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	Concise Timetable of Beer History.
		Beer was a vital part of civilization and the Babylonian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Hebrew, Chinese, and Inca cultures.
		Beer at this time was so valued that it was sometimes used to pay workers as part of their daily wages.
		Egyptians brewed beer commercially for use by royalty served in gold goblets, medical purposes, and as a necessity to be included in burial provisions for the journey to the hereafter.
	www.beerhistory.com /library/holdings/raley_timetable.shtml (1069 words)

	Chinese beer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chinese beer (Chinese: 啤酒; pinyin: píjǐu), mostly made in imitation of Western pilsner varieties, has become increasingly popular, first in China in the last century, and then internationally in the last few decades.
		Chinese media report that as much as 95% of all Chinese beer contains formaldehyde, to prevent sedimentation in bottles and cans while in storage.
		Chinese often use rice rather than rye or barley in their beers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_beer (215 words)

	Articles - Beer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Beer is one of the oldest beverages man has produced, dating back to at least the 5th millennium BC and recorded in the written history of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
		Hopped beer was imported to England from the Netherlands as early as 1400 in Winchester, and hops were being planted on the island by 1428.
		Wood-aged beers are any traditional or experimental beer that has been aged in a wooden barrel or have been in contact with wood (in the form of chips, cubes or "beans") for a period of time (Oak is the most common).
	www.fullorange.com /articles/Beer (3438 words)

	Tsingtao Brewery - Beeripedia the Beer Wiki
		The beer is produced in Qingdao in Shandong province, but the name of the beer uses the old École française d'Extrême-Orient transliteration.
		Tsingtao Beer was introduced to the United States in 1972, and soon became the top-selling Chinese beer in the U.S. market; it has maintained this leadership within the United States ever since, despite increasing competition from other well known Chinese beer brands, Zhujiang Beer and Yanjing.
		Tsingtao Beer suffered a quality debacle in the late-1990's, but a subsequent investigation revealed that the beer had become a victim of Chinese pollution: the barley grown in China was heavily polluted by the pesticide, chemical fertilizers and other industrial chemical wastes that it was no longer qualified for use.
	www.beeripedia.com /index.php/Tsingtao_Brewery (613 words)

	beer on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A mash, prepared from crushed malt (usually barley), water, and, often, cereal adjuncts such as rice and corn, is heated and rotated in the mash tun to dissolve the solids and permit the malt enzymes to convert the starch into sugar.
		Bock beer, said to take its name from Einbeck, Prussia, where it was first made, is a heavier, darker beer commonly drunk in the spring.
		Private caterer Zhao Shunian, left, drinks Harbin beer with some former classmates at a Òbeer plazaÓ in the northeastern capital of ChinaÕs Heilongjiang Province, Harbin.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b1/beer.asp (967 words)

	China-Beer-Fear (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Chinese beer is safe to drink as its one-litre formaldehyde content is much lower than the standard set by the World Heath Organization," Xinhua cited the report as saying.
		Xinhua reported Thursday that one litre of Chinese beer contained, on average, less formaldehyde than one kilogram of chicken, fish or fruit, citing a report from the same government body.
		The inspection was prompted by a recent newspaper report claiming 95 per cent of Chinese beers contained formaldehyde, despite the practice being banned by Chinese law.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050715/w071530.html (343 words)

	Beer or Bust - The Chinese Beer Market
		This year’s Chinese beer consumption volume is forecast to exceed 230 million hectoliters, compared to 237 million for the global leader United States.
		The beer brewing business isn’t even a traditional Chinese one, modern techniques first having been introduced to China at the beginning of the 20th century, when control over the northern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao was handed over to the Germans, who set up the first brewery in 1903.
		Beer prices lower than that of mineral water make any attempt to enter the dragon a delicate high-wire act between amassing sunk costs and selling en masse to the masses to earn a profit.
	www.friedlnet.com /news/02110107.html (1652 words)

	East Meets Yeast: Shanghai Beer Culture Bubbles
		With the Chinese government fearing food shortages and actively discouraging the production of spirits that are distilled from food grains, U.S. joint venture breweries in Shanghai are finding a unique opportunity for market development.
		The Chinese do not eat barley or hops, thus beer production provides a politically correct alternative to an economically undesirable use of the food grains needed to produce distilled spirits.
		Usually, the low- and medium-priced beers are sold for family use and the high-priced beers are sold at restaurants, hotels and bars.
	www.fas.usda.gov /info/agexporter/1997/beerch.html (632 words)

	Beer in Space (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For the tradition of beer and its fizzy cousins to continue as people begin settling space, a few questions must first be answered.
		Along with her taste test, Sterrett performed a protein analysis on the beer and the yeast, measured the beer's specific gravity (the force exerted on it by gravity per unit volume), and "repitched" the yeast by brewing subsequent batches of beer with it.
		For beer, of course, increased fermentation efficiency means a more alcoholic brew - not necessarily good news for crew members who need to remain sober in the dangerous environment of space.
	www.firstscience.com /site/articles/beer.asp (1222 words)

	netnewsasia.com - Chinese Beer Guide (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You need a beer and you need it now, and whether the barmaid is cute or surly, you have to show her that you’re the kind of man who knows precisely what he wants – whether it be a pint of Old Badger’s Wifflewoffle, or a Tenants Extra with a top on it.
		The typical Chinese beer is mild-tasting, slightly hoppy, low on nose, and has been brewed to ensure that even after several bottles and an eight course meal, you still have a bit of space left for a slice of cleansing melon at the end.
		But miraculously, not only is Chinese beer superb with food, but you can drink one on its own, in a pub (if you can find one in the western hemisphere that serves them), or even with a non-Chinese meal.
	www.netnewsasia.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=6&Itemid=58 (1029 words)

	Factors affecting malt and barley selection in the Chinese beer market
		Chinese beer production techniques incorporate the use of rice or corn in a decoction mashing system, consequently, the requirements of the malt differ to other countries such as Australian where liquid adjuncts, such as sucrose or maltose, are commonly used.
		Foam is another essential element of beer quality with fine, stable foam being ideal and a competitive advantage in a hostile foam environment where much of China’s beer is consumed.
		Beer is typically served in a glass at ambient temperatures.
	www.regional.org.au /au/abts/2001/w3/major.htm (2019 words)

	chinese (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Well-prepared Chinese cuisine, ranging from the traditional to the exotic.
		Chinese cuisine freshly prepared in exhibition kitchens, with a helping of American hospitality.
		Chinese cuisine from Hunan to Mandarin to Szechwan.
	www.sandiego-online.com /dining/cuisine/chinese2.shtml (383 words)

	Quality Watchdog: Chinese Beer Safe
		According to Chinese law, the amount of formaldehyde in common beer may not exceed 2 milligrams per liter.
		The national tests were completed to refute a rumor recently circulated by some Chinese newspapers, including the Globe Times, which groundlessly reported that the average formaldehyde content of Chinese beer was as high as 1.2 milligrams per liter, Ji said.
		Moreover, all the exported beer from China is made strictly according to standards required by the importing countries, Li said.
	www.china.org.cn /english/2005/Jul/135126.htm (484 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Business (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Foreign brewers hope that their Chinese counterparts’ vast sales networks and relatively low production costs can help them hitch a ride on the six-percent-a-year growth of the world’s second largest beer market.
		Chinese brewers are pursuing foreign capital and managerial know-how in efforts to remove a margin hangover and slake a thirst for funds resulting from a recent spree of acquisitions of smaller, often bankrupt breweries.
		Chinese brewers, meanwhile, have been on a shopping spree, taking advantage of publicly-raised capital and Beijing’s mandate to consolidate the industry.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1020903/asp/business/story_1162842.asp (623 words)

	Chinese Beer Safe to Drink
		South Korean food safety authority said Tuesday Chinese beer is safe to drink as it found the formaldehyde content in Chinese beer is much lower than the standard set by the World Heath Organization (WHO).
		Sample examination showed in the 13 brands of imported Chinese beer and four German beer sold in South Korea, the average content level of formaldehyde stood at 0.132 parts per million (ppm).
		Beer that contains formaldehyde higher than 2.0 mg per liter will be subject to an additional review process, the KFDA said.
	www.china.org.cn /english/BAT/136374.htm (205 words)

	Cook Chinese...
		Sauté garlic, ginger, shallot, jalapeno pepper and Chinese dried shrimp.
		Chinese paocai is very similar to my beloved kimchi, so here it is:
		Glazed walnuts are used as garnish or additon to many chinese dishes.
	cook-chinese-food.blogspot.com (1360 words)

	Molecular Expressions: Beer Wallpaper for Windows
		African Beers -- Togo is a small country in Africa that produces some of the finest beer and malt liquor on the continent.
		Mexican Beers -- Mexican beers have had to compete with the traditional drinks tequila and mescal, both of which are made from the same plant, the agave cactus.
		United States Beers -- Many people equate beer drinkers in the United States to rednecks driving around throwing Pabst Blue Ribbon cans along the highway as they make their way to the mud bog-in with their 5 dogs, 8 shotguns, chrome-plated toolbox and CB radio in a brand-new, but beat up pickup truck.
	micro.magnet.fsu.edu /wallpaper/winpaper/beer/index.html (1325 words)

	Beer in China
		Chinese beer, mostly made in imitation of Western pilsner varieties, has become increasingly popular, first in China in the last century, and then internationally in the last few decades.
		IN RUSSIA, beer is regarded as a soft drink and China is now the world's largest market for it, evidence that brewing executives are looking further afield for sales as the West's beer consumption declines as drinkers turn to wine and spirits.
		Whether the Chinese want to drink beer that is made by outside brewers is not something that will be known for a while, but BUD does face competition from local companies and all of the major beer firms in Europe.
	www.beercn.com /english (2747 words)

	Chinese beer - Beeripedia the Beer Wiki
		Chinese beer (Traditional Chinese:中國啤酒 Simplified Chinese:中国啤酒 Pinyan:Zhōnggúo píjǐu), similar to Western pilsner varieties, has become increasingly popular, first in China in the last century, and then internationally in the last few decades.
		Tsingtao is one of the more famous brands of beer made in China, and the most exported to other countries followed by Zhujiang and Yanjing.
		Chinese often use rice in addition to rye or barley in their beers.
	www.beeripedia.com /index.php/Chinese_beer (322 words)

	Premium opportunities in Chinese beer market
		Chinese beer consumption grew by around 6 per cent in 2002, helped by steady economic growth and increasing disposable incomes, but as beverage industry analysts Canadean point out in a new report, the traditionally strong urban market could finally be reaching maturity.
		Chinese consumers have a very strong affinity with domestic brands, which account for an estimated 96 per cent of all beer consumed, Canadean said.
		But if locally produced standard beer continues to dominate the market for now - accounting for almost 90 per cent of the market - consumers are now becoming more sophisticated and are developing a strong taste for premium beers.
	www.foodnavigator.com /news/ng.asp?id=17838 (650 words)

	Brewed in China, Envied Abroad (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To be sure, many Chinese companies will be eaten by the wolves, which is why China's joy about the world's club of trading nations is tinged with apprehension.
		The original brewery sits across the street from a park where German soldiers were once quartered; company lore has it that the beer was meant to slake the men's thirst.
		The Chinese government capitalized on this fame in 1993 by selecting Tsingtao as one of the first companies to be allowed to sell shares on the Hong Kong stock market.
	www.bebeyond.com /KeepCurrent/Recommended/Tsingdao.htm (1703 words)

	The United Nations of Beer reviews Chinese Snow Beer.
		The beer in question is called Xue Hua, with literally means ‘snow flower’, hence why the beer is also referred to as Chinese Snow Beer.
		Chinese Snow Beer is also brewed stronger than some of the other Chinese beers, with strength of 11.8 degrees Plato – which to you and me is about 4.7% abv.
		It is not the best lager I have had, nor is it the best beer in China at all, but for an everyday drinking beer it is OK. With the extra strength and flavour it is preferable to many others.
	www.united-nations-of-beer.com /chinese-snow-beer.html (567 words)

	Taiwan Beer and TsingTao Beer
		The Chinese government had been pressured to grant German control of the city after two German missionaries were murdered in the region.
		According to TTL chairman, Huang Ying-Shan Taiwan beer has completed the necessary legal details for the beer to be launched, and the TTL expected the mainland to finally grant approval in March 2004.
		Taiwan Beer's breweries have been involved in environmental measures to reduce damage done to the ground and water in addition to putting resources in a place where they are badly needed.
	www.american.edu /TED/tsingtao.htm (3832 words)

	Alcohol Vocab \| Archive \| Sinosplice: Life in China
		In Chinese it means “imperial crown.” Since the Chinese name sounds nothing like the actual name, I’m guessing that’s a translation of the Russian.
		Never figured out the Chinese name, ‘cos out there if you say ‘beer’ it’ll be Yingze (unless you specify which beer, in which case you’d be mad to say ‘Yingze’), and yes, the Cleaning Flavour does taste a little soapy.
		I was told it was supposed to mean ‘light beer’, but from a Kiwi perspective, most Chinese beers are light (as in low alcohol content- I’ve heard light means something different in America).
	www.sinosplice.com /weblog/archives/2004/05/11/alcohol-vocab (737 words)

	Netnewsasia - Chinese Beer Guide
		British beer drinkers tend to be either lager lovers or real ale men, and the two characters rarely want anything to do with one another’s chosen tipples.
		You need a beer and you need it now, and whether the barmaid is cute or surly, you have to show her that you’re the kind of man who knows precisely what he wants – whether it be a pint of Old Badger’s Wifflewoffle, or a Tenants Extra with a top on it.
		The typical Chinese beer is mild-tasting, slightly hoppy, low on nose, and has been brewed to ensure that even after several bottles and an eight course meal, you still have a bit of space left for a slice of cleansing melon at the end.
	netnewsasia.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=6&Itemid=58 (1305 words)

	Chinese Beer - Wokme Asian Cooking Guide
		Today China has the 2nd largest beer industry in the world and is tipped to exceed the US in the near future, yet in 1980 Australian beer consumption exceeded China's.
		The Shanghai range of beers is starting to increase in popularity since the large Fosters group invested in several Chinese breweries in the 1990s.
		The Shanghai Export beer is a 4.7% pale larger beer with a slightly sweet malty taste.
	www.wokme.com /beer/chinese.htm (363 words)

	Beer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Understanding this provides important insights into the status of beer as an indigenous commodity and the link...
		And unfortunately, some types of home brewed beer require some time to sit to really age to perfection...
		Sluggishness which abounds in the domestic beer industry has now found its way into the...
	low-saxon.encyclopedia.st /Beer (324 words)

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