as a wee lad, this was the first beer I ever savored. It was pee colored then, and it tastes pee-ish now. Among the "Asian" beers, this has to be one of the worst sold in US, with Harbin being the bottle of the barrel.

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Rumored for decades is the notion that Taiwan beer can taste different depending on the batch, and whether the particular batch is being sent for international competition, which it has won in the past. Over the years of drinking Taiwan beer, I'd say the beer is generally quite good, but at times disappointing. Lets just say, I had a small party once and served several varieties of good microbrews and Taiwan beer, and the Taiwan beer was the winner amongst the European beer snobs.

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Ooooh, 台灣啤酒, I remember drinking this stuff. Its not so bad. What you really need to avoid, though, is the beer flavored green tea that they have. Nasty stuff.

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Um, you clearly have not been drinking more than one of these at a time. Never had a hangover as bad as after 6 flat Taiwan beers. True, the "green bottle" Taiwan beer is far superior to some other Asian beers, not least among them the "brown bottle" Taiwan beer. And hey, it's my local brew. But let's be straight: it's garbage. One look at what Hitachino does with rice and it's a wonder we're even having this discussion. (PS: agreeing with Gunadic... ouch!)

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In bottle form Taiwan Beer is flavourless, thin and boring. I had it on tap from the brewery and it had more flavour (still not great) and body. I wandered around the area on the street with my pint. Novel idea, can't do that in Ontario.

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I arrived on a long flight from Honolulu via Tokyo and was tired and hungry. A friend from Taipei picked me up and we drove into Taipei ending up at an old Japanese style home which was now a restaurant. On the way in, my friend ordered up 3 dozen dumplings, egg drop soup, a plate of mixed vegetables and a bottle of Taiwan beer which arrived at our table in a green bottle. What a feast we had, it was all washed down with this new beer which I found tasty, mellow and smooth. We ended up ordering 3 bottles and stuffing our tummies with a wonderful meal washed down with a wonderful new beer. Can't find it in Hawaii.

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