Yanjing 11º Premium

Brewed by Beijing Yanjing Brewery Co.
Style: Pale Lager
Beijing, China

Faint smell of corn, pale yellow, pours large white short lived head. Taste has a trace of corn syrup. Thin. What the heck was this?

Bottle. pale yellow body. Aroma and flavor is just lite citrus and a touch of grass. Watery and no bitterness.

Yellow with white fizz head that no longer exists. Skunk aroma of yuks. Sweet flavour of bar towel very yuk. Body of water.

Smelt a bit skunky, poured pale gold with almost no head. Watery taste, no malt, clean dry finish.

Bottle from the LCBO. The appearance is the first clue that this is not going to be a pleasant drinking experience, as it pours a pale and lifeless pale gold with a small white head that disappears almost instantly. The aroma has all of the hallmarks of a cheaply made industrial brewed beer: wet grain, cooked vegetables, cardboard, burnt plastic, and a harsh alcohol note that is better suited to an 8% malt liquor than a 4.5% pale lager. The flavour is mercifully mild at first, but quickly turns into an unpleasant melange of stale-tasting malt, over-cooked and slightly rotten veggies, and hints of metal and plastic. Ugh!

330 mL green bottle. Crystal clear yellow-gold with no head. Mild aroma has a hint of European hops, but it’s mostly rice (corn?). The initial flavour is bubbles, and that is followed up by what I guess must be rice sugar, and rounded out with cardboard. Highly carbonated. Not good.

330 ml bottle from LCBO, served cold in a tulip glass.

App.: Medium golden with a smallish white head. Aroma: A bit of grassy, slightly peppery hops, plenty of grain and cereal behind that and maybe a touch of corn. Palate: Medium carbonation and medium-light body. Flav.: A small hit of the grassy hops then cereal/grain; dry with basically no aftertaste or bitterness.

Not exciting but inoffensive. Hopefully rated under the correct product...

LCBO six pack bottle purchase- This pale lager poured a sparkling gold, and was topped with a loud and fizzy white cap that faded to a small ring. The aromas were not appealing at all. Quite metallic and of rotten vegetables with creamed corn and grains. The taste reminded me of coors light, but with added rotten vegetable sweetness and grains. Quick, abrupt, corn finish leaves me wondering why this is sold at all? Even for a pale lager, this is bad. The worst of the new beers available at the LCBO.