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Tsingtao, $6.79 a six-pack
Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day, Tsingtao on Chinese New Year, coming up Feb. 18. It’s only right.
The Tsingtao Brewery, now 27 percent owned by Anheuser- Busch, was established in 1903 by German brewers, who spread their influence all over the world. It was first imported to the United States in 1972 and remains the top-selling Chinese beer in the U.S.
Marketed in a green bottle, Tsingtao is nominally a pilsener, light and medium in alcohol (4.8 by volume) but with a bit more hoppiness than might be expected.
What it lacks in complex flavors, Tsingtao makes up for in its compatibility with spicy Chinese dishes.
Monarch Import Co., Chicago;
tsingtaobeer.com|Dick Kreck
