What’s Up in Beer: All-You-Can-Drink Party, Beer Brunch, Beer Run, New Brew and Beer Deal

The beer scene in Beijing is undoubtedly booming, and with these long and sunny summer days, there are plenty of chances to enjoy beer runs, pop-up brunches, all-you-can-drink parties, and (of course) new brews.

To celebrate its four-year anniversary, NBeer Pub's Huguosi location will hold a free-flow party on August 30, providing all-you-can-drink drafts with RMB 188 from 3pm-late. Happy birthday, Nbeer!

Tom Ashton, Brewmaster at Beersmith Gastropub, and Tom Champion, Little Creatures’ Hong Kong Brewmaster, have collaborated on a four-course brunch menu at Beersmith this weekend (Aug 26-27, 11am-3pm) for RMB 198 per person. They will be serving two starters, a main, and a chocolate lava dessert, with each course paired with one beer from each brewer. To accompany the beer and food, a cappella group Jing Sing will perform. RSVP: 6505 2277.

The BHS Beer Run falls on next Thursday (Aug 31). Join the warm-up at 6.10pm and run at sunset (6.47pm). During the two-hour tour, you will be guided through four venues in Xicheng District: NBeer Pub (Huguosi location), Qidian Café, Old Boiler Grill&Bar, and iB. You will get a pint at each venue. Pay RMB 200 if you don’t have a membership card. RSVP (WeChat: BJbrew for members and WeChat: someet for non-members).

Good news for the bitter beer lovers. The Hop God 120 Imperial IPA is back on tap at Great Leap Brewing’s three locations this week. Taking the spirit of the Little General to the extreme, this Chinese Imperial IPA is brewed with “a hefty dose of unprocessed whole cone Qingdao Flower hops that yield a ripe floral nose and lingering bitterness," with local and imported roasted and caramel malts adding complexity and surprising balance to the godly 100 IBUs of bitterness.

Also, if any of our upcoming pizza blogs for the Pizza Cup triggers a craving, and you happen to visit La Pizza, grab Arrow Factory’s Guanxi Pale Ale for RMB 35 and Seeing Double IPA for RMB 40 (now available at all three locations). Ordering their signature Contadina pizza with sausage and Friarielli will get you a free bottle of Guanxi Pale Ale.

That’s all we have here this week, now get out there and enjoy what remains of your summer!

More stories by this author here.

Email: tracywang@thebeijinger.com
Twitter: @flyingfigure
Instagram: @flyingfigure

Photos courtesy of venues