Beijing beer festival?
Trip Start
Jan 30, 2007
1
57
634
Trip End
Dec 31, 2011
Loading Map
Map Options
Show trip route
Hide lines
Beijing,
China
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Maybe they had it last year and it involved a guy opening a dozen bottles of warm beer with his teeth, and after 'gan bei'-ing everyone, that was it.
Perhaps with the Olympics about to happen, having a few drunken people won't be good for China's image?
This is the only info I could find:
Beijing International Beer Festival
Known for its historical monuments and rich and exotic culture, Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China and a major tourist attraction of the country. The city is known for its various festivals and events, which are held all the year round thereby attracting large number of tourists every year. International Kite Festival, International Beer Festival, Lantern festival, spring festival etc.are some of the popular celebrated in Beijing. AsiaRooms offers to give you online information on Beijing International Beer Festival in China.
An annual festival, Beijing International Beer festival is celebrated in mid-summer every year in tourist hotels around the capital. Breweries from all around the world participate in the festival and offer a fabulous collection of quality beer in the festival.
Beijing International Beer Festival is made more interesting by the colorful and captivating cultural performances by various artists. Enjoy the nice and exotic drink from all over the world along with an interesting artistic performance in the Beijing International Beer Festival and make your Beijing tour a memorable one.
International Beer Festival also acts as a medium to promote the friendship and economic cultural exchanges between the people of China and others from all over the world.
The festival is looked forward to by beer lovers giving them a chance to taste some of the finest qualities of beer in the world. Besides, various competitions like beer drinking competition etc. are held for beer lovers making the festival more interesting.
http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/china/beijing/beijing-festivals-&-events/beijing-international-beer-festival.html
