Brew Ha Ha: making a fuss about beer

August 14th, 2008

What Else Is In Your Beer?

In case you’re looking for another reason to go organic when it comes to beer, consider this: additives in beers are not strictly regulated in all countries.
And when I say additives, I mean, oh, say, carcinogens.
The Chinese beer industry, one of the top beer producing countries in the world, was found to include […]

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August 9th, 2008

Beer Flows at Olympics

At 08:08 on 08/08/08, the Summer Olympic games kicked off in Beijing, China. There is, it seems, an “official” everything to commemorate the games - including an official beer.
Yanjing is the official beer of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and no wonder, since it is the largest brewery in Asia. […]

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July 16th, 2008

Your Beer: Made in China

Image details: Sixth Chongqing Beer Festival served by picapp.com
The US may well be losing its hold on the beer manufacturing market, but other countries are stepping up.
A study commissioned by German hop trader Joh Barth and Sohn has found that China, which had already found itself atop the list of the world’s top beer-producing countries, […]

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June 17th, 2008

Beer Lovers of the World: Where do they live?

Which of the following countries has the highest consumption of beer per capita:
a, China
b, USA
c, Czech Republic
d, Ireland
And your best guess is…?
Tags: beer, china, czech republic, ireland, nations, per capita, united states

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February 11th, 2008

Happy Year of the Rat

In honor of Chinese New Year I had decided to buy some Chinese beers to blog about, so over the weekend I bought a Harbin and a Tsing tao, from the fourth and first largest breweries in China, respectively. Although I’ve only tried the Harbin, both beers are lagers in the German style, as is […]

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