what do you do when you visit a new place? try their alcohol of course! I just got back from Shanghai and Hangzhou and was quite suprised to find their locally brewed beer in hangzhou.

Picture taken from Bar Rouge - a great view from the Bund! Unfortunately, it was not conducive to sit outside that night as temperature were around 2 deg Celcius

The west lake of Hangzhou in the background. Temperature was quite friendly at around 8 deg Celcius.

I enjoyed this very much as I like fruity and fresh style beers. This beer had a nice fruitiness to it and is a great refreshing drink to start  or end your day! haha….

It’s also the first time seeing a “free from formaldehyde” label on a beer can. There is an ongoing debate on whether Asian breweries use formaldehyde as a clarifying agent in their beers. And yes, formaldehyde can kill!  There are some reports on the use of formaldehyde by small Chinese breweries. Thank goodness I chose one which had this label on! Anyway, if it’s really true that some breweries use this as a clarifying agent, the owners should be shot - how can one knowingly add this substance which can cause leukemia and brain cancer.