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Brewing Perfection: A Century of Tsingtao Beer

Strolling around the city in the summer night, you can always see diners eating barbecue
with a fresh jug of draft Tsingtao Beer on their table. But how did Tsingtao Beer become such
an essential part of Qingdao life? Let’s go into the history of the first Tsingtao Brewery.
   In 1903, British and German businessmen launched a joint-stock company in Qingdao as
a part of the Germanic Beer Corporation. Heinrich Seifert the first director and winemaker
R.Schuster, together with their factory staff, made an annual production of 440,000 litres and
between mainly light and black beer, which later debuted at the Munich Expo in 1906, and
won a gold medal.
   After World War 1, the Japanese army occupied Qingdao and on September 16 1916, the
Dai Nippon Brewery Co. Ltd. purchased the brewery with 500,000 silver dollars and changed
its name to the Dai Nippon Brewery Co.Ltd. Tsingtao Brewery. They still brewed light and
dark beer, but changed the beer label to Asshi Beer, Kirin Beer and Tsingtao Beer. In 1939,
they rebuilt and expanded the plant and increased the maximum output to 1 million litres.
   After the Anti-Japanese war, the Kuomingdang took over the Dai Nippon Brewery Co.Ltd.
and renamed it the Tsingtao Brewery. Until Qingdao’s liberation on June 2nd, the Qingdao
Municipal government called it the “State-run Tsingtao Brewery”.
   In June 1993, Tsingtao Beer started a new era and after establishing the Tsingtao Brewery
Co.Ltd. entered the international capital market with company shares listed on the Hong
Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges. It was the first domestic Chinese company to be
listed on the overseas market.
   The Tsingtao Beer Museum is built on the First Tsingtao Brewery site, which was
constructed by F.H. Schmidt. The two buildings, known as Buildings A&B, were used for
administration and brewing production. Currently Building A is a museum showing the
history of Tsingtao Beer; while Building B houses the old equipment, workshop and
production processes.
   Every August, Qingdao hosts a large-scale beer festival to honor the contributions that
Tsingtao has made to the city and attracts millions of people every summer. You can
come study Chinese mandarin in Qingdao and drink Tsingtao beer here. If you are a
serious drinker or a casual weekend enthusiast, you’ll see the best of China’s beer
drinking culture at this event.

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