American Beer Buffet and Pizza Party！

Get ready, everybody, because on Saturday, May 25th at Great Leap Brewing Lido, we will be hosting our third annual American Beer Buffet Pizza Party. We will have over 40 brands of American beers available for you to choose from, and 200rmb gets you access to as many as you can drink during the allotted time (12pm to 5pm, while supplies last) as well as all the pizza you can eat. We’re not even going to ask, we know there isn’t anything better to do that day in Beijing if you enjoy craft beer and pizza. And who doesn’t enjoy craft beer and pizza? 

Most of these beers are not only difficult, if not impossible, to find anywhere else in China, but are also hotly sought-after within the United States as well. Beautiful, independent, delicious American craft. Let us walk you through five of the fabulous brews that we highly recommend. (Please note that many of these beers are in extremely limited quantity. Once they are gone, they are gone.)

Calabaza Blanca by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales is a 4.8% ABV white ale that is brewed in Belgium’s bière blanche tradition - spiced with orange peel and coriander, and aged in the oak for two months with refreshing tartness and a wonderfully dry finish. The name means “white pumpkin” in Spanish, by the way.

Blue Sunday Sour by New Holland is an American Wild Ale with 7% ABV. This beer is a unique anniversary libation, heritage-blended from their barrel-soured beers, with sweet, barley wine dark fruit and a touch of coffee and red wine notes. It’s balanced with caramel sweetness, layered with a big malt backbone and oak flavor, and finishes tart and refreshing.

Mash & Coconut by The Bruery in California is a classic bourbon barrel-aged barley wine ale, but with one pound per gallon of coconut added. This 13% ABV beer has complex coconut and vanilla character as well as extensive whiskey aromas from the maturation in bourbon barrels. This beer is still a treat for you in early summer. Who says barley wines are just for winter?

Free Bird is brewed by Begyle Brewing from Chicago, Illinois. This event promises to be warm, so why not cool off with a beautiful American Pale Ale from Begyle? Their Free Bird APA is made with all American hops, providing you with a hoppy yet fruity character that will make for easy drinking as well as cool you off on a hot summer’s day. 

Eclipse is FiftyFifty’s flagship beer. With tastes of dark chocolate, espresso, vanilla, and coconut, it is balanced with hops, tobacco, dark dried fruit, and toffee. With a moderate alcohol spike and a sharp tannin edge, it warms you up and is a perfect dessert beer to put the icing on the cake of a perfect, craft-beer filled afternoon. 

If you are unsure about our selections, let us ensure you that with our more than forty selections of different American craft beer available, there will be something there that suits your tastes. Everything from hoppy IPAs, tart sours, roasted stouts, fruit beers, crisp pilsners, and everything in between. Here’s our full list:

Full List

1. Begyle – Blonde Ale 

2. Begyle – Free Bird 

3. Begyle – Hop Hazardly

4. Cigar City - Guayabera

5. Cigar City – Jai Alai

6. Cigar City – Maduro 

7. Epic – Maximum Cowbell

8. Epic – Quadruple Big Bad Baptist

9. Epic – Sour on Brainless Pink Guava

10. FiftyFifty – BA Eclipse

11. FiftyFifty – Capa

12. FiftyFifty – West Coast Haze

13. Firestone Walker – 22nd Anniversary Ale

14. Firestone Walker – Bretta Rose

15. Firestone Walker – Easy Jack

16. Firestone Walker – Krieky Bones

17. Firestone Walker – Mind Haze

18. Firestone Walker – Mole Merkin

19. Firestone Walker – Parabola 2016

20. Firestone Walker – Peachy Bones

21. Firestone Walker – Undercurrants 

22. Jolly Pumpkin – Calabaza Blanca

23. Jolly Pumpkin – Madrugada Obscura

24. Left Hand – Hard Wired Nitro

25. Left Hand – Milk Stout Nitro

26. Left Hand – Raspberry Milk Stout Nitro

27. New Belgium – Fat Tire

28. New Belgium – Fat Tire Belgian White

29. New Belgium – Voodoo Ranger

30. New Holland – Blue Sunday

31. New Holland – Dragon’s Milk 

32. New Holland – Dragon’s Milk White

33. New Holland – Hoptronix

34. New Holland – Tangerine Space Machine

35. Oskar Blues – Can O’Bliss

36. Pipeworks – Lizard King

37. Pipeworks – Ninja vs. Unicorn

38. Pipeworks – Velocity of Light

39. The Bruery – Mash & Coconut

40. The Bruery – Mischief

41. The Bruery – Terreux Frucht: Peach

42. Three Weavers – Expatriate 

Remember, this event will only take place from 12pm to 5pm on May 25th at Great Leap Brewing Lido. Your 200rmb gets you access to as many beers as you like (while supplies last) as well as all the pizza you can eat (last pizzas come out the oven at 4pm). Remember, many of these beers we only have a couple bottles of, so if there’s something on this list that’s a must have for you, be sure to arrive early! See you all there!