw colored, and poured so exactingly by the waiter as to leave no head (I seem to recall medium-sized head when I poured as normal). Typical skunky lager aroma dissipates quickly into barely-there floral scent. Taste initially nuts and hop, then malt, with nuts winning out, but not much to either side. Slight sweet aftertaste. Doesn’t have the "there’s a headache coming" taste that American lagers have, but that may be due to no teenage-years overexposure to this beer. I swear I can taste rice in the bottom. OK beer; just now learning at 45 I’m not a light lager fan.

Christmas gift from Cissy. Thanks. Hadn’t rated this one. Clear gold pour with a thin white head that leaves a ring. Asian lager taste except for thin and bland. Not totally offensive, but not great.

Pours a light golden color with a very thin head that doesn’t stay for the after party smells light and sweet, decent sweet malt profile, with a tinge of something in the finish that is slightly unpleasent but I cant quite define it. A simple refreshing beer, but nothing out of this world really.

Bottle. Looking at the list if ingredients, I should have hated this. However, I have drank much worse. Pale gold with a decent white head that left moderate lacing. Aroma of sweet malt and rice with a whiff of hops. Flavour was a tad sweet with a vaguely hoppy finish. Inoffensive.

Light beer that reminds a little bit of Heineken. Refreshing but not really tasty. Almost like a lighty-alcoolic Perrier water.

UPDATED: OCT 30, 2009 Pours pale clear yellow, Large medium-dense white foam head. Just a little bubbling. Aroma is good a skunky at first like a nice pilsenser, but then closer inspection reveals sharp corn malt to the nose. Tastes like sweet sugar water with trace amounts of malt and hops mixed in maybe somewhere, but hard to detect.. Palate is a little tingly. Finish is a little harsh. Tastes much better in shenzhen.

bottle from Citymarket Sello (nice selection by the way) Golden with white head. sweet honey. exactly light but tasty like a mediterranean beer. (almaza for example)