Tiger Beer - Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd.

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

1.9/5  rDev -30.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

A mediocre lager brought in by LCBO. Watery, no taste and some floral smell. Sweet malt and corn sweetness. Dry very bitter and metallic aftertaste. Pale yellow. Carbonation. A lot of soapy foam that gives some creamyness to water. Herbal and clean and plain.

Serving type: bottle

11-29-2004 00:08:46 | More by northyorksammy

BuckeyeNation

Iowa

3.15/5  rDev +15%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pale maize with quite a few flecks and flakes that almost certainly aren't yeast or hops. Given the style, the head isn't bad. It's off-white, soft and decently creamy, with enough substance and enough tackiness to last for more than a few minutes and to leave an acceptable amount of lace.

The nose is, again, not bad for the style. Keep in mind that my expectations are on the low end and are easily exceeded. The dominant aspect of the aroma is an artificial (though not unpleasant) sweet perfuminess. Perhaps it should be classified as an off-aroma, but I usually reserve that for aromas that are unappealing.

S'okay. The flavor is nothing to write home about, but I still can't manage to work up any beer geek distain over what I'm tasting. It's a little sweeter than many of its style mates and has at least as much hop content as the style average. It's pretty generic and uninteresting, but that seems to be the goal of most brewers who foist this stuff off on us.

Any attempts to find hidden depth or complexity are wasted. TB is simple, straightforward beer that is, nevertheless, better than Budweiser, as one example among many that could be given. I can't help but compare the macro lagers of other countries to the macro lagers of the Big 3. Embarrassingly (though I shouldn't be), amazingly (though it shouldn't be), the actually American American macro lagers are usually left sucking fumes.

On the positive side, the beer doesn't deteriorate with warming. I'm down to the final few ounces and have noticed no drop-off in... ahem... quality. The mouthfeel is much closer to medium than to light, a characteristic that it maintains throughout the entire bottle.

I love the bottlecap that I managed to remove without so much as a scratch or dent. It's the same tiger under a palm tree that is seen on the main label and the neck label. That's pretty much it for the high points. Having said that, one could do much worse. The fact that I could down 3-4 cold bottles of Tiger Beer with a minimal amount of complaining should count for something.

Serving type: bottle

10-11-2005 13:55:57 | More by BuckeyeNation

mikesgroove

South Carolina

2.68/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

saw it at whole foods the other day and grabbed it on a flyer. served cold and poured into a pint glass, this one was consumed on 08/22/2010.

decent pour with an above average amber color that had a small head of white and a crystal clear body. very nicely done i have to admit. aroma is light rice and corn, touches of grain and a wet cardboard that throws the whole things off. clean, easy flavor, but again lacking in the depth dept for sure.light grains, touches of bready mixes and that was about it. went down smooth and easy without too much of a fight.

overall for the style it was not terrible, but compared to my normal fair, i will pass.

Serving type: bottle

08-24-2010 10:47:50 | More by mikesgroove

UCLABrewN84

California

2.98/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours a clear darker yellow with a foamy off-white head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is very mild and is of malt, grain, and some grassy and hay aromas. Taste is much the same with a fruity and slightly metallic flavor on the finish. There is a mild herbal bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty average beer but it's drinkable and even has a slightly hoppy edge in the flavor unlike other Asian beers of the same style.

Serving type: bottle

10-21-2012 04:54:10 | More by UCLABrewN84

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.05/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

12 oz. single - $1.79 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Appearance: While it's not exactly a tiger's roar, there is at least a lively hiss of carbonation upon opening. Pours a crystal clear, yellow body with a medium-sized, white head.

Smell: Delicate, light pale malts with a soft touch of maize and some very mild floral touches.

Taste: Light pale malts dashed with a hearty handful of dried yellow corn and a medium sweetness. Faintly floral hops and mild bitterness leave you with, well, a slightly sweetish finish.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied, but not quite as thin as some of its lagered compatriots. Medium carbonation.

Drinkability: Oh, come on, it's not so bad. Really! Though it leaves me wishing I had some tasty Asian grub to wash it down with.

Serving type: bottle

02-21-2009 00:16:10 | More by ChainGangGuy

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

2.28/5  rDev -16.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Bottle: Poured a clear golden color lager with a large pure white foamy head with some good retention but no lacing. Aroma consists of sweet malt with some minimal adjunct showing. Taste is also dominated by a bland medium sweet malt taste with no easily discernable adjunct. Not the most complex beer out there but definitely not the worst pale lager out there.

Serving type: bottle

08-19-2008 20:01:07 | More by Phyl21ca

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.13/5  rDev +14.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

It seems that the distributor(s) in the Central Kentucky area are pushing this beer quite hard. I finally ordered one under the pressure. Gladly, it didn't seem to be a mistake. I thought the beer was as clean tasting as it looked. The brightly colored straw brew with a bleached head retention prevailed with a solid pilsner malt sweetness and low levels of vegial / grain flavors. Spiced with hip bittering a light grassy flavors. Mostly clean in the feel with a mild grain lingering. Overall, decent but my money will be better served on other good Germal Lagers.

Serving type: bottle

03-08-2007 18:49:40 | More by BEERchitect

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

3.45/5  rDev +25.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Tiger pours a crystal-clear straw-gold body beneath a bright white head that holds very well but leaves no lace. The nose is basic, but there are some floral, grassy, and spicy hops present. It's crisp in the mouth with a standard carbonation and light-medium body. The flavor delivers a well-balanced combination of sweetish adjunct-laden malt, a solid bitterness, and spicy hops that linger shortly in the dry aftertaste. A basic, but nicely hopped golden lager.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2005 23:26:10 | More by NeroFiddled

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.7/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Served in a Budweiser pokal.

Nothin' better than drinking an Asian AAL while watching some low-grade chop socky. "Shaolin Ex-Monk" to be exact. The clear, very pale straw is just as bland and unexciting as the dubbed dialogue I'm being forced to listen to. If only this brew had such an awesome fake moustache as this guy here... Ah, without visuals that didn't work as well as I'd hoped, but trust me, it's a cool fake moustache. And those sound effects: every movement of an arm or leg produces a beast of a whoosh, just as unsatisfying as the weak, ricy, corny, almost metallically sour nose on this thing. Along side the usual corn syrup, toasted rice, and baked wheat tastes is a hint of vague, blunt bitterness with a tiny bit of tinny edge. Wow, do these attempts at physical comedy suck, and in the best way! Now, as lame as the taste is (as is this movie), at least it's nice and light, both in body and in carbonation, and goes down easily, allowing it to be done with quickly. If only this movie would move along so easily...

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2010 04:42:21 | More by TMoney2591

metter98

New York

2.93/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: The beer is clear golden yellow in color and has a slight amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a half-finger high white head that died down but consistently left a thin head covering the surface.
S: There are light to moderate sweet aromas of corn in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the initial taste has sweet flavors of corn; hints of rice and other grains are noticeable towards the finish. No hops are present in the taste.
M: It feels light-bodied and a bit smooth on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The light flavors in this beer would probably make it a nice accompaniment to spicy Asian food.

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2012 00:06:19 | More by metter98

feloniousmonk

Minnesota

3.28/5  rDev +19.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Tiger Lager, Singapore. World Acclaimed Lager Beer, since 1932.
"Imported." 11.2 ounce bottle, another cheater....can't spare the .8 ounce for an even dozen?

Clear, bright golden hue, slim white head.

Aroma: mild cereal and malt tones, light hops, dry, clean, inoffensive.

Taste: Neat little hop appearance up front, buzzes the palate a bit, then the fade begins, malt takes over. Hops continue providing a tasty little tap-dance on the palate, ends dry.

This is a better lager than I expected, not as carbonated as most Euro or Asian lagers, more flavor, more hops, much more to please. If I were to say "inoffensive", I'd be depriving it of proper praise. Even "not bad" is inexcusable, as it doesn't describe what this brew does correctly.

What it does is fit the mold of a proper pilsner unfailingly. There's enough pleasant taste and palate-pleasing character to recommend it. I think I will drink this one more than once.

Serving type: bottle

09-05-2010 00:57:06 | More by feloniousmonk

WesWes

New York

2.73/5  rDev -0.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

The beer pours a pale gold color with a thick frothy white head that slowly fades to lacing; nice retention. The aroma is average. It has a light and dry pale malt scent that is a bit husky and devoid of any real malt aroma. The taste is below average. It has absolutely no malt character at all along with no hop flavor or finish. It tastes like the second runnings of a light lager. The mouthfeel is decent. It is a low bodied beer with good carbonation. This is a not a very good beer. I guess it would be good on a hot day or with spicey food, but otherwise it's one and done for me.

Serving type: bottle

07-14-2005 00:15:53 | More by WesWes

Mora2000

Texas

2.28/5  rDev -16.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

The beer pours a pale yellow color with a white head. The aroma is very faint. I get a little bit of unattractive grain notes in the aroma but that is about it. The flavor is very sweet with some malt and grain notes. Not real hops character, but at least there are not any real "off" flavors. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Not a beer I will try again.

Serving type: bottle

07-18-2011 01:55:57 | More by Mora2000

zeff80

Missouri

2.05/5  rDev -25.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

A - Poured out a straw yellow color with a bubbly, white, two-finger head. It was highly carbonated and left no lace.

S - It smelled of corn and grains.

T - It tasted a little bittersweet. The predominant flavor was just corn.

M - It was pretty crisp and sharp. A light-bodied beer.

D - This is a below average beer. It is fairly bland and doesn't bring much in terms of flavor.

Serving type: bottle

09-24-2007 03:27:05 | More by zeff80

TheManiacalOne

Rhode Island

1.83/5  rDev -33.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a light yellow color, with a thin white head that fades very quickly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.

S: The aroma contains adjuncts, light malts and a very faint touch of hops.

T: The taste starts out bready with flavors of adjuncts and grain. Then some light malt sweetness comes in. The hops presence is very mild as you would expect from this kind of beer, but there's not a lot of balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet.

M: Crisp but not very smooth, light body, medium-to-high carbonation, finish is clean.

D: Not very flavorful, goes down ok, not too filling, mild kick, good representation of style for whatever that's worth, there are a lot of other beers in the style I would rather drink if my choices were that limited.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2010 21:15:05 | More by TheManiacalOne

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

1.9/5  rDev -30.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Picked this one up pretty much to just finish filling a 6 pack up. Mostly this beer is like many other lagers. I'm sure it's got hops, barley and malts in it but to what extreme are they putting in? Anyway the beer is pee yellow with very little head. The aroma is mostly malt no hop aroma unfortunately. This beer is rather bland, with something as wild as a tiger on the label should this brew be a little more aggressive?

Serving type: bottle

03-23-2011 01:40:39 | More by Knapp85

russpowell

Oklahoma

3.78/5  rDev +38%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

22 oz bomber pours golden, efferevescent & with a 1 finger white head. No head retention or lacing

S: Slight floral hops that grow in prominence as the beer warms, then you get perfumy hops& a little sweet malt. Finishes dry. slightlty sweet & crisp

T: Grassyness & lemons up up front, then a nice malt base. Dryness & a little grainyness follows.

MF: Light/medium bodied with medium carbonation & pretty good balance

Drinks pretty easy, nothing too complex here, but rate this upper-echelon a far as this style goes. What's weird is this tastes better than it did in Thailand (just next door) , where it displayed more earthy hops profile-wise

Serving type: bottle

11-08-2006 03:21:14 | More by russpowell

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.18/5  rDev +16.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I always seem to get this when at Thai or Malay restaurants...

This beer pours a medium pale golden colour, with one finger of thin, soapy white head, that disappears quickly, leaving very little lace. It smells of white cracker grain, and slightly skunky grassy hops. The taste is white grain malt - rice, mostly, and light floral, grassy hops. The carbonation is moderate, the body fairly solid for the style, and it finishes kind of skunky. While this seems to work well with various spicy Southeast Asian cuisines, on its own, it's pretty average.

Serving type: bottle

06-28-2009 23:28:33 | More by biboergosum

Gavage

New Jersey

2.63/5  rDev -4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Ordered one of these before eating at my favorite Thai restaurant in Vegas called Thai Spice. Figured I'd do a review before any food arrived. Poured a clear yellowish, light orange color. Very thin 1/4" head that quickly receded to nothing. No lacing developed either. Carbonation level was decent.

Aroma was non-existant. The flavor was of mild malt, grass, and only a hint of bitterness. Very bland and boring for the tastebuds. Smooth and lightly crisp at the start, with a clean finish. Drinkability is very average due to bland flavor but for the upcoming spicey food I'll be eating, I won't be able to taste it anyway.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2005 14:38:15 | More by Gavage

jwc215

New Jersey

3.68/5  rDev +34.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured straw yellow with a two-finger white, foamy head that diminished, but was well-retained and left some lacing down the glass.
The smell was of mild hops and a touch of sweetness.
A mildly sharp bitterness was followed by a touch of sweetness. It was fairly well-balanced between hops and malt. A slightly metallic tinge was noticeable (but faint) as the drink progressed. It was light to medium bodied.
It was quite smooth. Refreshing. A decent alternative to most American macros. While nothing particularly great, it's a decent choice for a hot day. It had a bit of body and a taste that is absent in most American macros. For the style, it's not bad at all.

Serving type: bottle

07-21-2006 16:00:16 | More by jwc215

tempest

Pennsylvania

3.53/5  rDev +28.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is a fairly straightforward beer. The flavor is very clean with light, sweet bready malts. There's nothing offensive on the palate, unlike so many macros, and there's a pleasant bitter aftertaste. No hop flavor, but well balanced. I guess that's really what this beer excels at, being balanced. There isn't a lot to taste, but what there is is quite nice and easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2008 05:22:49 | More by tempest

WVbeergeek

Ohio

1.4/5  rDev -48.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

Appearance: Golden and fizzy that's about it, thin short lived head just poor looking brew. Aroma: Wretchedness as my lovely girlfriend, Carrie put it so eloquently. Smells worse than Old E' grainy malt liquor like approach no hopes bland, blah. Taste: Tolerable only because of it's lack of flavor, there is also a distinct offness ridden with rice as it's evil adjunct of choice. Mouthfeel: Thin bodied watery who cares about carbonation. Drinkability: Wow, I can't believe they export this shit who else in the world would send this shitty beer, I'll tell you the same one that beats their citizens with rods.

Serving type: can

02-20-2004 00:49:21 | More by WVbeergeek

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.35/5  rDev +22.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours as is expected. Clear gold with a white head that sticks around and a lot of carbonation. Smells as expected. Slightly bitter and sweet. Flavor is as expected. Slightly bitter tone to a beer that has a mild sweetness to it. Tastes watered down on the end as no significant traits hang around. Feel is standard. Drinkable. Sure. Why bother though. A standard macro. But hey. At least I add another country to my growing list.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2007 13:01:09 | More by RblWthACoz

jdhilt

New Hampshire

2.53/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours a three finger white head that fades slowly leaving some lace. Crystal clear pale straw color. Light carbonation and very light bodied. sweet grainy nose, flavor is sweet corn and light hops. Good lawnmower beer, not much else. 12oz bottle from Gift Specialists Oceanside, California.

Serving type: bottle

05-28-2013 22:10:22 | More by jdhilt

Jason

Massachusetts

2.8/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

11.2 oz brown bottle with a best before date on the back label.

A- Good frothing white head dissipates into a thin lace that sticks a bit. Bright bubbly gold clarity shines in the light.

S- The usual aroma of an adjunct lager, no definitive malt in the nose just husk and cooked cereal.

T- Thin maltiness holds together for a modest generic lackluster hop bite. Clean and mostly dry.

M- Super crisp and pretty damn smooth.

A half decent lager, an easy pick when you want a weak flavored beer to wash down extra spicy Pan-Asian cuisine.

Serving type: bottle

06-26-2005 22:17:23 | More by Jason