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Yanjing beer (
Chinese: 燕京啤酒;
pinyin: yānjīng píjiǔ) is a malty, smooth
lager beer from
China. It is the most commonly available beer throughout
Beijing, is the official state beer of China, and is one of the major sponsors of the
2008 Beijing Olympics. The beer was first brewed in
1980, and continues to be made today. It is also exported to countries around the globe, including the
United States and the
United Kingdom.
The beer is manufactured by the Beijing Yanjing Beer Co., Ltd. Today, the Yanjing Beer Co. covers an area of 2,220,000 m². The company has approximately 20,000 employees, and is the largest beer manufacterer in China. They produced 1.41 million tons of beer in 2000 alone.
In Beijing, Yanjing is widely available in restaurants, but is not generally available in bars and nightclubs. Because of Yanjing's low price, bar owners claim that they cannot make enough of a profit selling it; thus, they stock
Tsingtao, Zhujiang or foreign brands of beer instead.