East Presents New Outdoor Bar: The Craft Container at Xian
This post is provided by East, Beijing.
We are excited to announce the launch of East, Beijing’s exciting new outdoor bar concept, The Craft Container, at the terrace of Xian.
Made out of a repurposed shipping container, the bar’s design is inspired by Xian’s modern industrial look and demonstrates our commitment to innovation and value on sustainability. The bar will open on June 16, 2017.
“The Craft Container represents an exciting new direction for Xian and we are proud to be working with three of Beijing’s best craft breweries to create something that is both one of a kind and in tune with Beijing’s love of great beer,” says Simon McHendry, general manager of East, Beijing.
Our bar will partner with three of Beijing’s best craft breweries – Jing-A, Slow Boat, and NBeer – to bring a selection of unique craft beers to Xian, including the signature Flying Fist IPA and Tuhao Gold Pilsner from Jing-A, Helmsman’s Honey Ale, and Monkey’s Fist IPA from Slow Boat, and Raspberry Beijinger
Weisse and Hefeweizen from NBeer.
Jing-A Beer
“The Craft Container is a unique project and an exciting chance for Jing-A to bring our great beers to a new corner of Beijing,” states Alex Acker, co-founder of Jing-A Brewing Co.
Slow Boat Beer
“We at Slow Boat have taken big steps to craft our great beers over the years and we are happy to be a part of the next chapter for Xian with The Craft Container,” says Chandler Jurinka, founder of Slow Boat.
Nbeer Beer
Yin Hai, co-founder and the head brewer of NBeer, also stated his enthusiasm, saying that “NBeer strives to provide awesome beers at any place worth drinking them and The Craft Container is bringing both to Jiuxianqiao.”
To celebrate the opening of The Craft Container, Xian is offering a free-flow drinks package over the first weekend. So we invite you to spend the weekend with us and try our signature beers, or go for all by taking our tasters!
Xian
The free-flow drinks package is available on June 16 from 5-8pm, June 17 and 18 from 1-4pm, and 5-8pm, priced at RMB 188 per person per entry.
If you follow East, Beijing’s WeChat account by long-pressing the QR code below; repost the latest East, Beijing WeChat article “Craft Beer Has a New Home – The Craft Container at Xian” in your WeChat moments, send a screenshot and your phone number to East, Beijing WeChat account, you will have a chance to win two tickets for the Father’s Day weekend free-flow drinks at The Craft Container at Xian, valued at RMB 376. East, Beijing will then select FIVE winners before June 14.
To make reservations at Xian, please call 8414 9810.
About East, Beijing
East, Beijing is a lifestyle business hotel located at Indigo – a new retail-led mixed-use project by Swire Properties between the 4th and 5th Ring Roads in Jiangtai, Chaoyang District. The 369-room hotel is designed to provide a refreshing and contemporary approach to the business hotel experience. A high-tech environment featuring a paperless check-in and out experience and a one-stop front-desk Guest Experience service team mean that life at East is efficient and business ready. With 2 restaurants and a bar, a fully equipped gym, an indoor swimming pool, plus The Workshop for meetings and events, makes this truly a ‘business hotel with a life’. The hotel is just 15 minutes from the airport, the CBD, and national exhibition venues. Beijing South Railway Station (with fast connections to Tianjin and Shanghai) is 30 minutes by car.
East, Beijing is Swire Hotels’ fourth hotel in Asia and the second from the East brand, following the successful opening of East, Hong Kong.
About Indigo
Indigo, situated south of Jiangtai Road and east of Jiuxianqiao Road in Chaoyang District, Beijing, is a retail-led mixed-use project with a total site area of approximately 59,000sqm (approximately 631,000 square feet), and a total gross floor area of approximately 176,000sqm (over 1,890,000 square feet), excluding car park. It consists of a trendsetting shopping mall, a 25-storey Grade A office tower - One Indigo, a lifestyle business hotel with 369 rooms and suites - East, Beijing, and an over 17-hectare open park. Indigo mall and One Indigo have been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold and Platinum pre-certified ratings from the U.S. Green Building Council respectively.
One Indigo and Indigo mall have started operation.
Indigo is a joint venture between Swire Properties and Sino-Ocean Land. For more information, please visit www.indigobeijing.com.
About Jing-A
Jing-A Brewing Co. is the brainchild of Kris and Alex, two North American guys and long-time Beijingers with a passion for great beer. One cold day in January 2012, they decided to homebrew a hop-forward American IPA to celebrate the coming Chinese New Year. The result, which they named “Hoppy New Year” (what else?!), was surprisingly good, and friends quickly finished off the batch and called for more. The two realized then that the only thing better than drinking full flavored, handcrafted beer is brewing it for others. And so began their dream — to make creative and delicious ales and lagers with only the best ingredients for craft beer fans here in the ‘Jing.
About Slow Boat
Slow Boat Brewery was founded in 2011, in the capital of China and the city we call home. We started distributing craft beer to Beijing’s best hotels, restaurants and bars, and in 2012, we opened our first Taproom in the heart of Beijing. Four years later, we opened our flagship brewpub in the center of Sanlitun. Slow Boat has an established reputation as an innovative brewery - releasing new styles to match the changing seasons.
About NBeer
NBeer Craft Brewing, established 2013 in Beijing, is one of the first natively-owned and -brewed craft beer brands in China. To this day, we remain a leader of China’s craft beer movement, gaining a dedicated following among the nation’s craft beer fanatics. NBeer’s diverse and innovative brews have broadly influenced craft and premium beer venues across the nation.