Yanjing Dark

Brewed by Beijing Yanjing Brewery Co.
Style: Schwarzbier
Beijing, China

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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7th April 2012
ChrisOs Easter Tasting. Clear dark amber beer, tiny little pale tan head. Light dry crisp palate. Molasses and minerals. That’s about all! Drinkable by the skin of it’s teeth.

Can at Chriso’s Easter tasting 2012, given to me by a friend. It pours deep amber, with a thick beige head. The nose is cardboard, sweet caramel and toffee. The taste is molasses, chocolate, caramel, cardboard and a hint of roasted malt, with a dry finish. A bit dull.

Can at Chriso Easter Tasting 2012. Clear ruby colour. Lasting beige head. Its alright dullish sweetish dark beer. Poor.

Bottle at chrisOs... dark brown ... thin thin lacing ... soft sweet ark sugers ...toffee nose ... lager grassy backbone ... softoffee malt

Erste Überraschung: Der Schaum hält länger als 10 Sekunden. Zweite Überraschung: Das Bier schmeckt nicht ausschließlich nach Wasser. Man merkt tatsächlich, das dies ein Schwarzbier sein soll! Die röstmalzere, zum Ende hin kaffeeartige Note ist für ein chinesiches Bier recht stark und bleibt auch noch länger im Mund. Auch wenn dies für ein deutsches Schwarzbier recht kümmerlich wäre, für chinesiches Bier sit dies eine Höchstleistung. Test vom 20.11.2006, Gebinde: Dose Noten: 7,6,7,11,12,7

Can ABV 4,3 % Dark brown colour with a beige head. Flavour is caramel, roasted malt, hint of hop, metallic, butterscotsch. Medium body. OK beer.

Can. A bitch to find this one, as the can says it’s at 4.3% ABV or more! It pours a clear, dark brown body under a rapidly diminishing beige head. Cold coffee, dried dark fruits, roasted malts and a hint of chocolate on the nose. Medium body and a a coffee-bitter, roasted finish with a sort of pleasant butter-cream touch. The initial flavor is pretty much like the aroma, with coffee, roasted malts and a little butter. A very decent Chinese beer. Not very good, but sure drinkable. 100423

Dark pour with some head that dissipated quickly. Cola colored with deep earthy flavors with a touch of hops and citrus in the after taste. I enjoyed it and wished it hadn’t been the only one in the selection.

Near black colored with red hints. Roasted and sweet aroma, surprisingly rich. Thin to medium bodied. Flavor is also roasted in start, aftertaste turns to biting and citric, not that good one.

UPDATED: OCT 11, 2007 the head doesn’t retain too well, nor leave much in the way of lacing, but i don’t have a "real" beer glass here, so not exactly the best judge of that. color is a dark cola-like brown, transluscent with amber hue. aroma is more burnt grain and medicinal than anything else. taste follows suit, slightly burnt malt, with a caramel sweetness that for some reason just makes it taste like medicine again... mild bitterness, not much freshness in the hop profile. mouthfeel is sharp and fizzy, not entirely pleasing. drinkable if you’re looking for some variety in china, but my advice is to just stay with the regular yanjing offerings if you have a choice.