Yanjing 11º Premium

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

(Bottled) Paleish golden with a small head. Very grassy aroma with rice-lemony maltiness and surprisingly also some alcohol. Quite malty, rice-corny, sweetish and fruity-lemony flavor with mild acidity and low bitterness. Not that light-bodied, smooth, but quite carbonated palate. Not that bad for a Chinese pale lager - it even has some flavor and body.

330ml bottle.
Golden yellow with small fading white head. Sweet grassy earth skunk aroma. Grass, hay and slight sour hops. Average average average.

Bottled(330ml). –Green bottle. Pours a pale yellow colour with big airy white head that lasts about four seconds. Weak malty and hoppy aroma with obvious rice presence. Salty finish.

Blah...I knew this was going to be bad but I had to try it. Pour was an unusually light gold with a 2 finger white head. Aroma of skunk and seltzer (a winning combination). Very thin and watery mouthfeel with not much taste. I feel sorry for the Chinese if this is their "Official State Beer". Blah.

600 ml bottle. Bright golden colour. Head falls down immediately. Crystal clear. Nice golden colour. Sharp maltiness and very sugary aroma. Very thin body with a little malt that lasts only a second before cidery sugars set in. Very neutral hops and a really clean bitterness. Awful industrial produce.

Bottle from chinese supermarket. Aroma has cardboard an ink, pale lager malts and a small acidic hint. Taste is up front a sweetish biscuit malt with some hints of tea, however the cardboard/ink combo taks over again and get in the way.

Bottle. Clear, golden colour, fast disappearing head. Artificially sweet aroma. Quite sweet flavour, bitterness is absent. Drinkable as an alternative to water.

Medium very coarse white head quickly disappears entirely. Copper body with carbonation. Watery caramel, burnt rubber and sugary caramel aroma. Bitter watery sugary artificial chemical taste. Empty papery aftertaste. Not good. (0.66l bottle.)