Easyrider’s Amateur Beer Guide Part 2: What to Avoid

Easyrider’s Amateur Beer Guide Part 2: What to Avoid
easyrider Mar 01, 2013 12:35

Well it’s been a couple of days and I’m back! Did you miss you me? Huh? Oh… Well whatever. I’ve got an afternoon off and it’s still pretty chilly outside so what better thing to do than share my expert (ahem) critiques of various Chinese beers I’ve sampled during my time here. Last time, I gave you a brief roundup of the beers I enjoyed, in a probably hopeless attempt to dispel the negative preconceptions many of us expats have about Chinese beer. This time, I’m gonna do what many of us do after a night drinking watered-down, formaldehyde ridden piss water, and get bitchy about all those beers we love to hate. Here goes…

 

1) Harbin

Ha ha – did I shock you? Well I’m sorry. That’s right, the supposed “best beer in China” is in my eyes, rubbish. I see what they’re trying to go for-some malty/semi-wheat lager that branches away from the typically light and weak beers in the rest of the China beer family. Well for me, it’s a crash and burn, as it just tastes…weird, I mean almost bitter. I am aware of its darker and premium variations, though seeing as those aren’t widely sold, “China’s best beer” for me, is an overpriced, flat-tasting disappointment. Boo.  

2) Yanjing

After potentially upsetting proud Harbiner’s or anyone else who enjoys a good sip on the awful stuff mentioned above, I’m going to move on and anger a whole new group of people by condemning Yanjing. That’s right Beijing, your beer sucks, dangerously so. Sure, I’m pretty positive most Chinese beers are filled with preservatives such as formaldehyde which can have a nasty after affect, though Yanjing takes the biscuit. Just one or two bottles of this witches’ juice and I’m left with a searing headache that lasts for the rest of the day. It’s not just any ordinary hangover mind, it’s as if someone is literally drilling through my brain. Nasty. Taste wise? Awful. Just awful. Stay away from this stuff.

 

3) Snow

This stuff has to among the weakest, tasteless excuse for I beer that my lips have ever had the misfortune to touch. I first tried it a few years ago in a small restaurant in Hangzhou after a night out and what can I say, it was a complete waste of 3 RMB! Ha ha. I’m not sure what the alcohol content is exactly but it’s has no kick to it at all. Even water has more flavour. Pass.

That’s about all I can comment on now. Worth a mention is any local Hangzhou beer, they’re literally all about 2% alcohol content. Useless! If you have any other suggestions for awful Chinese beers, drop me a comment below. Keep on ridin’!

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