Guangdong Blue Ribbon Group - Beijing Lanbao Brewery (Naale)
in Changgouzhen, Beijing, China 🇨🇳
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Good taste
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500 mL can poured, gifted by luttonm, and luttona as well. Thanks! These are always fun brews to try. Not the freshest can out there, but I'm just glad I get to try something that I'll likely never get to try again. Cloudy but bright golden pour. Cream thin foam head. Really bready malt nose, touch of floral. Not a whole lot of wit flavor coming through for me. It's creamy, has a lot of bready malts. Very light paper grain flavors. Nothing offensive here though. It's creamy, and refreshing as an overall. It's a smooth drink. I cracked this after an hour long workout, so this rating may be a little inflated in the beer's favor, but I enjoyed this one a bit.
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500 mL pull top can poured, shared by Lutton. Thanks! Thick, jet black pour. Soured sounds, it seems. Some fruit and chocolate. A nutty chocolate flavor. Touch of hazelnut. Has a slight tart impression. Strange stout here, as expected. Unique, but flavorful and could be far worse.
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500 mL can poured, shared by luttonm. Thanks! I agree with you, this is one of the more unique brews I've had in a long time. Nowhere near what I expected from a Chinese Stout either. This beer instantly reminded me of a syrup pancake or waffle. Distinct flavor. Has maple, caramel, chocolate, toffee, chocolate. Like Heath bars, mixed with maple syrup soaked chocolate chip eggo waffles. Specific nutty grain that I am really enjoying. Can't really believe this. I really like this beer.
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500mL can from lutton. So pale color. So much artificial flavors on top of beer like water. I love the fake caramel and pine-apple. Obviously not very beer but it's not bad for me.
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Can sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Max. Dark brown. Aroma of iced coffee, mocha, toast, caramel, toffee, nuts, and a light vegetal note. Sweet flavor, quite sugary, with caramel, mocha, kinda artificial. Watery mouthfeel.
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Can 33 cl. Pours almost crystal clear with close to no head. Rich and somewhat artificial orange aroma. Light body, very sweet but an artificial sweetness as from aspartame sweetener. Comes like a cheap Fanta pop - just more artificial. 280616
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Can. (backlog). Pours dark brown with a thin white head. Coffee beans in aroma, some roastedness. Thin, watery flavor, roastedness and mild coffee notes. Bland.
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Naale Stoutbeer 13° is a souvenir I picked up in Shanghai at Century Mart near my hotel. 4.5% This beer pours a cola brown with a big soapy beige head of foam. The aroma is pretty damn good rich chocolate toffee/fudge, kind of like burnt caramel. Med-light bodied, a bit too thin and the carbonation seems to be giving me a bit of heartburn. The flavor is alright with that burnt caramel fudge & molasses taste coming through strong but also a bit artificial like a flavoring syrup. Unfortunately, this beer goes downhill as you continue drinking it.
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Canned@wPBFIII. Deep ruby red colour, not much head. Aroma is coffee, some roasted, coffeeish and toasted noted. Flavour is coffee, toffee, roast and some slight something-like-treat-me-like-bitterness to it.