Yanjing Beer

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

Like a lot of stuff from China, one has to wonder whether this beer is a Bud/Miller/Coors knockoff because it’s really bad. The beer is a very light gold in colour with little to no head. Lots of adjuncts in the aroma and the flavour make Yanjing a very bad beer.

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

Very faint aromas of metallic grain, standard yellow body, thin soapy head that leaves a spot of lace here and there. Flavor is bland, some grains, grass perhaps. Overall not much going on here.

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

Noticed this on the menu at the local Chinese food restaurant. Skunked a bit from the green glass. Standard distinctionless corn/grass yellow beer. No need to ever try one of these again.

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

I came, I tasted, I left. A clear, yellow colored beer. A small, soapy textured, white head rises briefly above. Settles into a medium ringlet. The smell is metallic, corn and lemon. The tasting sweet lemon fruit and grains. Light bodied, there's smoothness in this surprisingly refreshing beer.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

330ml bottle -

Suprised to find this on the menu at a local Chinese restaurant. The only thing they'd ever served was Tsingtao, and I do think that this one was just a step up from Tsingtao. Standard piss yellow body with a foamy 2" airy cap, with really quick soda-pop like dissipation. Aroma is a "blink and you'll miss it" kinda of aroma. Really light hay, touch skunky and bready. Flavor is light, quick, with just a hint of sweetness, clean finish. It went well with the food I had ordered, and didn't detract from the flavors of the food. Not sure I'd plunk down $8-10 for a sixer, but you could do worse.

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

Closer to water and cheaper-tasting than many American macros. I’m not entirely sure that this is the right entry. The bottle only says Yanjing Beer without any other identifying information. The appearance is drab and lifeless. It’s a light yellow fizzy beer with a rapidly dissipating white head. The aroma is corny and sweet, perhaps a bit skunky. The flavor is similar. It’s watery and lacks much flavor besides a sweet, flat malt character. There’s a very light hop bitterness in the finish, but it really doesn’t add much. In my opinion, this beer is on par with a mediocre American light macro. There’s not much else to say about it.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

bought the canned version. the alcohol content is 5% abv. an average and drinkable beer from china. nothing spectacular. can taste the corn and rice in the brew. would prefer tsingtao over this.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

It pours a clear golden-yellow with thin white head and some lace. Aroma of fresh malts, hops, citrus, light spice and pepper, and some grassiness. The mouthfeel is smooth, rich, and full-bodied. Flavors of tart malt, light hops, lime, spice/pepper mix, and some funk. Not bad, drinkable.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

thanks to my pops for bringing this back from china for me. the aroma was very skunky however the taste was no where near as bad as I was expecting. it's actually kind of a smooth beer with a decent finish. not a great beer but its not bad and my bottle said 3.6% so my guess is this is the session brew of China.

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

This was the official beer of the recent Beijing Olympics. I'm pretty sure this beer was chosen because it goes down easy and would make it very easy to obtain urine for drug tests (Carl Lewis needed 5 beers in Barcelona for one test - this beer would have been perfect). It's swill. It's Chinese Bud Light.