Taiwan Beer 5.0% Gold Medal
2.1
203 reviews
Jhongjheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Community reviews
Bottle. Light skunky nose (Saaz-like, but gets rancid fast), and light fruitiness. Flavors of cardboard, thin fruit, and very minimal hop bitterness. Has some mild flavors, some wet paper, and some skunked hops. Not the best.
Can. Clear, pale golden. Small white head, nonlasting. Mild corn nose, that's it. Mild bitterness, some sweetness, a bit metallic. Short aftertaste. Light body. Ok.
Medium body. Corn and malt flavor with rice sweat. Most common beer in Taiwan
Aroma-honey
Appearance-pale, clear, white foam
Taste-light souerness, bitterness, sweetness
Palate-light body, thin, average carbonation, long finish
Overall-poor
Can. Drank from can. Cereal, sulfur, little stonefruit, little corn. Not much body. Mostly pretty inoffensive. Decent.
Puszka. Jasne, zamglone. Piana ładną, ale szybko opada. W aromacie nic a w tle slody. W smaku pusto, choć jak na koncerniaka słody całkiem konkretne. Szału nie ma, ale są chińskie znaczki na puszce.
Nice malt flavor, with weak and skunky hops. Not undesirable, however compared with other mass distributed lagers (even within Taiwan since their relaxation on the beer market) it leaves quite a bit to be desired. Reminiscent of a lesser quality stella artois, lighter in flavor and worse dynamics of taste. Pretty uneventful, but better than a low malt IPA by miles.
Bottle. 5.0%. Best before 17.03.20. Pours a clear, pale yellow, with a diminishing, white head. No lacing. Grassy, remotely citrusy aroma. Sweetish. Hint of acetone deep down. Flavour is the same, though without the acetone. Bitter, grainy finish. Meh. 03.08.19.
Lata bought in a store with foreign goods at Hakata Station. Pale golden colour with a short lasting white head. Grainy wet straw skunky aroma. Thin palate. Flavour: Grainy and grassy with a mild sweetness and bitterness.
Zajímavé rýžové pivo. Mělo svůj vlastní charakter, žádná unifikace. Díky @suen!
At restaurant in Taiwan. Light yellow color. Maybe a hint of skunkiness. Blandish flavor. Lightly sugar sweet. Meh. OK
Beautiful beer, would give it 5 stars but sadly it's not a Carlton.
Super usual, absolutely banal light lager, without own face. You can taste similar lager in any european shop for cheap price.
Country Tick #85, thnx to a friend. Golden, small head. Aroma is malt, skunk, oxidated, taste is the same, bitter light sweet, pale lager…. Meh
The head is medium, body light. Aroma barley and corn. The taste is barley, dusty, corn.
21-10-18 // can thanks to a friend. Japanese Rice Lager oder halt Wasser mit Getreidegeschmack.
330ml can from Everyday store, Xi An, China. 11.2P. BB 2019 02 26. Cost RMB7. Poured a crystal clear gold with 1cm of bright white open foam that retained very well and laced well. Carbonation is persistent and moderate, average and coarse to very coarse. Aroma of pale malt; no obvious hops. Taste has a slight sugary sweetness; no bitterness. Light body. Smooth, crisp and refreshing if cold with a soft mouthfeel and a moderately long slightly sugary finish.
Just another mass market lager. Despite the relatively high alcohol content at 5%, it is very liquid and thin. Taste is on the fruity side albeit not much taste at all. Good as a thirst quencher, I won't mind substituting Coke with it.
330ml can. Pale yellow beer, white head. Nose is grainy and thin, paper. Papery flavor, grainy sour notes, something industrial. Bad.
Can from a Ho Chi Minh City Circle K. Poured a crystal clear yellow straw colour with a fizzy, short-lived, white head and lots of bubbles. The aroma is corn, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter with a crisp, sweet cardboard malt, light hop bitter palate. Light to medium bodied with lively carbonation. I've tasted worse. Not a lot, but definitely worse!
clear golden colour, minimal, quickly and full disappearing white head; aroma of hay, wet cardboard and metallic notes; taste of cardboard, grainy, metallic, as well as sourish notes; easily forgettable lager;
Thank you, again, Total Wine to exposing me to bad beers from around the globe - though this isn't as awful as some. Pours, unsurprisingly, a clear light golden with thick, white head. Aroma is corn syrup and light hops. Taste is corn sweetness, moving to light earthiness and a light hop backbone. Finish is non-existent. It's a pale lager, alright!
A great beer but certainly an acquired taste. The pour looks great for a few minutes, good head, great aroma, I believe it to be a rice beer so the taste is certainly not going to be great the first time.
500ml can from convenient store in Taipei, Taiwan. Nice white head but stay not for long. Clear amber colour. Light in palate and not much carbonation. Nothing special for aroma and taste than standard lager. Nice balance and refreshing. Considering with the price, it's a nice choice.
330ml can
Golden pour with OK head.
Sweet grainy aroma.
Quite sweet taste. Grainy, rice with a touch of bitterness.
Nothing special.
Win Som, Brooklyn bottle: pours pale yellow with a white head. Aroma is light grain. Typical cheap lager. Not terrible.
"The beer is golden in colour with a small white head. It tastes mild and almost sweet with a well balanced bitterness from the malt. A pleasent surprise after last weeks beer from Mozambique." - beersoftheworldproject.wordpress.com
Date: 01/09/2017
Bought at: Half Time Beverage in Mamaroneck, USA.
This product is made for thirst, not for enjoy!!!
In my country(Taiwan), people drink this as beverages commonly seen in stores. I have to admit this beer is not tasty like a abbey one, but because of the low price, it’s still a good choice when you having a routine meal. You must try it if you come to Taiwan!!
Can from supermarket. Golden color, white head. Bitter taste with citrus, malts, toast, a bit of cardboard and grass. Bitter finish with citrus, malts, a bit of cardboard and grass. Basic bulk lager.
Backlog rating from RBESG 2008: Pale, no head. Chemicals, metal nose. Very light body. No too bad off-flavors. watery.