Tsingtao

Brewed by Tsingtao Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Qinqdao, China

While on vacation in China I had this beer with meals several times, in the large bottle format. In the United States, an average to below-average beer, but in China, which I have based my rating on, it was quite good and rich. The beer had a full gold color and a moderate white head, with fizzy carbonation. The aroma was hop-controlled and predominantly floral and herbal. An almost-medium-bodied beer with a good, bitter flavor. Definitely a beer that I would look forward to trying again if in China.

Pours a golden yellow with a sweet, corny aroma. It tastes of sweet, corny malt and slightly bitter hops with an overall sweet characteristics. This isn’t my favourite, but it’s a good beer nonetheless.

If you like German pilsner’s, this isn’t a bad try. To me it tasted exactly like Warsteiner. Not as bad as I expected and definitely drinkable, it’s just sort of weird that most of the Asian countries have adopted German pilsners as their representative beers.

Clear golden blond coloured beer with small white head and medium carbonation. Sweet (nuts) aroma. Full slightly creamy palate. Finish is first little bitter later you taste walnuts. Quite longer finish. Special one, I appreciated it very much. Keep the nuts coming.

Probably the best option for a lager, when one goes to the local Chinese restaurant. Pale in colour and quite ricey - I wouldn’t drink this in the pub as is by no means a session beer; however, tastes good when one is tucking into a spicy Szechuan labrador and a sweet and sour viper! As the late Bruce Forsyth was wont of saying: "The rice is right!"

12 oz bottle from Bull Run. This beer has a nice aroma and smooth taste, not much there, but easy to drink.

Color is a pale to clear yellow with a small white head, some very small tight lacing. Smell is faintly sweet and some grain as in bread thats soft in the back. Taste is clean and sweet with a grainy backing thats lightly bread-like and finishes with a small bitter hop bit that drys slightly. Feel is light, crisp, and clean with a sweetning thats light and finishes slightly dry and bitter from hop. This was very refreshing to have with my mildly spicey thai food. Would settle for this over many other Asian imports.

12 oz bottle—1st 6 pack I got was an outdated batch, which I didn’t notice till I was having the 1st beer from it and not enjoying it too much. The first one fit a number of descriptions I’ve read on this beer, like-skunky, not much different than the US macros, shipping conditions that the beer was subjected to, etc.. The store was kind enough to do a swap for a different 6 pack with a more recent bottling date. So, that’s the 6 pack I will rate as there was a big difference between the 2. Pours a mild yellow, pale golden color, white head that is quite high, reduced to about 1/2 “ and held for much of that beers existence. Aroma is light and citrusy, lime possibly? Along with a sweetness, possibly corn. Carbonation and taste are good, an enjoyable beer.