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Tsingtao Pure Draft
Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd.
- From:
- Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd.
- China
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #261 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 62
Ranked #29,248 - Avg:
- 2.48 | pDev: 28.23%
- Reviews:
- 46
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 23, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 10, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 15
SCORE
62
Poor
62
Poor
Made using an exclusive Chill-Filtered brewing process. A non-pasteurized lager brewed with imported hops, barley, and pure spring water from China's Laoshan Mountains.
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Ratings by DucksFan16:
Rated by DucksFan16 from Tennessee
2/5 rDev -19.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2
Jun 02, 2015
2/5 rDev -19.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2
Jun 02, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Profundobaso from New York
2.92/5 rDev +17.7%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev +17.7%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Look - golden in color, lots of fizziness that fully dissipates quickly, leaving virtually no lacing.
Smell - distinct Asian adjunct lager: slightly sweet, spicy, and some grassy hops. not super interesting, but not bad.
Taste - sweetness indicating considerable rice, and comes with a light hoppy bite towards the end with a slightly malty finish. its watery, but the flavors are there.
Feel - as light bodied as it can get, high carbonation, and not very boozy (so the 4.8% is probably an overestimate)
Overall - one of the most commonly found beers across China, and the "pure draft" is even more popular than the flagship given its refreshingness: people do drink it like water! As such, I have some very fond memories with this beer...score reflects just a little bit of sentimentality.
Sep 05, 2020Smell - distinct Asian adjunct lager: slightly sweet, spicy, and some grassy hops. not super interesting, but not bad.
Taste - sweetness indicating considerable rice, and comes with a light hoppy bite towards the end with a slightly malty finish. its watery, but the flavors are there.
Feel - as light bodied as it can get, high carbonation, and not very boozy (so the 4.8% is probably an overestimate)
Overall - one of the most commonly found beers across China, and the "pure draft" is even more popular than the flagship given its refreshingness: people do drink it like water! As such, I have some very fond memories with this beer...score reflects just a little bit of sentimentality.
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.66/5 rDev +47.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.66/5 rDev +47.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Sunday was to have been the ocCANsion of my Happy New Russo-Japanese-Vietnamese-Chinese CANned Beer Sunday, CANrades (Week 754) (добро пожаловать обратно в С новым русским-日本人-Tiếng Việt-中文 Пиво воскресное, товарищи (неделя 754), but I only have one Vietnamese CAN & the Chinese beers bogged down because of needing either/both adds & pics. 8={} I am now back on track.
From the CAN: "Pure Health"; "Draft".
I really debated on just how to open this one. It came with a throwback pop-top like Jimmy Buffett once sang about & just like the modern 360-degree opening CANs, I am less-than-enamored of a piece of metal that CAN become simply one more throwaway. Jeff Lebo showed me how to CANduct a bottom-opening of a modern CAN & I did so, using my late paternal grandfather's extremely pointy letter opener. The initial Glug was more of a dribble, but once it got going, it poured like a champ. In fact, there must have been an air pocket since it suddenly let go & really began flowing! It rose up to create nearly three fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head before (thankfully) falling away in the day's heat & humidity. Color was Pale-Straw (SRM = 1- 2) with NE-quality clarity. Nose smelled adjunct-free with a light maltiness and just a kiss of the hops. Rice? Maybe. Corn? Not so as I could tell, at least not on the nose. Mouthfeel was light, airy, watery, about what I have come to expect from Asian Lagers. Par for the course. The taste was lightly malty-sweet with a faint hoppiness, but again, no corn was discernible as an adjunct. It really did not taste too bad at all. I especially liked its lightness on this hot, humid Summer afternoon when it was just nice to cool off with a beer. YMMV.
Aug 06, 2019From the CAN: "Pure Health"; "Draft".
I really debated on just how to open this one. It came with a throwback pop-top like Jimmy Buffett once sang about & just like the modern 360-degree opening CANs, I am less-than-enamored of a piece of metal that CAN become simply one more throwaway. Jeff Lebo showed me how to CANduct a bottom-opening of a modern CAN & I did so, using my late paternal grandfather's extremely pointy letter opener. The initial Glug was more of a dribble, but once it got going, it poured like a champ. In fact, there must have been an air pocket since it suddenly let go & really began flowing! It rose up to create nearly three fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head before (thankfully) falling away in the day's heat & humidity. Color was Pale-Straw (SRM = 1- 2) with NE-quality clarity. Nose smelled adjunct-free with a light maltiness and just a kiss of the hops. Rice? Maybe. Corn? Not so as I could tell, at least not on the nose. Mouthfeel was light, airy, watery, about what I have come to expect from Asian Lagers. Par for the course. The taste was lightly malty-sweet with a faint hoppiness, but again, no corn was discernible as an adjunct. It really did not taste too bad at all. I especially liked its lightness on this hot, humid Summer afternoon when it was just nice to cool off with a beer. YMMV.
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
2.5/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Pours a straw color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has slight malt hints
The taste follows the nose with a slight nalt flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A decent beer
Sep 24, 2015Aroma has slight malt hints
The taste follows the nose with a slight nalt flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A decent beer
Tsingtao Pure Draft from Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd.
Beer rating:
62 out of
100 with
90 ratings
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