Hold my beer: All the breweries for next week's Craft Beer Fest

China's premier beer festival is back with an epic line-up of breweries

After the success of its previous instalments, Great Leap Brewing's Beijing Invitational Craft Beer Festival returns for a fifth year. 46 craft breweries from around the world will participate, bringing with them only the choicest of brews for your sampling pleasure with over 280 unique beers overall. 

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Here's the complete list of breweries heading our way next weekend. 

1. 8 Wired Brewing (New Zealand)

2. AJB Co. (Japan)

3. Baird Brewing Company (Japan)

4. Begyle Brewing (United States)

5. Bench Brewing Company (Canada)

6. Berlina Patagonia Brewery (Argentina)

7. Brewport (China)

8. Buddelship (Germany)

9. Cigar City Brewing (United States)

10. Coronado Brewing Company(United States)

11. Dao Brew (China)

12. Deep Creek Brewing Co.(New Zealand)

13. Devolution Brewing (China)

14. DM Brewery (China)

15. Epic Brewing Company (United States)

16. Eris Brewery and Cider House (United States)

17. FiftyFifty Brewing Co. (United States)

18. Firestone Walker Brewing Company (United States)

19. Half Acre Beer Co. (United States)

20. Hallertau (New Zealand)

21. Heretic Brewing Company (United States)

22. Heroes Beer Co. (Hong Kong)

23. Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales (United States)

24. Left Hand Brewing Company (United States)

25. Lervig AS (Norway)

26. Lindheim Ølkompani (Norway)

27. Magpie Brewing Co. (South Korea)

28. Minoh Beer (Japan)

29. Moon Dog Craft Brewery (Australia)

30. New Belgium Brewing Company (United States)

31. New Holland Brewing Co. (United States)

32. Oedipus (The Netherlands)

33. Oskar Blues Brewery (United States)

34. Pasteur Street Brewing Co. (Vietnam)

35. Peñón del Aguila (Argentina)

36. Pipeworks Brewing Co. (United States)

37. Shangri-la-beer (China)

38. Siren Craft Brew (United Kingdom)

39. Strong Ale Works  (China)

40. SUNMAI (Taiwan)

41. The Bruery LLC (United States)

42. Three Weavers Brewing (United States)

43. Warpigs Brewpub (Denmark)

44. Wolf of the Willows Brewing (Australia)

45. Yeastie Boys (New Zealand)

46. Young Master Brewery (Hong Kong)

Here's how it works: 

TRB Copper will host a total of five tasting sessions from Fri 29 to Sun 31 March. Each session will run for three hours and will cost 228RMB per person, per session. That is, unless you go all out and get yourself a weekend pass (628RMB, three sessions, one per day) or a deluxe weekend pass (1,028RMB, all sessions). Your ticket will cover free-flow beer from some of the finest craft breweries in the known world, an official BICBF glass from which to sip them and exclusively paired canapés from TRB.

Session times:

Friday 29 March: 6-10pm

Saturday 30 March: 12:30-3:30pm; 4-7pm; 7:30-10:30pm

Sunday 31 March: 1.30-5.30pm

Get your tickets now: 

Ladies and gentlemen, let there be beer.

For even more information on the festival, hit 'Read more' below. 

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