The official Maovember closing party at Paddy O’Shea’s is always epic fun and tonight is poised to be the best ever. You can expect: Two bands. CHEERS mulled wine, Jameson picklebacks and Orchard Pig cider, all proceeds […]
By Jim Boyce | Pop-Up Beijing will close on December 10 after nearly three years as one of the city’s best home decor shops and one of its best food, drink and event spaces. Pop-Up’s […]
Our annual Maovember charity campaign is on now. Please support us! See our upcoming events here and ways to help here. By Jim Boyce | I asked Alex Acker of Jing-A Brewing at his 8×8 beer event last […]
There’s a second First Floor in Sanlitun. The Tongli Studio veteran has been joined by a sibling in Soho, on the B1 level at the south end. It’s cavernous with a pool table, electronic dart […]
By Jim Boyce | Mike Wester is celebrating his 50th birthday today with 50 laps of the 1.5 km path in Ritan Park. It’s all part of a 30-day 900-km fundraiser for Maovember. As I post at 9 […]
By Jim Boyce | Craft beer is like Chinese wine: Confucius says one must suffer a sea’s worth of samples to find a few good drops. That’s what makes beer festivals helpful: an awful lot […]
Three quick reviews from my first Saturday—September 28!—back from vacation: 1. Shanghai-based craft beer operation Boxing Cat launched a Beijing pop-up about a month ago in the former Okra / Traitor Zhou’s space directly across from […]
By Jim Boyce | Hot, crowded and no glasses: a first impression of Friday’s Wines of South Africa roadshow at Westin Chaoyang Beijing. Luckily, the producers and distributors made up for it—once you got a […]
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