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Hite
Hite Brewery Company LTD


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- From:
- Hite Brewery Company LTD
- Korea (South)
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
Ranked #363 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 60
Ranked #30,421 - Avg:
- 2.5 | pDev: 26%
- Reviews:
- 141
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 08, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 02, 2002
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 29
SCORE
60
Poor
60
Poor


Notes:
None
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Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
2.95/5 rDev +18%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.95/5 rDev +18%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Light and easy drinking with hints of sweetness, even a bit of lemon-lime soda, on the nose that reflect in the taste as well. One of those not a lot to laud or complain about.
Jul 17, 2021Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
2.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
330 ml bottle, from Green Peas, Stavanger. ABV is 4.3%. Crystal clear pale golden colour, moderate white head. Sweetish aroma of pilsener malts, grass and maize. Light bodied, citric mouthfeel. Sweet and citric flavour, notes of grass and maize again, a modest bitterness.
May 16, 2021Reviewed by elNopalero from California
2.67/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.67/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Drink it cold. As cold as you can get this. Pours clear, minimal aroma, bland fizzy flavor, quick finish. This comes in cans, bottles, and even plastic bottles, so that’s something.
Jul 02, 2020Reviewed by Thresher from Illinois
2.93/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.93/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
This is not a great beer. Not even really a good one. But I love it. For some reason, I always seem to have a case of it in the house. It's bland and boring, has no real taste to it. But it's another beer that's fantastic on a hot day. If you want hops or anything beyond the malt and rice, this is going to be very disappointing. But taken for what it is, the SK rendition of Budweiser, I kind of dig it.
Jul 07, 2019Reviewed by Byoung_Ju_Kim from New York
2.82/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.82/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Drink this a lot back in old days in Korea because I was a college student with tight budget. Typical but blend Pale Lager, and it is easy to drink, gives you refresh feelings... Does not have rich aroma. Lack of body. Even nowadays in Korea, this beer isn't for savoring, but to mix with soju, making higher alcohol content which is called 'Somac' (Soju + Macju(beer)) so Korean people who tend to enjoy binge drinking can get drunk easily. Few weeks ago, I went to local Vietnamese restaurant and they had this beer for their beer menu. It gives me nostalgic feeling but skipped and ordered 'tiger' from Singapore. I would drink Hite beer again, if I only meet my good old friends from high school or college at neighborhood tavern.
May 24, 2019Reviewed by dave_ackbar from Hawaii
2.99/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.99/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Another Asian beer that probably tastes better because of drinking in its home country.
Nothing overly special. Taste is crisp and clean, look is that of a typical lager.
Refreshing and light.
Jun 14, 2018Nothing overly special. Taste is crisp and clean, look is that of a typical lager.
Refreshing and light.
Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana
4.5/5 rDev +80%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +80%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Hite (Extra Cold) has a very thick, frothy, mousse-like head, heavy glass lacing, bubbles, and a mostly clear, straw appearance, with lots of fine, powdery sediment, throughout. Aroma is of pungent, yeasty, sweet, white bread, with grass note, and the flavor is similar and balance. Mouthfeel is medium, and Hite finishes mostly dry.
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Mar 11, 2018RJT
Reviewed by DHK from California
3.25/5 rDev +30%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.25/5 rDev +30%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Ok this is not a beer that you sip for appreciating the nuances of its bouquet and complex flavors. This is a light, crisp rice lager that's best drunk ice cold in order to wash down a spicy Asian meal or better yet, a grill-at-the-table Korean BBQ. For this purpose, there's none better IMHO. That's why it'll be hard to find a Korean restaurant that does not have this brew on its menu.
Dec 15, 2017Reviewed by aleigator from Germany
2.59/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.59/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Pours an amber-golden color with a vanishing, medium sized head.
Smells of toffee wrapped straw and a light herbal note on top.
Has a fizzy, superlight mouthfeel, thin and highly carbonated.
Tastes basically as the beer smells, sweet malts among a metallic, bubbly carbonation and an omnipresent watery flavor hole. Develops a surprising dry note during the finish.
Insustrial lager, too light, too thin, too boring.
Jul 07, 2017Smells of toffee wrapped straw and a light herbal note on top.
Has a fizzy, superlight mouthfeel, thin and highly carbonated.
Tastes basically as the beer smells, sweet malts among a metallic, bubbly carbonation and an omnipresent watery flavor hole. Develops a surprising dry note during the finish.
Insustrial lager, too light, too thin, too boring.
Hite from Hite Brewery Company LTD
Beer rating:
60 out of
100 with
317 ratings
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