David Friesen reviews Hatepi Heart beer. Don't hate the 'hate beer'...

LAST-MINUTE PANIC! SIX NO-SHIP GIFT IDEAS

Buy a GamePass for a friend	Beer of the month club membership	Full Tilt Poker gift certificates
Amazon.com gift card	Give a better life with Heifer.org	Brew Your Own magazine subscription

Hatepi Heart beer review
Submitted by David Friesen

So I was cruising the French supermarket in Beijing (very traditional I know) and decided to get a few new beers to review. I had clearly not experienced all the beer that China had to offer and was on a mission to expand my horizons. Well, the first thing I came across was as I perused the labels was a beer advertised as 'hate beer'.

Now, I obviously had to buy a beer with a name like this, so immediately snapped it up. Slightly disappointingly the beer is actually called Hatepi Heart beer and the label was just lamely abbreviated. But still, I was open-minded as to this new beer’s potential.

Coming in 350ml cans, this 3.6% abv beer is from Harbin, where it gets really REALLY cold. So I was expecting substantial to drink.

However, I was again disappointed. A weak lager smelling slightly of fruit was what greeted me. It tasted fairly average too, although it was smoother than some Chinese lagers I have tried. But to be honest, at 3.6% it shouldn’t exactly taste harsh!

However, the beer was redeemed slightly by the brilliant brewery address: "50 kilometre away from Hawu Road".

I guess whoever designed the cans had been sampling a lot of what was inside beforehand! 

Hatepi Heart beer is fairly average and quite weak in taste, but it is still hard to hate the ‘hate’ beer.

GET INVOLVED!

Get Involved! The UNOB Advent calendar Become a Beer Delegate Review a beer Review a pub or bar Review beer shirts and gifts Share drunk pics/stories Submit a Beer Fest Review a Great Beer Store! Join 'Drink Up' Browse beer gifts Grab beer T-shirts 'Hop' into beer books

usa

USA Alabama Alaska Arizona California Colorado Washington DC Delaware Florida Hawaii Illinois Kansas Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Texas Vermont Utah Wisconsin Somewhere else?!

canada

Canada Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoun'd & Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Somewhere else?!

world

World Argentina Australia: NSW Australia: Northern T'y Australia: Queensland Belgium Brazil China Czech Republic Dominican Republic Germany Japan New Zealand Romania Russia UK: London UK: Manchester UK: Newcastle World Delegate Somewhere else?!

LATEST UPDATES

Latest Updates All the latest UNOB news The Alchemist pub, VT Troegenator Guinness product HQ Mountain Crest UNOB gift Advent calendar Golden Valley Brewery Budweiser American ale Wanaka Beerworks taster set Great beer gifts! Fox and Anchor Pub, London Squatters Pub and Brewery Sprecher Russian Imperial stout Utah GABF winners Saranac Black Forest ale Review beer shirts and gifts Lee's Discount Liquor Twin Cities Tavern Kalamazoo Summer Wheat vs Bell's Oberon Garrison Jalapeno ale Steelhead Double IPA Silva Strong beer

LINKS

Useful links The UNOB Advent calendar Review beer shirts and gifts Browse the world's weirdest beer gifts EXCLUSIVE UNOB beer T-shirts SBI: Change your life forever! Beer Info Beer Calorie Guide Beer Fun The UNOB @ CafePress! Cool Beer Gifts Church of Texas Holdem Boardgame Beast

What's in the box?

"Where does he get all those wonderful toys?"
ThinkGeek: launch rockets from your PC, send digital insults to drivers and own a REAL light sabre!

Beer T-shirts from the UNOB

Guinness Product HQ
We've rounded up the greatest collection of Guinness gear on the planet! Shirts, hats, glasses, home bar products, giftware, tin signs... all official! Guinness Product HQ

Beer Gifts page from the UNOB