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- 01Chinese Beer in 5 Minutes: The World's Biggest Beer CountryThe world's best-selling beer is Chinese, and most Europeans have never heard of it. Here is Chinese beer in five minutes.
- 029,000 Years of Beer in ChinaBarley beer 5,000 years ago, a Russian brewery in Harbin, a German one in Qingdao. The surprising history of beer in China.
- 03The Big Four: Snow, Tsingtao, Yanjing and HarbinFour of the world's best-selling beer brands are Chinese. Meet them.
- 04Drinking Beer in China: Jugs, Skewers and "Cold or Not?"Big bottles, small glasses, endless toasts and lamb skewers: how China drinks its beer.
- 05Beer at the Chinese Table: Hot Pot, Skewers and DumplingsChinese lager was born for food. Here is how to match every style with the right dish.
- 06Tsingtao and the Brewery by the SeaHow a brewery founded by Germans and Britons in 1903 became the symbol of Chinese beer around the world.
- 07The Craft Beer Revolution in ChinaIn the country of light lager, a new generation of brewers is making IPAs, stouts and beers with Sichuan pepper and tea.
- 08Buying Chinese Beer in EuropeTsingtao is on many European shelves. Finding the rest takes a little more curiosity.
Key numbers
- China, world's largest beer producer since
- 2002The China Project
- Annual beer consumption
- 45.7 billion litres (2019)European Brewers Forum
- CR Snow's market share by volume
- Over 25% (2019)European Brewers Forum
- First European-style brewery
- 1900 HarbinThe China Project
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