With the AQI soaring and a ridiculous working Saturday scheduled by the authorities-that-be, it’s enough to drive one to drink. And don’t Slow Boat know it, which is why they have gone to great lengths to get your hard-working ass out of the office into EAST Beijing’s grounds where there will be a bountiful supply of craft beer and grub to make all of your problems disappear at the inaugural Beijing Autumn Beer Festival. For tonight and tomorrow at least.
Come this evening (Oct 10), running from 5-10pm, and tomorrow (Oct 11), noon-10pm, some of this city’s finest purveyors of ale and aliment come together to end your unending hunger for all things craft.
You want a craft sausage? Done. You want some craft hummus? Done. You want to stick a craft sausage in some craft hummus and use it as garnish in your craft stout? Bloody go for it! You’re the wizard in this town, breaking the rules and making grown men cry with your incorrigible insolence, mashing the concoction into your face mask as women and children run for cover.
Ok, ok, keep your pants on, here comes the nitty gritty. Around ten food slingers and 12 alcohol obsessives will be present, boasting an incredible variety of food from the likes of Andy’s Craft Sausages, Cuju, Biteapitta, Home Plate Bar-B-Que, Palms LA kitchen, Hagaki, Shi Cheng Ji Shao Bing, VAI Milano, Two Guys and a Pie, and Xian as well as over 50 different beers from seven different regions within China. If you don’t believe me, just head over to this swanky little website which seemingly reads your mind as you scroll down, answering all the questions to your insatiable needs.
If things go exactly according to plan and you get so sloshed you can’t even make it out of the designated imbibe-a-zone then EAST are offering 35 percent off of rooms and breakfast if you quote that you’re there for the festival but you probably won’t have to as they’ll see it all down your front.
Sounds like as good a reason as any to start plotting why you can’t make it in to work tomorrow …
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