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The history of Harbin beer dates back to 1900, when Jan Wróblewski, [1] [2] a Pole from Tarczyn, then located in the Russian Partition of Poland, [3] founded a brewery in Northeast China (then called Manchuria), which he named after himself.
Olympia Beer after the city of Olympia, Washington, Washington, USA; Oud Beersel after the town of Beersel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium; Paceña after the city if La Paz, Bolivia; Pacífico, a Mexican beer named after the Pacific Ocean; Parbo Bier after the city of Paramaribo, Suriname; Phuket Beer after the island of Phuket, southern Thailand
This European influence is particularly marked in the case of beer, whose modern Chinese name pijiu is a Qing-era transcription of the English beer and German Bier. Two of the principal brewers in modern China, Tsingtao and Harbin , are named for the sites of the former major German and Russian breweries.
Harbin is known for its European-style structures, for example, the popular Saint Sophia Cathedral, the design on Central Street, and the Baroque compositional complex in Lao Daowai (Old Town). Harbin in winter shows a large number of ice figures and offers many ice and snow activities for sightseers.
Craft beer festivals have been popularized since the early 2010s in Beijing and Shanghai. Two popular beer festivals in Shanghai, Shanghai International Beer Festival and Shanghai Beer Week, were both started in 2012. In 2015 market share of imported beer reached 1.14% and volume increased by 58.9% to 538.5 million litres. [16]
Qiulin Group's history goes back to 1867, when Ivan Yakovlevich Churin (October 16, 1833 - April 30, 1895), a Russian who was born in Irkutsk, opened a store in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur. In 1882, he established Churin & Co. ( Russian : Чурин и Ко ) in Khabarovsk , with his business partners Касьяновы, Бабинцевы ...
A brew of ancient coca is Bolivia's buzzy new beer. But it's unclear if the world will buy in. ... “The procedures have been initiated for the first time in history,” Juan Carlos Alurralde ...
Bottles of Red Star erguotou at 53% abv. Erguotou (Chinese: 二锅头; pinyin: èrguōtóu; lit. 'second pot head', 'i.e. second distillation') is a style of qingxiang baijiu originating in Beijing and primarily made in the region surrounding.