[HK] APM Yata Craftbeer Promotion

[HK] APM Yata Craftbeer Promotion

 Last week, I was doing grocery shopping at APM Yata Supermarket. Unexpectedly, there is a Craft Beer promotion from 15 June to 26 June. This promotion includes famous brands such as Brewdog, Ballast Point, Mikkeller, Stone Brewing, Hitachino Nest, etc. And there also has HK Locals brands Black Kite Brewery, Heroes Beer, Kowloon Bay and Mak’s Brewery. But too bad that, I was run out of time, just pick my favorite brands Ballast Point and Stone Brewing. Before, I had drink Ballast Point Sculpin IPA, it is one of my favorite IPA beer, on website Ratebeer has highest rated. This time, I bought more different style to try out.

上星期去觀塘一田超市買餸, 竟然發現一田做緊手工啤酒推廣活動, 由6月15號到26號.呢次推廣都有好多唔同既品牌, Brewdog, Ballast Point, Mikkeller l, Stone Brewing, Hitachine Nest, etc. 當然唔少得香港本地製作,Black Kite Brewery, Heroes Beer, Kowloon Bay and Mak's Brewery (麥子). 不過我個日比較趕時間,求其買幾枝Ballast Point. 之前飲過Ballast Point Sculpin IPA, 感覺非常之正! 所以今次買多幾款試下. 網站Ratebeer, 評呢枝Sculpin IPA滿分.

[HK] Hong Kong Mak’s Brewery "麥子啤酒"

In recent years HK has appeared different local brands of Craft Beer, in my previous page has mentioned Hong Kong Beer and Gweilo Beer. This time, I tried a local brewery call Mak’s Brewery, locate in HK Tsuen Wan, It was establish by 3 young Hongkongers in 2014, they believed Hongkongers can brew some good craft beers too. Their masterpiece call “Salt Farm(鹽田)”, is a Witbier style beer, taste similar to Hoegaarden with light citrus flavours. Besides Salt Farm, Mak’s Brewery has other style of beer such as Ale or Stout. For example, I tried Sugarcane Stout, Longan Pale Ale and Mint Beer, each beer has used unique ingredient. 

Mint Beer (ABV 5%): This beer is a Pale Ale style beer, brewed with dried mint leaves, the mint taste is very refreshing, quite suitable to drink on summer. The color is hazy copper, with mint and honey aromas. It taste mint and little of Chinese herbs, medium body, not much bitter, refreshing style beer, easy to drink.   

Longan Pale Ale (ABV 5%): Longan Pale Ale sound like full of oriental style because Longan is a fruit from East Asia such as China, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc, similar style to lychee. Longan also has dried and I guess, this pale ale added dried longan as ingredient. The color is hazy light brown with white bubble on top. It has basic pale ale aromas, didn’t show much longan aroma. But, it taste strong of longan flavor, sweet and light bitterness.


Sugarcane Stout (ABV 5%): This is a Stout style dark beer brewed with sugarcane. It shows solid black color, with coffee and smoky aromas. First, it tastes malty and light bitterness then aftertaste found brown sugar (Chinese Brown Sugar Pieces) sweet. Overall, this beer didn’t have strong enough of sugarcane taste, just feel like drinking a sweet stout.

近幾年香港出現咗好多唔既本地品牌手工啤酒, 我之前都出過兩篇文關於本地手工啤酒 ''Hong Kong Beer / Gweilo Beer''. 今次我就試咗一隻本地手工啤酒叫做”麥氏啤酒”, 工場位於荃灣區的工廠大廈.麥氏啤酒係由3個香港年青人創辦, 他們認為香港人都可以釀出好飲既手工啤酒, 目前佢地既代表作叫做”Salt Farm (鹽田)” 係一款比利時白啤酒 (用小麥來釀製), 味道就同Hoegaarden差唔多, 帶有輕微既香橙味. 除了鹽田啤之外, 麥氏仲有釀製好多唔同Style既啤酒, 例如今次我試咗甘蔗啤酒(Stout Style), 桂圓啤酒 (Pale Ale), 薄荷啤酒3款, 每一款啤酒都用了獨特配料來釀製.

薄荷啤酒(ABV 5%): 薄荷啤酒係一款淡愛爾啤酒風格, 釀製時加入乾薄荷茶葉. 入口時可以飲到非常清新既薄荷味, 好適宜夏天飲. 口感Medium Body, 唔算太苦, 清新薄荷味,加上薄荷,蜂蜜,少少藥材芳香. 係一款清新型既啤酒,容易入口, 飲多幾枝到唔覺醉.



桂圓啤酒(ABV5%): 聽到桂圓啤酒就感覺好似飲緊桂圓肉糖水, 呢一款係Pale Ale Style 既啤酒, 顏色淺啡色,杯頂上帶有白色泡泡.佢聞落就唔覺有好重桂圓香,不過飲落就有好濃郁既桂圓味道,算係少甜,少苦.除咗桂圓既特色之外,其餘就好似一般Pale Ale啤酒 甘蔗啤酒 (ABV5%): 

甘蔗啤酒係一係司陶特黑啤, 好似健力士黑啤一樣STYLE. 啤酒顏色比較深色呢款啤酒顏色係實黑色, 帶有咖啡和煙燻芳香. 起初開始飲只感受到味道同一般黑啤差唔多, 不過AFTERTASTE就飲得出有少少甜同片糖既味道. 其實我覺得同飲緊其他黑啤個分別唔係好大, 可能因為片糖味道唔係太特出.

[Hong Kong] 鬼佬涼茶!!

I had heard about this HK Gweilo Beer for long time, just didn't have any chance to try. Today, I saw Gweilo IPA at Parknshop for $24.90 (HKD). As a Hongkonges, I definitely will try this made in HK beer. Gwei Lo (鬼佬) which is a Cantonese slang for white man or foreigners. Perhaps the brand name Gweilo is related to a Cantonese old term. In the old time some Chinese call 鬼佬涼茶 (Gwei Lo Leung Cha) as beer which mean Gwei Lo herbal tea. In general, the original taste of beer has little bitter and Chinese herbal tea taste bitter too. Maybe, it is one of the reason to call the beer as "鬼佬" 啤酒. 

This IPA brewed with European malt and American hops. The color is amber clear color, little white head on top. It tastes light sweet, citrus and strong of hops flavor. The aromas have malt and little fruits. Overall, this IPA is very fresh and smooth, it has only 4.8% ABV not too heavy and aftertaste has mild bitter keep in mouth for finishing.  

之前我都已經聽過,香港有個啤酒牌子叫做’鬼佬’啤酒,不過一路都無機會試到.今日竟然在百佳超市見到有得賣”鬼佬”IPA,每枝$24.90(HKD).作為香港人的我,一定要試一試呢枝香港製造的啤酒.廣東話”鬼佬”解: 白種人或外國人.個牌子叫做”鬼佬”,可能跟中國人以前一個廣東話說法有關.以前有些中國人叫啤酒為”鬼佬涼茶”,普遍啤酒本身味道都會帶少少苦而中國涼茶都是苦的,所以稱為”鬼佬”啤酒.

這款IPA用了駭歐洲麥芽和美國啤酒花,.啤酒顏色是清晰琥珀色,少少白色泡泡.味道上帶有微甜,柑橘和強烈啤酒花風味.芳香方面有麥芽香和輕微果香.整體這枝IPA非常清新,口感順滑,最後Aftertaste有溫和啤酒苦味.酒精度只有4.8%,不算很高,可以方心暢飲!!

[Beer] Norway craft beer "Nøgne Ø"

Few months before, I was buying beers on an online store and found a Norway craft beer call Nøgne Ø. Norway’s craft beer is quite new to me because in HK is not easy to find it, besides some craft beer shop only. This time, I saw that online store has many choices available. Thus, I bought 6 different styles to try out, included Pale Ale, Global Pale Ale , IPA, #100, India Saison and Saison. Nøgne Ø is a fresh brewery, established in 2002 by Gunnar Wiig and Kjetil Jikiun. By the time Norway only had commercial lager beer dominant the market, Nøgne Ø wished to start a brewery, which brews difference beer style for the market. Most of the commercial lager beer is filtered and pasteurized, that’s why it taste light and look clear. Nøgne Ø prefers to brew complex, fruity and full body beer. They call their beer as living beer, it means, they didn’t filter the beer, yeasts would keep in the bottle for the 2^nd fermented. This time, I only tried 6 different styles but Nøgne Ø still has various styles of beers available and those are interest to try out, such as Strandhogg, Asian Pale Ale, Imperial Brown Ale, Vic Secret IPA, etc. From now, my favorite is Pale Ale, IPA, Global Pale Ale and Saison.

Pale Ale (IBU: 40 / ABV: 6%): This pale ale had smooth bubbles white head and shows orange copper color, little hazy. It has honey, caramel and citrus fruits aromas. Taste slightly sweet, fruity and medium strong hoppy, aftertaste has a long conformable bitterness. Overall, I like the style of this pale ale, it didn’t taste like traditional pale ale, is more bitterness and hoppy style.   

India Pale Ale (IBU: 60 / ABV: 7.5%): This IPA had hazy golden orange, only little bubbles. It has light flora and fruit aromas, such as citrus, orange and grapefruit. Taste slightly sweet, fruity, hoppy and full body, the bitterness last very long in the mouth. Overall, it tastes strong like US IPA but this one come with little fruity flavor.   

 

Pale Ale

Saison (IBU: 25 / ABV: 6.5%): This saison had yellow and pale golden color with very little bubbles. It only has fresh fruits aromas such as Peach, Apple and lemon. Taste fruity acid, medium sweet and with a lovely peach flavor. Overall, this beer is easy to drink, very refreshing, suitable to drink in summer.

India Saison (IBU: 40 / ABV: 7.5%) This beer has deep yellow color, the top has thick whitehead and very fine bubbles. Taste hoppy and sweet, aftertaste has a sharp bitterness. Overall, it taste like IPA mixed with Saison or a hoppy Saison.

 

Saison

Global Pale Ale (IBU: 40 / ABV: 4.5%): A Pale Ale made with 13 different types of hops from all over the world, included England, Slovenia, New Zealand, Czech Republic, USA, Germany and Australia, that’s why it names as Global Pale Ale. The color show hazy amber, white head on top and fine bubbles. Aromas have grapefruit, citrus and gummy candy. In the mouth is medium body, it tastes fresh and mild bitterness. Overall, this beer style is similar to a mild IPA because it carries a strong hop aroma. If, you like hoppy beer with low alcohol lever, Global Pale Ale will be a good choice.

#100 (IBU: 80 / ABV: 10%): #100 is a barley wine style beer, it has dark brown color with thick bubble on top . The aromas have dried fruits like dried raisins, caramel, chocolate, roast malt, etc. This beer is full body like bold style with high alcohol. It tastes sweet, light acid and powerful bitterness and come with herbal and hoppy. Overall, this beer is quite rich and complex, in the mouth can feel dried fruit sweet then after taste is hoppy and little smoky.

Global Pale Ale 

#100 

之前幾個月,我在一間買啤酒的online store遊覽, 發現了一款來自挪威的手工啤酒叫做Nøgne Ø.挪威手工啤酒感覺好新鮮,一般在香港都比較難搵到,除了一些專買手工啤酒店舖.今次我在online store見到有多款不同啤酒風格選擇, 於是我買了6款來嚐試,包括Pale Ale, Global Pale Ale, IPA, #100, India Saison and Saison. Nøgne Ø係一間較新是釀酒廠,由Gunnar Wiig和Kjetil Jikiun兩位釀酒師,創於2002年.當時挪威只係有一些大眾化或工業式拉格啤酒主導市場, Nøgne Ø想開一間釀酒廠,釀一些不同風格的啤酒來供應給手工啤酒愛好者.多數工業式拉格啤都會經過殺菌和過濾,所以味道會比較清淡和外表清晰. Nøgne Ø就係想釀一些複雜性,Fruity,和厚身(重型)的啤酒,這就是他們不會過濾啤酒,酵母都會保留在瓶內來進行第二次的發酵.雖然今次只係試了6款啤酒,其實Nøgne Ø仲有好多不同啤酒都好值得去試,例如Strandhogg, Asian Pale Ale, Imperial Brown Ale, Vic Secret IPA, etc.目前我最鐘意係Pale Ale, IPA, Global Pale Ale and Saison.

Pale Ale(淡愛爾啤酒) (IBU: 40 / ABV: 6%): 這款pale ale倒出來的時有細绵泡沫,顏色是朦朧橙色帶小小銅色.啤酒帶有蜜糖,焦糖和柑橘類水果的芳香.味道方面剛開始有輕微水果甜,之後感覺到啤酒花味道,到aftertaste有很長啤酒花的苦.整體我很喜歡這款淡愛爾的風格,它沒有傳統淡愛爾的溫和.它是有多一些啤酒花的香和苦味.

India Pale Ale(印度淡愛爾)(IBU: 60 / ABV: 7.5%): 這款IPA外觀帶有朦朧的橙金色,只有小小啤酒泡在杯頂.啤酒帶有輕輕的花香和水果,包括有柑橘,香橙和柚子芳香.味道方面開始有輕微的甜,fruity,有比較重啤酒花味道,之後苦味會在口內持續一段時間.整體這款IPA跟美國的IPA有些相似,不過它的味道就比較fruity.

IPA

Saison (IBU: 25 / ABV: 6.5%): 從外表看這款Saison有清晰淡金色帶一點黃色,沒有太多泡沬.啤酒只有新鮮水果芳香,包括有水蜜桃,蘋果和檸檬.味道方面它帶酸,類似水果的酸,中等甜度,飲用時可以品嚐到美味的水蜜桃香.整體我覺得飲這款啤酒好涼爽,甜味會好易入口,之後又有點酸來刺激味覺,然後水蜜桃香留在口腔內,感覺非常適宜夏天飲用.

India Saison (IBU: 40 / ABV: 7.5%): 這款啤酒帶深黃色,杯頂有一層白色細緻泡沫.飲落有啤酒花味道和帶甜, aftertaste比較苦.整體我覺得India Saison好像IPA跟Saison兩款啤酒調配出來的味道或可以說是一款帶啤酒花味道的Saison.

India Saison

Global Pale Ale (環球淡愛爾)(IBU: 40 / ABV: 4.5%): 這是一款淡愛爾用了13種啤酒花釀造出來,而且所有啤酒花都是來自全球7個國家,包括英國,斯洛文尼亞,新西蘭,捷克,美國,德國和澳洲.所以這款啤酒叫做Global Pale Ale.啤酒顏色是朦朧琥珀色,倒出來時候杯頂有一層白色細緻泡沫.香氣方面有柚子,柑橘和一些類似橡皮糖芳香.飲落感到清新,中等酒身,有啤酒苦味比較溫和.整體我覺得它是一款輕巧型IPA,因為它帶有複雜啤酒花香但是酒精濃度都是較低,味道都較溫和.如果喜歡啤酒花香,這枝啤酒不會令你失望.

#100 (IBU: 80 / ABV: 10%): 這款#100是一種叫做Barley wine/大麥酒style的啤酒,口感會比較重口味.顏色係深啡色,杯頂有一層厚厚的泡沫.啤酒有乾果(類似乾提子),焦糖, 朱古力, 烤麥芽, 等等..的芳香.口感方面係屬於厚身,重口味型啤酒,帶有高酒精濃度.飲落味道有甜,微酸,強烈苦味再帶多一些草藥和啤酒花的味道.整體來說,這款啤酒是較為濃厚和有點複雜,可以品嚐到有乾果的甜,之後到Aftertaste有啤酒花苦和一些煙燻味道.