Listeners asked Joe how he decided to go to China in the first place and he explains how being curious took him from Guatemalan mountains to scuba diving in Honduras and eventually on an overland adventure through Siberia to end up in China and

#13 Sandra Kwong and the Hong Kong Craft Beer Update

Dec 6th, 2018 50m 42s

Sandra and Joe talk about the current state of the Hong Kong beer scene, travel in Germany, Beertopia, and how she likes to Dragon Boat. Host: Joe Finkenbinder, Bionic BrewGuest: Sandra Kwong, Coastermag.com / CBAHK / BestBevMusic: Ever Fel

#12 ABInBev and Distribution In China

Jun 6th, 2018 46m 3s

After attending the annual Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville in 2018 Joe answers the most asked question he received from all the US brewers. How do I distribute beer in China?By using data collected from ABInBev and other Chinese breweri

#11 China Craft Beer Trends in 2018 with Master Gao

Jun 5th, 2018 42m

Gao Yan sits down in his Nanjing brewpub with Joe Finkenbinder to discuss changes in the Chinese beer-scape over the last year. The two brewery owners discuss investment, expansion, changing Chinese beer tastes, and the growing number of import

#10 NBeer Brewery from Beijing with co-founder Yinhai

Jan 9th, 2018 33m 24s

Yinhai, a former semiconductor engineer, tells Joe how he went from building microchips in Ireland to produce some of China's finest craft beer with his business partner Xiao Bian'r. They started as home brewers but quickly progressed to import

#9 Christian Helms and Branding a Chinese Brewery

Dec 14th, 2017 39m 41s

Christian Helms of Helms Workshop in Austin, TX, chats with Joe about how he started his creative firm, craft beer in America, and what it was like to brand his first Chinese craft brewery. Joe: "How would you describe Bionic's branding?"Chr

#8 Cody Fuiten And A Taproom Perspective

Nov 30th, 2017 40m 18s

Bionic Cody tells us about how he came to China as a high school student and what he sees going on in the retail area of the craft beer market in Shenzhen and Beijing. Guest: Cody FuitenMusic: Ever Felt pt 2 - Otis McDonald & Gone by Donnis

#7 Hoss Preheim of Peko Brewing

Nov 19th, 2017 41m 39s

Hoss Preheim, owner of Peko Brewing in Shenzhen, sits down to discuss how his multiple decade-long love of home brewing turned into a brewery in China. Joe and Hoss recorded this in late October but due to the 3rd Annual Shenzhen Craft Beer Fes

#6 Toby Cooper of The Globe Hong Kong

Sep 30th, 2017 1h 11m

Toby Cooper, the owner of The Globe in Hong Kong, sits down and explains how his bar became known as the go-to destination for good beer lovers over the last two decades. We discuss how a vagabonding trip from England to Israel and on to India

#5 Marketing Craft Beer in China with Chi Yan

Sep 23rd, 2017 48m 53s

This week Joe sits down with Chi Yan, the head of marketing at Bionic Brew to discuss how she went from central China to Norway, and then ended up in Shenzhen. She explains what works best in China where most globally used social media channels

#4 Fortune Cookie Collaboration with Adam Cole, Head Brewer at Appalachian Brewing Company

Sep 14th, 2017 1h

While traveling in Pennsylvania, Joe brews a Fortune Cookie Ale with Appalachian Brewing Company of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. During the brew day transfer process, Joe chats with Adam Cole, head brewer at ABC, about how they made the beer, loca

#3 Lee Tseng Boxing Cat Brewery

Jul 27th, 2017 38m 51s

Lee Tseng the founder and driving force behind Shanghai's Boxing Cat Brewery sits down with Joe during his 7th Annual Shanghai Craft Beer Festival and discusses how he got started, failed, tried again, and ultimately succeeded in pioneering Chi

#2 Master Gao 高大师

Apr 17th, 2017 57m 18s

Joe sits down with China's original craft brewer, Gao Yan of Master Gao Brewing in Nanjing to discuss how he went from a chemist in Rhode Island to return back to his homeland and create China's biggest craft brewery.

#1 The Intro

Jan 28th, 2017 20m 21s

Joe kicks off the Brewing in China podcast with a brief intro about himself and his brewery in Shenzhen, China, then explains what to expect from future shows.

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