Tsingtao beer

Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. () is China's second largest brewery, with about 15% of domestic market share and also accounts for half of China’s national beer exports. It was founded in 1903 by German settlers in Tsingtau ( Qingdao), Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory. In 2016, Tsingtao was the second most consumed beer globally and had reached 2.8% share of the global beer market, after its share of the world's beer market had been steadily growing by at least 0.1 percentage points every year since 2009. Its logo displays an image of Huilan Pavilion that stands on the end of Zhanqiao Pier, located on Qingdao's southern shore.

History

Tsingtao Brewery was founded by the Anglo-German Brewery Co. Ltd., an English-German joint stock company based in Hong Kong which owned it until 1916. The brewery sold beers to mainly Europeans in China. The brewery was founded on August 15, 1903 as the ''Germania-Brauerei'' (''Germania'' Brewery) with a paid-in capital of 400,000 Mexican silver dollars divided into 4,000 shares priced at $100 each.

;Founding members of the Supervisory Board
* John Prentice, of SC Farnham, Boyd & Co., Ltd., Shanghai
* Alexander McLeod, of Gibb, Livingston & Co., Shanghai
* C. W. Wrightson, of Fearon, Daniel & Co., Shanghai
* Max Slevogt, of Slevogt & Co., Shanghai
* J. Jürgen Block, of H. Sietas & Co., Qufu

;Brewery Directors
* Heinrich Seifart (1904–November 25, 1907)
* Ernst Siemssen (November 1907 – 1914)

;Brewmasters
* R. Schuster (1904–05)
* Martin Wehle (1906–14)

The first beer was served on December 22, 1904.

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