The Mongolian mystery beer has been poured! Thanks to my friend Dan for hauling this little beauty back from a recent trip to Mongolia. He had it stuffed in a shoe and it survived unscathed. Now if only I could find some information about this beer! I know its a dark beer and I know its "the Mongolian premium beer" but the label tells me those things. Everything else remains a mystery for now.Pours a dark auburn color that is clean and clear when held to up to the light. Based on the carbonation and the color I will go with this being a dark lager. Its also my guess that Mongolia is a lager drinking country. The head is about a finger in thickness and very rich. Not a bad looking beer.
Smells of dark malt, some apple or dark fruit along with a sweet buttery-ness. There is also some caramel notes and dark bread.
Tastes very much like dark German wheat bread! There are also some hints of sweet fruit. The taste is very refreshing as its definitely beer you can drink nice and cold and there is little to no aftertaste. A pretty basic dark lager but extremely easy to drink. Its the best Mongolian beer I've ever had!
BEER FACTS
Name: Xap Xopym Dark Beer
Style: Dark Lager
Brewery: XAP XOPYM
Location: Ulanbaatar, Mongolia
Container: 12 oz. bottle
Malts: ?
Hops: ?
ABV: 5.3%
IBUs: ?
2 comments:
Definitely this is Mongolia's favorite, produced by APU company. The other brands are Borgio, Golden Gobi and Yahuu! I heard that the company has the best German brewing technology, in which my friend from Danemark agreed so. His favorite was Chinggis beer. Khan Brau is another beer made by German invested company here, which is also good but not widely accepted as top one.
Thanks! I am glad that someone could provide a little more info on this beer. I really appreciate it.
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