Slow Boat Brewery
Beijing, Beijing, China · Est. 2011
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Early Beijing craft pioneers celebrated just as much for their Monkey's Fist IPA as for their legendary taproom burgers.
The Beer Library
Beers
Monkey's Fist IPA
Year-RoundAmerican IPA
Named for the knot at the end of a heaving line. Slow Boat opened in a Beijing hutong in 2011, when Chinese craft beer was a handful of people and a lot of improvised equipment.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Moon Jelly DDH Double IPA
CURRENTDouble IPA
China Pass 29. Local name: 橘儿踪DDH双倍IPA. Official product page
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Monkey's Fist Imperial IPA
CURRENTImperial IPA
China Pass 29. Local name: 猴拳皇家IPA. Official product page
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Honey Ale
CURRENTHoney Ale
China Pass 29. Local name: 见蜂引舵蜂蜜艾尔. Official product catalogue
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Classic Wheat
CURRENTWheat
China Pass 29. Local name: 悠典香小麦. Official product catalogue
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Grandma Ding Dandelion Lager
CURRENTHerb & Spice Lager
China Pass 29. Local name: 丁婆婆蒲公英拉格. Official product page says 4.8%; 2026 WBA entry lists 4.1%, retained as award-entry discrepancy.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Refined State Cucumber Sea Salt Gose
CURRENTGose
China Pass 29. 2026 World Beer Awards Silver.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2026
Silver — Grandma Ding Dandelion Lager
World Beer Awards
- 2026
Silver — Refined State Cucumber Sea Salt Gose
World Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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