Yantai Liquan Beer Co. / Yantai Beer Factory historical lineage
Yantai, Shandong, China · Est. 1920
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Why this matters
China Pass 29. Local name: 烟台醴泉啤酒股份有限公司 / 烟台啤酒厂. Ownership as recorded: Historical predecessor to modern Yantai Beer. Entity type: HISTORICAL_BREWERY_LINEAGE. Status as recorded: HISTORICAL_PREDECESSOR. Founder: Wang Yizhai et al.. Historical 1920 Yantai brewery lineage. The old site preserves archives, structures and equipment and is now under active heritage redevelopment; San Guang beer and founder-building records were added in Pass 07.
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Beers
Yantai Dark Beer
HISTORICAL_1972Dark Beer
China Pass 29. Local name: 烟台黑啤酒. Historical retrospective says Yantai Beer Factory's dark beer was designated for export in 1972. Retained as secondary historical evidence.
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HISTORICALChina Pass 29. Local name: 三光牌啤酒. Historical Yantai beer brand reported as competing in the Shanghai market during the early brewery era.
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HISTORICAL_1986Wheat / White Beer
China Pass 29. Local name: 烟台白啤酒. Historical account says developed in 1986 using wheat as a major raw material.
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HISTORICALYellow Beer / Lager
China Pass 29. Local name: 烟台黄啤酒. Historical yellow-beer member of Yantai's yellow/black/white series.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
Gold — Yantai Yellow Beer
First China International Food Exposition
Gold — Yantai Dark Beer
First China International Food Exposition
Gold — Yantai White Beer
First China International Food Exposition
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record compiled in Tally's China master, Pass 29 — Hunan wider sweep (research workbook), which cited https://u.shm.com.cn/2025-03/21/content_5432553.html for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's China master, Pass 29 — Hunan wider sweep (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Yantai Liquan Beer Co. / Yantai Beer Factory historical lineage
- Who owns Yantai Liquan Beer Co. / Yantai Beer Factory historical lineage?
- Yantai Liquan Beer Co. / Yantai Beer Factory historical lineage is recorded as owned by Historical predecessor to modern Yantai Beer, which does not yet have a full company profile in this archive.
- Is Yantai Liquan Beer Co. / Yantai Beer Factory historical lineage still open?
- No. Yantai Liquan Beer Co. / Yantai Beer Factory historical lineage has closed. China Pass 29. Local name: 烟台醴泉啤酒股份有限公司 / 烟台啤酒厂. Ownership as recorded: Historical predecessor to modern Yantai Beer. Entity type: HISTORICAL_BREWERY_LINEAGE. Status as recorded: HISTORICAL_PREDECESSOR. Founder: Wang Yizhai et al.. Historical 1920 Yantai brewery lineage. The old site preserves archives, structures and equipment and is now under active heritage redevelopment; San Guang beer and founder-building records were added in Pass 07.
- When was Yantai Liquan Beer Co. / Yantai Beer Factory historical lineage founded?
- Yantai Liquan Beer Co. / Yantai Beer Factory historical lineage was founded in 1920 in Yantai, Shandong, China.
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