Tsingtao

Brewed by Tsingtao Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Qinqdao, China

The archetypal lager color a bright gold, typical head modest and bright white, frothy in texture, the lace thin. Nose is quintessential lager malt and crisp, start is sweet, top is cadaverous. Finish is moderate in carbonation, hops apropos to the style, not a very good beer by any countries standards, but they sell a hell of a lot of it.

Roast grain and slightly skunked aroma. Medium gold and fair head, fading to a border lace. Bready, sweet, grainy. Above average pilsener. I was ready to savage this beer, but was pleasantly surprised. Very German/Czech tasting, though lightly hopped.

Bottle. Pretty average, bland, slightly ricey. Decently drinkable and unoffensive.

I sometimes drink this beer at my local Dim Sum pusher! It is a very light pilsener but it has some kind of interesting crispy feeling to it (almost like Champagne....). Very thin and watery with very little flavor.

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.

Clear pale golden color with a thin frothy white head. Sweet aroma with some light sour hints. Very smooth flavor of light malts.

[829-20071108] 330mL. Aroma has a bit of metallic plasticky fish, a bit of straw, and a bit of sweet honey in the background. Clear, dark yellow body with a quick bubbly white head. Flavour has a sweet hint of light honey straw malt. Light-medium body has a little astringency. Would go well with seafood; nice sweet finish makes up for the smell... almost. (I like how they kept the old spelling for the beer name even though its namesake city had to change with the new conventions.)

Appearance: Pours out a brilliant, light yellow body with a frothed, white head. Smell: Initial skunk whiff. Let me do the Jumble and I’ll be right back. Alright, now that that’s blown away, we can get some faint maltiness, cereal sweetness, and a light touch of plain floral hops. Taste: Faint maltiness with some standard cereal sweetness. Very mild floral hops with just a minimal, though growing amount of bitterness. Finishes dry and clean with a dainty crispness. Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Just another forgettable, faceless lager from China that makes me really wish I had some Chinese grub to pair with it. Mongolian Chicken, Pork Lo Mein, Moo Goo Gai Pan -- bring it on. Heck, I’ll even go for Broccoli Beef!