Qingdao Beer Museum (青島啤酒博物館) is one of the highlight in Qingdao. It is located downtown and 4.3 km (2.67 mi) from the Qingdao train station by car. Qingdao Beer Museum was opened on August 15, 2003 to celebrate its 100 year anniversary. This 2nd largest brewery was built by the Germans in 1903 after Germans occupied Qingdao and began its colonial rule in 1897. The location of the museum was the original Qingdao Beer No. 1 Factory belonging to the German industrial building of 1903. This 6,000 m2 (64,583 ft2) museum introduces the history, culture, production technology of Qingdao Beer and a multi-functional area.
We arrived from Tantai (煙台) via high speed train in the morning. It was totally a surprise for us when we arrived at Qingdao. It was a foggy and raining day with little visibility. We heard the honks from the harbor due to very low visibility. We checked in at the hotel next to the railroad station and brought the umbrella and raincoats with us to start our adventure. Because of the heavy fog, we decided to go to visit the indoor attraction first. We took a taxi to the museum, and there was already lots of tourist lined up for the ticket booth. We purchased the tickets with one free beer. Once we entered the site, we followed the suggested tourist route to the museum which opened in 2003 and is situated in one of the old beer breweries. The museum introduces the history of Tsingtao Brewery, the development of beer culture, the beer manufacturing process, etc. It gave us a look of history of the Qingdao Beer and its developments during the past 100+ years. It incorporates the latest technologies, letting visitors understand not only the history of Qingdao Beer but also the improvement of the brew technology. One particular spot is a collection of over 400 beers worldwide on the large display panel. After the first building, we went to the 2nd building which is the modernized beer production facility. We could see the whole production line without interrupting production. It ended with the fully automatic packing of the beers. The last stop was the included beer drinking area where we collected our beer and found a table to sit down and enjoy.
The total visit time is about 2 hours. We went on a weekday but still encountered many visitors. Therefore, try not visit during the weekend or on a holiday. If you would like to have more beer, you can purchase the ticket with 2 drinks. If you have never visited any beer manufacturing facility, then you should consider including this one and enjoy its history and beer.
We arrived from Tantai (煙台) via high speed train in the morning. It was totally a surprise for us when we arrived at Qingdao. It was a foggy and raining day with little visibility. We heard the honks from the harbor due to very low visibility. We checked in at the hotel next to the railroad station and brought the umbrella and raincoats with us to start our adventure. Because of the heavy fog, we decided to go to visit the indoor attraction first. We took a taxi to the museum, and there was already lots of tourist lined up for the ticket booth. We purchased the tickets with one free beer. Once we entered the site, we followed the suggested tourist route to the museum which opened in 2003 and is situated in one of the old beer breweries. The museum introduces the history of Tsingtao Brewery, the development of beer culture, the beer manufacturing process, etc. It gave us a look of history of the Qingdao Beer and its developments during the past 100+ years. It incorporates the latest technologies, letting visitors understand not only the history of Qingdao Beer but also the improvement of the brew technology. One particular spot is a collection of over 400 beers worldwide on the large display panel. After the first building, we went to the 2nd building which is the modernized beer production facility. We could see the whole production line without interrupting production. It ended with the fully automatic packing of the beers. The last stop was the included beer drinking area where we collected our beer and found a table to sit down and enjoy.
The total visit time is about 2 hours. We went on a weekday but still encountered many visitors. Therefore, try not visit during the weekend or on a holiday. If you would like to have more beer, you can purchase the ticket with 2 drinks. If you have never visited any beer manufacturing facility, then you should consider including this one and enjoy its history and beer.
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