Yanjing Alcoholfree

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

I like Yanjing (both the blue and white labels - slightly differnt alcohol contents) from time in China, so was delighted to find Yanjing alcohol free along Spadia street in Toronto. It is pretty good alcohol reduced "beer" - fresh and crisp, without the real 'something has gone terribly wrong' taste common with many of the North American produced alcohol free beers. I keep a six pack of Yanjing alcohol free beer in the fridge now for a cold, fresh beer taste when I have to drive, or can't have the alcohol that comes with a regular beer.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

Dear god what was I thinking?!?!? I found this single bottle hiding behind several cases of kiwi coolers and I think the bottle left a circular dust ring on the shelf when I picked it up. Just staring at the unopened bottle is sucking out my will to live. Standard gold looking lager with a thin film floating on top. Dark malty crap aroma with dry dog food elements thrown in. Taste is sweet and light. Very mild skunk, lemon, grass, and a whole smattering of different fake flavors I can’t put my finger on. Used coffee grounds just made their way in to the taste somehow. Mouth feel is light and crisp and I guess that’s what you’re looking for in this style. Smell is staring to get worse and the taste is turning ungodly sweet…..Moldy corn possibly? This beer = unenjoyment I fear what this will do to my toilet in a few hours.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 2 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 2

Er... thanks Brad. I will either follow this up with a really fine brew or a shotgun... haven't decided yet. Hahaha! Worst bottle in the history of beer. I will fill it with my cats vomit and then snap the picture for all to see. If I'm reading this non English back label properly it is supposed to be served between +5C and +25C - yea, you F degree people - I think that range is 40F to 85F. Oh! The expiry date just happens to 2006/05/03 and we just opened it after buying it - oh, and if you think this poison would taste any better fresh I can safely assume that you couldn't be more wrong... God help us all
Poured out a beer. Gold, some floaties, pathetic skim. Aroma is just brutal. It was ok until I took a deep breath. Now I'm considering just taking one last breath and hucking myself off a cliff. The odor is just unbelievably bad. It started with crappy apples but now now its possibly dog food or stale peanut shells or the decaying liquified innards of some little rodent that was steamrolled by a Ford F150 that was carrying dead little rodents. The taste is kinda sweet with apples but not in the way that a shit pale ale tastes. If I even take one more whiff I may have to lop off my nose with a wood chipper.