The Qingdao International Beer Festival ( simplified Chinese : 青岛国际啤酒节 ; traditional Chinese : 青島國際啤酒節 ; pinyin : qīngdǎo guójì píjiǔjié ) is a yearly festival held in Qingdao in Shandong province, China . The event is jointly sponsored by national state ministries and the Qingdao Municipal Government.
8-500: The first Qingdao International Beer Festival was held in 1991 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the town's establishment. TSINGTAO Beer took the lead in hosting the first Qingdao International Beer Festival, festivals feature artistic parades, "Beer Carnival" games, beer tasting , drinking contests, music, food, interactive performances, various brewery beer tents, trade exhibitions, gala performances, carnival amusement park games and rides, and even bikini model contests. Every year,
16-411: A selection of beers is chosen for the tasting. A theme can be for example Belgian beers or a selection of beers of varying bitterness. Beers are often tasted in an order from lightest to heaviest, driest to sweetest and cheapest to most expensive. This forms a basic structure of the tasting, but it is more important to organise the tasting according to how the human tastebuds work. As tasting progresses,
24-415: Is often used in professional tastings, which is the standard for tasting different beverages. This type of glass is used by many tasters throughout the world to ensure the glass does not affect their judgement. The glass should be large enough to capture the aroma of the beer when it is twisted around on the bottom of the glass. The glass should have a foot so that the container part is not stained or warmed by
32-534: Is the experience of sampling beer. Depending on how the tasting is designed, it can be a way to learn more about the history, ingredients and production of beer as well as different beer styles, hops , yeast and beer presentation. A common way is to analyze the appearance, smell and taste of the beer. Most tastings, include a final judgement of the beer's quality. There are many scales for rating beer among beer journalists and beer sommeliers . Different magazines and experts often use their own scale, for example
40-458: The famous British sommelier Jancis Robinson uses a scale between 1 and 20 and the famous American sommelier Joshua M. Bernstein uses a scale between 1 and 100. However it is common for professional organisations such as the Wine & Spirit Education Trust to rate beer with verbal grades: faulty - poor - acceptable - good - very good - outstanding, corresponding to a scale from 1 to 5. First,
48-449: The festival starts at the second weekend of August and lasts for 16 days. The festival is held at multiple locations throughout the city. In 2015, a 66.6-hectare site was constructed containing beer tents and stalls selling sauerkraut , bratwurst and beer in plastic carrier bags (a festival tradition) as well as Bavarian band music, mass drinking competitions, Peking opera performances and karaoke. Beer tasting Beer tasting
56-429: The hands. A common form of beer tasting is so-called blind tasting . In this type of tasting the taster does not know which beer is in which glass, for example by shrouding the bottle in an opaque container as it is poured. An experienced taster can have an idea of what the beer is by clues in the beer's appearance, smell and taste. This is however becoming more difficult as the number of different beer brands and styles
64-463: The tastebuds become less sensitive and can even be anaesthesised. Some tasting menus will focus on themes: for example, different types of beer such as stout , wheat beer or India pale ale , different countries such as Belgian beers or American pale ales , or different pairings of food with the tasting, such as a tasting of beers and cheeses . Choosing a glass for beer tasting is more important than one might think. An ISO standard tasting glass
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