IPA
Tsingtao Brewery (Tsingtao) in Qingdao, Shandong, China 🇨🇳
IPA Regular|
Score
5.82
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5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
0.33l bottle. Clear amber body with a pearl head. Aroma and taste of caramel, toast with notes of lemon zest, grapefruit, orange jam and some grass. The finish is bittersweet, to be honest it's not so smooth. Otherwise it's drinkable. Closer to a British ESB than an American IPA for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2024
at 17:50
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottled 330ml. -from Modern Asia Market Siersberg, shared with Marko & Hrabren. Amberish coloured, medium sized off-white head, stale herbal nose. Herbal, caramel, oxidation, stale and without any IPA character. Also no BBE date stated anywhere so it's probably quite old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2024
at 08:20
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
0.33 l bottle. No visible due date on the bottle. Thanks, Ogi. Shared with Marko and him. Unclear amber, small off-white head. Aroma is cardboard and earthy, old and oxidized. Caramel. Sweet, grainy, malty, spicy, cardboard, some fruit. Sticky, warming, medium body, slightly creamy. Light bitterness. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2024
at 18:16
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Bottled, thx Ogi for bringing it from Austria! No BB noted anywhere, fantastic. Shared with Hrabren as well. Clear coppery body, thick off-white head. Oxidized, caramelly aroma, milk caramel, dried fruit touches. Creamy caramelly taste, oxidized malty and herbal notes, vague tea herbal touches. If there ever was a proper hoppy profile, it's long gone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2024
at 18:11
5.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2024
at 23:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber, hazy, thick head. Bit of chill haze on it. Looks nice and old school. Hop aroma somewhere between skunked cascade and decently fresh marmaladey English hops. Some caramel malts in there as well. It's about the same on the palate - the malt character has a rich toffee/caramel vibe, there's a fair bit of bitterness, and sort of orangey hop note. For an industrial brewery making a throwback IPA, this is respectable.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2023
at 04:47
4/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2023
at 22:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home, darker amber beer, small head. Aroma is malt, hops, citrus, caramel. Taste is the same, bittersweet, citrus, hops, lemon. Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2023
at 20:04
7/10
Tried
on 29 Jul 2023
at 14:10
3/10
Tried
on 10 Jun 2023
at 17:54