Jing-A Brewing Co. () is a microbrewery founded in 2012 in Beijing. The brewery is known for its use of Chinese ingredients such as red rice koji, ginger, and Sichuan peppercorn, and its interpretations of traditional beer styles such as IPA, witbier, and stout. Since 2014, the company has operated a taproom in Sanlitun, a popular nightlife area for both foreigners and locals.
History The brewery began as a homebrewing project between Alex Acker and Kristian Li, two North American expatriates who had been living in Beijing since 2000. The two brewed increasingly large batches of homebrew for their friends while entertaining the thought of eventually turning their hobby into a business. In these early years, they also developed a reputation for using their beer to hold pop-up parties, such as the election-watching party in 2012 for which they made a beer based on Barack Obama's White House Honey Brown Ale.
After various moves to scale up their brewing in restaurant kitchens and on borrowed equipment, in early 2013, Acker and Li invested in building the first small professional-grade brewery for Jing-A, with a monthly production of 5000L, inside a bistro in Beijing's embassy district.
Beer List Core Beers Beer% ABVIBUDescriptionFlying Fist IPA6.550IPAMandarin Wheat4.815Belgian wit with local mandarin orange and coriander seedWorker's Pale Ale5.030Pale aleKoji Red Ale5.515Ale with Koji sake rice, wasabi root, and gingerFull Moon Farmhouse Ale6.220Belgian saison with osmanthus flowerBlack Velvet Vanilla Stout6.215Stout with chocolate, coffee, and roasted flavorsAirpocalypse Double IPA8.8N/ADouble IPATuhao Gold Pilsner5.028Bohemian pilsner
Seasonal Beers Beer% ABVIBUAvailabilityDescriptionLucky 8 Lager6.550Winter/SpringIndia pale lagerBeijing Bikini Watermelon Wheat4.515SummerWheat beer with local watermelonsÜber-Jing Oktoberfest Lager6.525Early FallLagerGuizhou Smoked Chili Porter5.525Fall/WinterBeechwood smoked malt and chili peppers from GuizhouToasted Chestnut Brown Ale5.630Fall/WinterBrown ale with caramel notes and roasted chestnutsMonster Mash Pumpkin Ale8.820FallPumpkin ale
Collaboration Beers Beer% ABVIBUCollaboratorDescriptionPomegranate Beijinger Weisse5.610 10 Barrel Brewing Elysian BrewingWheat ale with pomegranate juice and hibiscusImperial Stormtrooper Stout7.452Stout with Carafa 3 and roasted barleyEightfold Path Imperial Stout8.665 10 Barrel Brewing Elysian BrewingStout with 8 different maltsNine Rivers Imperial Chestnut Ale8.640Norwegian brewmaster, Kjetil JikiunBeijing Miracle4.4424 Great Leap Brewing Slow Boat Brewery NBeer Panda Brew Arrow Factory Brewing Belgian pale aleImperial Koji Saison14.025 Norweign brewmaster, Kjetil Jikiun Nøgne ØImperial saison with koji, Chinese orange peel, saison/sake yeast blendHutong Clan CDA9.075Boneyard BeerCascadian dark aleOne Beer Two Systems5.825Moonzen BreweryEmperor's Horses5.330Boxing Cat Brewery Pilsner with New Zealand hops and lychee fruitFrenchie's Mom Summer Saison6.422The BrewFrench-style saison
See also Beer in China Chaoyang District, Beijing List of microbreweries
References
External links Official Site