Beijing Yanjing Brewery () is a
brewing company
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...
founded in 1980 in Beijing, China.
Yanjing Beer was designated as the official beer served at state banquets in the
Great Hall of the People
The Great Hall of the People is a state building situated to the west of Tiananmen Square in Beijing. It is used for legislative and ceremonial activities by the government of the People's Republic of China. The People's Great Hall functions as ...
in February 1995.
The company produced 57.1 million hectoliters of beer in 2013, making it the 8th biggest brewery in the world and the 3rd biggest in China.
[Yanjing Beer Company is owned by Beijing Enterprises Holding Ltd.
]
Products
The company produces a range of mainly
pale lager
Pale lager is a pale-to- golden lager beer with a well- attenuated body and a varying degree of noble hop bitterness.
In the mid-19th century, Gabriel Sedlmayr took British pale ale brewing and malt making techniques back to the Spaten Bre ...
s under the brand name Yanjing.
[
] Other brands include Liquan, Huiquan and Xuelu.
Air China
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plane
References
External links
Yanjing Beer Website UK
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Breweries in China
Chinese beer brands
Alcoholic drink companies
Food and drink companies based in Beijing
Manufacturing companies based in Beijing
Government-owned companies of China
Chinese companies established in 1980
Food and drink companies established in 1980
Companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange
1980 in Beijing