What Else Is In Your Beer?
August 14, 2008 by Kelly Phillips Erb
Filed under Drinks
In case you’re looking for another reason to go organic when it comes to beer, consider this: additives in beers are not strictly regulated in all countries.
And when I say additives, I mean, oh, say, carcinogens.
The Chinese beer industry, one of the top beer producing countries in the world, was found to include formaldehyde in 95% of beers brewed in the country as recently as 1995. Yep, formaldehyde.
Beer Flows at Olympics
August 9, 2008 by Kelly Phillips Erb
Filed under Drinks
At 08:08 on 08/08/08, the Summer Olympic games kicked off in Beijing, China. There is, it seems, an “official” everything to commemorate the games – including an official beer.
Yanjing is the official beer of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and no wonder, since it is the largest brewery in Asia. It currently holds a whopping 85% market share in China. That’s significant in a country that is increasingly becoming a force in the brewing world.
How much beer does the brewery expect to sell? Here’s some beer for thought… During the 2000 Sydney …read more




