Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Citysuper at home. Clear amber pour. No head. Malty lager aroma. Very malty taste too. Slightly bitter. Crisp finish. Watery palate. Not worth the price.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
330ml bottle [as "Dragon’s Back IPA]. Rather dubious country tick - so what. Clear, ruby red glowing, dark brown colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. Sweet aroma with hints of molasses, liquorice, artifical cherry or raspberry ’Laffy Taffy’ (or ’Maoam’). Taste is artificially sweet, artificial cherry and/or raspberry flavours again. Strange.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
The story around his ale is actually better than the beer itself. Anyway it was a really nice brown ale. Not an IPA as the label says. Once upon a time Monika was in Germany with her dogs again, and off course she had to do some beer shopping for me. By a coincidence I did see that some other lads had bought a beer from Hong Kong at a grocery store close to where she camped. So……
Well she found them and I was happy. A whole crate actually. Yeah I could trade a lot with these. My good pal Terje should off course get one. And when we sat down in his space rocket we discovered that it was an IPA, not the expected pale shait. Ahhhh damned we could not drink it that day and I wanted to taste it as well. Okey so he kept it in his closet at work. Well we thought we could share it quite soon…….due to a wild bicycle race, Ullevål Hospital and other small events….it stayed in that WARM closet for almost 1,5 year. Should we ever manage to kill this one? Off course we are proper gentleman and do not waste beer. Well it was a thick, so….well at last the moment arrived. On a bus, in a plastic cup, on our way to a beer festival, surrounded by a whole lot of football hooligans. Mama mia. Well the bald football fans are actually my friends and probably the kindest football and beer lovers in the known universe. The Hong Kong IPA turned out to be a fine brown ale, and the storing in Terjes closet at work had not killed it at all. BB was passed 8 months ago. But we survived. Maybe the plastic cups from Østfold Hospital had some antibiotics that helped us. Who knows, but I will always remember this one. Cheers!
thorongil (8206) reviewed Big Wave Bay IPA from Hong Kong Beer Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
(bottle) clear deep amber colour with a small tan head; aroma of fruit; simple flavour, somewhat harsh, long medium bitter finish
thorongil (8206) reviewed Sevens Stout from Hong Kong Beer Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
(bottle) clear reddish brown colour with a tiny brown head; very low carbonation; faint aroma of roast, cola; mild but pleasant flavour, balanced, with long very light bitter finish; more of an amber ale
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein goldgelbes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht malzig, getreidig. Geschmack leicht malzig, wässrig, getreidig, minimal herb.
PivoMan (6512) reviewed Gold Premium Lager from Hong Kong Beer Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1
Pours a completely clear golden content. There is a generous white foamy head, but it settles down rather quickly to a small lacing. The aroma is quite unpleasant - some stinky soury hops or what. Not nice. The taste is also not the best example of a lager. It’s watered down, too sweet and there’s no real bitterness, just that funky taste. Just tastes bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
330ml Flasche. Braune Farbe, geringe Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, leicht röstig, Citrus. Geschmack bittersüß, wässrig im Abgang, daher süffig.
Tinus (5080) reviewed Gold Premium Lager from Hong Kong Beer Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Clear golden colour, dissipating white head. Malty aroma, candy, quite sweet, notes of perfume. Malty flavour, apple, grains and pear. Malty finish. Not bad. Not great either.
(from 33cL bottle shared @ ZZT VIIIb, Oirschot 2013. From trade with Cunningham, thanks!)
Culchiem (6598) reviewed Gold Premium Lager from Hong Kong Beer Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottle. Pale cloudy gold with a minimal head. Aroma is grain and corn. Flavor is similar with a citrus soap finish