Pearl River Lager Beer
Guangzhou Zhujiang Brewery Co. Ltd.
- From:
- Guangzhou Zhujiang Brewery Co. Ltd.
- China
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
Ranked #546 - ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 63
Ranked #39,772 - Avg:
- 2.4 | pDev: 21.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 22
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 26, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 17, 2007
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
63
Poor
63
Poor
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Reviewed by Sailosi from New Zealand (Aotearoa)
3.68/5 rDev +53.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.68/5 rDev +53.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Smells like unripe feijoas!
Nice lager! Smooth drop so don't drink it fast because it will put you on your ass!
Although nice semi warm it's a dream if nicely chilled but do try it for yourself.
If you like TSINGTAO you will convert.
If you can tolerate KINGFISHER then I think you'd like the taste of this beauty.
May 18, 2018Nice lager! Smooth drop so don't drink it fast because it will put you on your ass!
Although nice semi warm it's a dream if nicely chilled but do try it for yourself.
If you like TSINGTAO you will convert.
If you can tolerate KINGFISHER then I think you'd like the taste of this beauty.
Rated by sQuiffter from Wales
1.09/5 rDev -54.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.09/5 rDev -54.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Horrible!
Mar 15, 2018
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
2.66/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.66/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Poured from a green 11.2 oz. bottle. Has a light golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of green apples, grains, not a good sign. Taste is green apples, some grains, a bit of vinegar, kind of bland. Feels light in the mouth and overall is not terrible, but not to my liking.
Aug 28, 2016
Reviewed by OompaMentor from Georgia
1.75/5 rDev -27.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
1.75/5 rDev -27.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
I had this beer while travelling in China on business in April 2015. Likely to never get there again, so I decided to try as many different China brewed beers as I could. This was 1 of 6 beers I tried in my travels and in doing my research before departing the states this was considered a Top 10 China (Euro Lager) beer! The ABV was 5.3 according to my language assistant. I poured from a clear glass, 600ml bottle after purchasing at a restaurant; quite a different look from the picture depicted.
A - mellow yellow, with very slight head and almost no carbination
S - grainy, mild to the nose
T - watery and bland with some sweetness
F - light, no lacing and thin
If you must have a beer while in China, then give it a go - but it is not much to write home about!
Dec 29, 2015A - mellow yellow, with very slight head and almost no carbination
S - grainy, mild to the nose
T - watery and bland with some sweetness
F - light, no lacing and thin
If you must have a beer while in China, then give it a go - but it is not much to write home about!
Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia
2.47/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.47/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Format: a 330mL dark green bottle with a pretty ordinary macro label. Looks... suspicious.
Appearance: pours out a fairly thin-looking light yellow with okay carbonation. A fizzing white head drops from a finger almost immediately. Doesn't look great.
Aroma: there is a touch of cereal grain there, but much more adjuncts - particularly rice. Smells cheap if not offensive.
Taste: I don't mind some Asian adjunct beers - some actually make the rice taste quite nice. This is not one of those beers. An awkward fug from the rice, and only cheap and light cereals to back it up.
Aftertaste: more rice awkwardness on the finish. Not a great beer.
Mouth feel: light in body to the point of being somewhat watery, with a moderate to higher carbonation.
Overall: a fairly cheap lager at AU$38 a case, but there are better quality beers even at this level. I'd rather spend a few bucks more and get some VB.
Dec 17, 2014Appearance: pours out a fairly thin-looking light yellow with okay carbonation. A fizzing white head drops from a finger almost immediately. Doesn't look great.
Aroma: there is a touch of cereal grain there, but much more adjuncts - particularly rice. Smells cheap if not offensive.
Taste: I don't mind some Asian adjunct beers - some actually make the rice taste quite nice. This is not one of those beers. An awkward fug from the rice, and only cheap and light cereals to back it up.
Aftertaste: more rice awkwardness on the finish. Not a great beer.
Mouth feel: light in body to the point of being somewhat watery, with a moderate to higher carbonation.
Overall: a fairly cheap lager at AU$38 a case, but there are better quality beers even at this level. I'd rather spend a few bucks more and get some VB.
Reviewed by kentawan from Singapore
2.26/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.26/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Drank it directly from an ice cold can (that's how you drink macro lager). 4.3% ABV.
Typical adjunct with very minor skunky taste. Poor malt presence, plenty of rice though.
Good to go with Chinese food. Especially crayfish stirfried with szechuan peppercorn.
Dec 23, 2013Typical adjunct with very minor skunky taste. Poor malt presence, plenty of rice though.
Good to go with Chinese food. Especially crayfish stirfried with szechuan peppercorn.
Reviewed by dcmchew from Romania
3/5 rDev +25%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +25%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Touch of grain, some bit of skunk, definitely more "beery" than the weaker Pearl River beers, with some extra bitterness that's not entirely metallic. Quaffable, cheap.
Nov 07, 2013
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