Beer

How is the beer in China? Well, it depends. There is beer. There is cold beer: an improvement from 10 years ago. There are beer girls: girls in tight fitting logo clothes that try to sell you their brand as soon as you sit down in the bar or restaurant. There is a brand of beer called "REEB" ---- that's beer spelled backwards --- how good could that be? There is Tsing Tao. There are 7 flavors of TsingTao. There is a cold quart bottle of Budweiser "to go" for $1. There are cases of beer delivered to your home. There is Heineken and Corona. There are six-packs. There are Irish pubs that have Guinness on tap. There are at least 20 brands of beer in the Carrefour (like a Walmart) supermarket where we shop. However....... There are no pale ales. There are no IPAs... Sigh... There are no micro breweries (that I know of). There is a Trappist beer, Chamay, from Belgium at Carrefour that costs about 3 US dollars for a 12 oz bottle. It is pretty darn tasty.