Asia Days: Tsingtao

Tsingtao
330ml
4,7%



Second day of my 2 Asia Days. Today the brew from Chinas second alrgest brewery, originally found in 1903 by German settlers.. yes we are everywhere. Some fun facts from Wikipedia about the brewery here.
I think that the Ratebeer entry must be even worse than the one from yesterday... but oh the things I do for you readers in this wild wide world.

In contrast to the brew yesterday, this also was made out if rice so it wouldn't pass the purity law. It pours with almost no foam and is of a yellow gold filtered color.

The aroma is bitter and not super pleasant. I can find traces of apple in it and it reminds me more of cider than of beer when it comes to the smell. Rather weird indeed. Also some soapy elements in it. Not much like beer, no.

Decent carbonation, maybe a bit too much. It's relatively bitter but not unpleasantly so. The bitterness persists in the aftertaste as well, though not as intense as from eg. an IPA.

It is a tad bit watery, though definitely better than the brew from yesterday. I would actually say that this is a decent thirst quencher when it is hot outside. It is nothing super duper extraordinaire, alas I also don't find anything bad with it so it's a nice generic drinkable beer.


Prost!

DMW