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RATINGS AS OF 7th of January 2014 - Ramada Pearl Hotel Beer, draught

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Ramada Pearl Hotel Beer, draught

China

3,00

3

Lager, Light

Bought at: California Café, inside Ramada Pearl Hotel, Guangzhou
Brewed by: Ramada Pearl Hotel, Dongshan, Guangzhou, Guangdong
Rated at: Winter travels 03-04, November ´03-March ´04
Poured from pitcher

Per´s comments: My excitement of finding a possible Chinese brewpub inside this Guangzhou hotel dwindled when they had no clue at the reception what I was talking about. At a pamphlet available it said there was something called "Beer Plaza" on the 2nd floor, so I went there. The staff on 2nd floor looked very confused - they didn´d know about any beer plaza. Instead I went to the information desk, they told me the beer plaza was closed, but I could still enjoy their beer in California Café on 1st floor.

This proved to be a buffet restaurant, and the idea that someone would like to just have a beer confused them. After explaining what I was after to three different persons, I was seated, and finally I was served a beer from a pitcher - they first tried to serve me Tsingtao, though - and I was anxious it all would be a big misunderstanding. How would I know it was really their own beer?

It looked kind of bleak - pale golden and with no head, just like any other Chinese beer. The aroma revealed some promise. Wasn´t that grassy hops, up front? When I finally tasted a feeling of success spread through my body. It was crisp and fresh with firm, if light, maltiness. It was somewhat bready, and had some fruitiness. In short - it was a really decent, fresh lager. Even if it might not be a masterpiece, it was lots better than other Chinese lagers.


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