I Love Chinese Beer

The Horses Mouth ^ | 04.18.05 | Dr. Marten

[brewcrew]

But I'll bet you detest hitting the post button twice.

[Dr. Marten]

Your post was 19 of 21, how ironic.
LOL

[Dr. Marten]

Your two cents?

[Protagoras]

When I was in Taiwan, I have fond memories of Tsing Tao, or something spelled like that.

Tsing Tao, pronounced "Ging Daow" by the chinese people around me, is a British recipe I'm told.

I like it when I'm eating Chinese food, but I couldn't stick with it on a regular basis.

[killjoy]

Your two cents?

I can't stand beer. Chinese or not. Give me some good rum or vodka and I am a happy camper.

The only time I ever threw up from drinking was with some Taiwanese. We were out eating dinner and more friends showed up. Out came the beer and wiskey and they started doing the Chinese toasting.... i.e. one person toasts you, then the next, and so on until it goes around the table. By the time you finish, they have all had one drink and you are starting to black out. I still don't know how I got home that night. I just know it was really messy.

[Dr. Marten]

"When I was in Taiwan, I have fond memories of Tsing Tao, or something spelled like that. Looking back, I hope I was drinking Taiwanese beer and not beer from the mainland"

I'm sorry to break it to you, but Tsing Tao is a Mainland beer.

[srm913]

That's funny, actually. That's an area where you and I differ quite a bit. The fact that I am a lifelong teetotaler notwithstanding, I always thought Chinese beers looked a bit gross. As far as the brews in Shunde are concerned, I swear that if you were to put a glass of it next to a glass filled with carbonated cat piss, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
Maybe the ale in Sichuan is better.
Then again, I'm a teetotaler, so what do I know?

[GeekDejure]

yea, it's called tofu
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It might be Hammer Toe, Claw Toe or Mallet Toe. Surgery may be needed to correct a misalignment if the toe deformity causes chronic pain !!! ;-))

[jamaksin]

Yes, and its origin is German. That area of China was at one time part of the German Mandate; the brewery, built in the style of a castle, had a license from Lowenbrau to brew beer ... the key, a nearby source of excellent water ... spring fed ...

[Dr. Marten]

Tsing Tao, pronounced "Ging Daow" by the chinese people around me, is a British recipe I'm told.

Tsing Tao, pronounced "Ging Daow" by the chinese people around me, is a British recipe I'm told.

Well actually, it's pronounced "Qing Dao".

Furthermore, the Chinese aquired their beer making skills from the Germans, which explains why it tastes so well.

 

 

I like it when I'm eating Chinese food, but I couldn't stick with it on a regular basis.

 

 

If you haven't been to China or Taiwan, you haven't the slightest idea what real Chinese food tastes like. I used to like eating at Chinese restaurants in the US until the first time I came to China. Now I wouldn't eat that crap any more than than I would a wing at KFC in Beijing.

[Wudan Master]

Tsing Tao beer is probably originally either Dutch, ie HENEIKEN, or German, because the Germans used to station troops in the Shandong Province

Just a wild, wild guess

[azhenfud]

Americanized Chinese cuisine is often akin to comparing Taco Bell with Mexican fare.

[Dr. Marten]

Nicely put!

[Protagoras]

Gosh, I feel so small and useless now that I know the truth about correct pronunciations and that I have no clue about Chinese food.

Thanks for straightening me out.

[Protagoras]

Reading the bottle leads to a different conclusion if my memory holds. (usually it doesn't)

[Dr. Marten]

Thank goodness somebody knows their beer history!

[edpc]

You can easily down a six-pack of it. Trouble is....20 minutes later, you're not buzzed anymore. :-)

[azhenfud]

I think this
one was also
originally
a German
recipe.

[Dr. Marten]

Nothing personal, just a pet peeve.

[Wudan Master]

Chinese farmers do not eat beef because, as they explain to me millions of times, that the water buffalo had been such a loyal beast of burden, helping the farmers with ploughing for 1000s of years, it is just NOT RIGHT to eat them that would be the height of ingratitute. The farmers really really love their younger "Brother"

People who worship "Kwan Yin" the Goddess of Mercy, also do not eat beef, for religious reasons,

but urbanised Chinese people may eat beef that are breed purely for meat, that's, after all, a different animal altogether