Lucky Beer (Lucky Buddha)
Cheerday Hangzhou Qiandaohu Beer Co. - 杭州千岛湖啤酒有限公司 in Qiandaohu, Zhejiang, China 🇨🇳
Brewed at/by: Cheerday Hangzhou Qiandaohu Beer Co. - 杭州千岛湖啤酒有限公司Lager - Pale Regular
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Score
4.43
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In a world a world that's full of change, it's good to know that Lucky Beer offers something consistently good natured. Although the distinctive laughing Buddha bottle is central to our brand, Lucky Beer - and the good fortune it shares - transcends all religions, cultural boundaries and beliefs.
In its simplest form, we stand for goodwill for all humanity.
"If you think that enlightenment is separate from the drinking of beer you have not yet understood" Ancient Taoist Saying.
The "Laughing Buddha" depicted on Lucky Buddha beer is actually not THE Buddha and therefore not religious but cultural. He is incorporated in Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto traditions. The term buddha means "one who is awake", connoting one who has awakened into enlightenment.
In its simplest form, we stand for goodwill for all humanity.
"If you think that enlightenment is separate from the drinking of beer you have not yet understood" Ancient Taoist Saying.
The "Laughing Buddha" depicted on Lucky Buddha beer is actually not THE Buddha and therefore not religious but cultural. He is incorporated in Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto traditions. The term buddha means "one who is awake", connoting one who has awakened into enlightenment.
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2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
I put this beer on my dresser and meditated to it for four days. I found a great inner emptiness in the tradition of the greater vehicle, the Mahayana. I saw all my present and past lives spin out around me and my life began and ended under the Bodhi Tree. Nirvana, with all its Teen Spirit, appeared before my wondrous eyes but I resisted my grasp and drank the fucking beer. It’s not easy being a Bodhisattva.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2013
at 11:44
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
This lager poured a crystal clear, light yellow colour with almost no head. Scents include eggs, light vinegar, womens hair salon...etc. First sip was almost water with flavours of corn, eggs and bread. Finish is almost non-existant with a very thin, corn flavour. The bottle is the best thing about this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2012
at 14:45
2.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Bottle: Poured super light bright yellow lager with a small pure white foamy head with light retention. Aroma of adjunct and fusel alcohol is not very enticing. Taste is also dominated by adjunct with light fusel alcohol notes. Body is light with medium carbonation. Not just bland but actually quite bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2012
at 11:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
I must say, the little green Buddha bottle caught my eye at the LCBO. Came in a 6-pack and reminded me of Heineken when drank from the bottle. Poured, it is golden, clean, has a big frothy white head that stays quite long (one of the longest lager head retention I have seen) and lacing is pretty dirty. Grainy malt nose at first, and then, some hints of pears. Mild malt taste, but still grainy, that reminds me of some local micros. A better than average pale lager (if you forget the nice bottle).
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2012
at 18:52
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
A pretty normal lager beer, nothing too offensive, a bit yeasty. That’s it. Nice bottle!!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2012
at 10:43
3.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle. Pours clear pale yellow with very little head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of grain and sweetness - honey? Flavor is slightly sweet, and very little else. Kind of like slightly sweet yellow water, actually.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2012
at 20:28
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is malt, fruit. Flavour is malt, fruit, apple, hay. Boring beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2012
at 21:23
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
11.16 oz Buddha-shaped bottle. My bottle’s painted label says Lucky Buddha on the neck with Lucky Beer embossed on the back. It clearly states this as brewed in China, so why is this still listed as Australian on here? Pours clear gold with a medium white dissipating head; falls into a resilient thin film of foam. Aroma is skunky, no surprise, but not as skunky as most green-glassed imports. Also, corn and spices. Taste is sweet and salty, creamed corn, very pale lagerish. Carbonation is medium and the body is thin. Much better than most pale lagers, but that’s not saying too much. Maybe it’s the gimmicky bottle that’s prompting me to give it a higher score than most beers like this? Only Buddha knows.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2011
at 22:55
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle. Rather pleasant aroma. Grass and highveld after a good rain. Weak body. Weak flavour a little malt , mostly God ken wat. No finish at all save a little oiliness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2011
at 21:02
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3
Bottle 330ml @ Hotel room, Radisson Blu Aarhus
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, apples, grain and grass. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, apples, grain and grass. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2011
at 08:24