MaovemBEER 2018 saw five brewpubs in three cities—Beijing, Chengdu and Tianjin—team up for good causes on November 17! The idea was for each venue to have a beer deal and a game. Here is a wrap up for each place, in alphabetical order.

Arrow Factory

Arrow Factory donated 元5 for each beer sold that day, including the buy one, get one free select brew deal. There was also a draw for a 24-bottle case of Clone Easy Ale, an Arrow Factory T-shirt and a 元100 gift voucher, with tickets at 元20 each. The event raised 元720, reports AF’s Justin Culkin.

Boxing Cat

Boxing Cat featured 300 ml pours of TKO IPA for 元20 at its new bar and restaurant in Beijing. It also held a draw for merchandise and beer flights with tickets at 元15 each. All in all the event raised 元845, reports Boxing Cat’s Terry.

Jing-A

Jing-A held a pub quiz in the Back Bar, with round winners getting picklebacks and overall winners getting merchandise and more. Plus, picklebacks were sold at 元25 for charity. The total raised was 元525, reports Emmy Andreasen.

Nanmen

Lordrew and Sonny Gyalzur, from Nanmen and Shangri-La Beer respectively, teamed up to host a beer pong tournament. The 元500 entry fee got teams free T-shirts, openers and beers from both breweries. Each brewery also had a dedicated tap, with all proceeds to charity. The total raised was 元6600, with 元3000 from team fees and 元3600 from beer sales, reports Lordrew.

WE Brewery

And last, but certainly not least, WE Brewery held a corn toss tournament, with a 元500 entry fee that opened the door for plenty of prizes for players. WE also had a “tab war”, with the highest bill going MVB to, and a draw, with tickets at 元10. The event raised 元16,000, including 元3500 from team fees, 元4000 from draw tickets, 元5629 from the “tab war” and 元2871 from donations, reports Steve Wang.

As Wang put it, “Social responsibility and fun can be harmonized via good beer.”

 

 

Maovember headed to the hutongs last Saturday for a three-pub crawl, with drinks and snacks at each stop.

The festivities started at Cafe de la Poste, which also hosted Maovember wine events in 2015 and 2016. Manager Daulet Issabekov greeted pub crawlers with mulled wine, a choice of bruschettas and coffee shots.

The group then headed to The Great Outdoors, led by a mobile mulled wine unit! Once there, they settled down for craft beer, French fries and popcorn chicken with Paul Peng. Many participants headed to the rooftop for views of the surrounding hutongs.

Then it was on to the final stop—Side Street—which meant weaving through, ahem, plenty of side streets. Any chilliness was soon offset at Side Street with mulled cider and snacks, including Buffalo chicken, courtesy of Uday Phalgun.

While the group was modest in size, it had a good deal of fun, and rmb650 was raised for Maovember.

Caravan held its third annual ‘Mao’roccan’ Thanksgiving meal last Thursday. This four-course turkey dinner with Moroccan twists by owner Badr Benjelloun included a harvest salad, smoked cranberry butter squash soup and turkey platter, followed by carrot cake from Bread of Life, one of this year’s Maovember partners. The meal, with two seatings, cost 元150 prepaid or 元200 at the door, all proceeds to Maovember. In the end, it raised 元7000 for Maovember! Check out the Mao’roccan Thanksgiving dinners in 2016 and 2017.

Q Mex kept a Maovember tradition going by holding its fifth annual charity pub quiz last Wednesday. Quiz masters Stuart and Scarlett teased participants’ brains with five rounds of questions, presented in Mandarin and English, while Q Mex teased their stomachs and livers with tasty food and drinks. The event ended in a two-way tie, and a chug off, for the second year in a row. The Maovember team, led by Paul Rochon, ended up with a fifth place finish!

Twelve teams donated 元100 to be part of the Maovember effort, for a total of 元1200. A further 元1290 was raised via drink sales and donations. Overall, the event raised 元2490. Thanks to Stefan Schober, Lucy Li and the team at Q Mex.

Dozens of Maovember supporters braved the winter cold on Friday for a terrace party at Hulu restaurant in Sanlitun South. With temperatures dipping below zero, the mulled wine, made on the spot in a fiery display, was a popular choice.

Guests enjoyed a steady flow of snacks, including sliders, risotto and pate, plus Maovember macaroons donated by The 3D Food Company. They could also participate in a draw to win Tim Adams Semillon and Oakridge Cabernet sponsored by The Wine Republic and four kinds of Orchard Pig cider sponsored by The Cider Guy.

Overall, the event raised 元3,650 from attendance fees, 元700 from the draw and 元9,217 from food donations, for a total of 元13,567. Thanks to Ignace Lecleir and the Hulu team for this year’s most “chill” party!