My trip to China ended on a visit to an old home town. I truly love Beijing and its beer scene continues to evolve. I took my brother to some old favourite haunts (Great Leap and Slow Boat). Together we …
Tag: Drinking in Beijing
@GreatLeapBeer – Beijing’s behemoth boutique brewer
In 2010, Great Leap Brewing kicked off in Beijing as Beijing’s first craft brewer. Today, their beers are available in three wonderful bars/tap houses in Beijing and I’ve seen their beers in Hong Kong and Shanghai as well. …
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Arrow Factory Brewing and NLGX’s demise
A big disappointment of this trip to Beijing has been the demise of Nanluogu Xiang or NLGX (from a bar perspective). This wonderful alley was jammed with all sorts of crazy little bars. I reckon there were at least …
Beijing bar observations
So there’s been plenty of changes to the Beijing bar scene since my last visit. Plenty of bars have gone and the craft beer culture has started. There’s a couple of perennials, but for mine (and maybe it’s looking backwards …
Slow Boat Taproom – stunning
As I’ve mentioned in recent posts, there are some fabulous craft beer venues in Beijing. They balance of the challenge of finding them (Beijing is a challenging city) with a great pay-off if you persist. Slow Boat Brewery’s tap …
Panda Brew – only if you’ve got nothing else to do
In researching this trip, it’s clear that there is a first and second division amongst craft brewers in Beijing. Great Leap, Slow Boat (to be the subject of later posts) and Jing-A rule the roost as far as awards and …
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Jing-A brewing – just find it
I’m back in Beijing. In many respects, Back of the Ferry owes its origins to Beijing. I lived here for 7 months in 2009. I’d send a regular email entitled “Sino Photo of the Day”, which blathered on about the …
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