Ryongsong Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Ryongsong, Pyongyang, North Korea 🇰🇵


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3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3
Bottle, many thanks Koelschtrinker! Clear pale golden color with white head. Aroma is rice, wort, sweet bread. Taste is sweet bread, cereals. Medium carbonation. Blerg.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2017 at 14:05

3.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Bottle. Hazy yellow, off white lace. Terrible rubber, chemical nose, wet hay. Grain, hay, boiled rice, chemical Metall notes, rusty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2017 at 14:04

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Pours clear, darker golden, topped with a foamy white head, pretty large. Sweet malty nose, wet carboard dominates with some corn notes. Mildly syrupy sweet, a hint of bitterness and slight peppery feel. Medium body. Had worse than this one. Chilled is passable.
Tried on 02 Oct 2017 at 13:12

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Hazy grey golden, white lace. Oxidized hay and rusty nose. Light body, sparkles. Hayish malt, a bit dusty, light butter, but mostly clean, dust reteronsal. Mostly clean, not great, but ok. North Germany is best Korea.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2017 at 16:00

3.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2
Bottle, at SinH4-5K-MoritzF-10K tasting. Pours clear golden. Aroma is bread, butter, metallic. Body is rather light, sweet and buttery, greasy, slick. Lively sticky carbonation. Ugh.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2017 at 15:59

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Clear golden with little white head. Aroma is sweet malty buttery body, bready, caramel. Taste is sweet malt with some peas. Drinkable. Not that bad. North Korea, you got it.
Tried on 31 Aug 2017 at 15:59

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Nose is citrus, wheat. Palate is bread, citrus, just a bit buttery. Totally alright.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2017 at 15:59

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle, many thanks Koelschtrinker! Golden color with white head. Aroma is bready, caramel, lightly oxidized. Taste is caramel, buttery, papery. Silky mouthfeel. Absolutely alright.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2017 at 15:59

4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Flasche (룡성흑맥주 12°, 640 ml) aus dem Pyongyang Shop. - Schön kupferrotbraun, fast klar, knapper Schaum. - In der Nase warmes Toastmalz und herb-fruchtige, säuerlich-holzige Noten, gar nicht übel. - Antrunk leider arg dünn und nur blaß dunkelmalzig-karamelsüß mit unschönen Noten von Holz und Unkraut und ein wenig zu prominenter Säure (Obstessig). Mild rezent, dünn bis wäßrig. Im Abgang mehr Unkrautherbe und stark metallische Noten. - Von den üblichen aromatischen Defiziten geplagtes, aber noch trinkbares nordkoreanisches Dunkles.
Tried on 20 Jun 2017 at 06:20

3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 2
Flasche (룡성맥주10°, 3,4 %, 640 ml) aus dem Pyongyang Shop, Pjöngjang. - Tief goldgelb, klar; sparsamer Schaum. - In der Nase süßliche Bierwürze mit Honig, Anklänge an Apfelsaft und Sägespäne und schwache, zart muffig-schweißige Herbe. - Antrunk matt karamelmalzig mit schwacher Süße von Apfelschorle und vager Herbe, die in fies unkrautartige Bittere übergeht. Feuchte Pappe, zarter Kellermuff. Dünner Körper, eher trocken. Im Abgang unangenehm krautig-holzige Bittere. - Nordkoreanische Biere generell und insbesondere das Ryongsong sind für starke Qualitätsschwankungen berüchtigt; eine gewisse Konstante bilden allein die Fehlaromen von Pappe, Apfelbrause und Sägewerk. Hier halten sich diese aber noch im Rahmen des Erträglichen, daher lautet das Fazit: schwach genießbar.
Tried on 06 Jun 2017 at 04:34