Tsingtao Pure Draft
Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd.

Tsingtao Pure DraftTsingtao Pure Draft
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From:
Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd.
 
China
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #256
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
62
Ranked #28,429
Avg:
2.48 | pDev: 28.23%
Reviews:
46
Ratings:
90
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 23, 2022
Added:
Apr 10, 2006
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  15
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 Zorro:
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Reviewed by Zorro from California

2.8/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
24-oz clear green glass bottle.

Pours a clear yellow to light golden colored lager with a momentary white head. Medium high carbonation level.

Smell is sweet and distinctly grassy. Some mild spiciness in the scent. Compared to the regular Tsingtao this smells much more like a European Lager.

Taste is semi-sweet and more grassy and bitter than the regular version. MUCH dryer in flavor than the regular Tsingtao that seems to be the house beer in most every Chinese restaurant in the USA. Dryer and lighter in flavor I can detect the taste of ethanol in this because there is less taste to cover it up. Flavor almost disappears and then hits you at the end with a spicy and grassy flavor. Distinctly different from the regular version this is NOT the same beer in a different bottle. But this seems to lack in flavor compared to the regular version. Tastes like a dumbed down beer.

Mouthfeel is OK.

Not as good as the regular version in my opinion. The regular version is a unique beer flavor that I call Asian Lager. This tastes like an attempt to tame the flavors down to Budweiser blandness. Inferior taste to the three major Asian lagers, Tsingtao, Singha and San Miguel.
Sep 30, 2006
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Rated: 2.56 by Ananabiya

Nov 23, 2022
 
Rated: 1.75 by fthegiants from California

Jun 22, 2022
 
Rated: 3.18 by cecca

Aug 28, 2021
 
Rated: 2.5 by AngEo from Texas

Nov 20, 2020
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Reviewed by Profundobaso from New York

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, 2020
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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
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, 2019
 
Rated: 2.51 by misteil from Ireland

Apr 19, 2019
 
Rated: 1 by mikr from New Jersey

Nov 15, 2016
 
Rated: 1.75 by Momon from Philippines

Aug 17, 2016
 
Rated: 2.34 by 54V4G3 from Belgium

May 06, 2016
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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
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, 2015
 
Rated: 2.34 by der_meister from Ukraine

Aug 12, 2015
 
Rated: 2.75 by harpus from Alabama

Jun 20, 2015
 
Rated: 2 by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

Jun 02, 2015
 
Rated: 2.15 by Sweffin from Wisconsin

Jan 31, 2015
 
Rated: 1 by Telmo

Oct 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by nmoeschler from Switzerland

Aug 20, 2014
 
Rated: 1.25 by bird_soul from Netherlands

Aug 16, 2014
 
Rated: 2 by antichuckmoore from Iowa

Jul 07, 2014
Tsingtao Pure Draft from Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd.
Beer rating: 62 out of 100 with 90 ratings