Beers Great Leap Brewing

a list of beers on tap @ great leap in 2012

great leap s product range includes 40 beers, of 12 on tap in facilities @ given time, many varieties produced on seasonal or rotating basis. use variation on main great leap logo, graphic on top, chinese name in large traditional characters in middle english below, , circles of varying sizes hanzi great , leap , latter in simplified version, flanking larger 1 monogrammed glb , smaller circles symbols representing hops , turret on great wall of china, latter location of company s offsite brewing facility. english uses typeface designed great leap s branding. color schemes vary.

since company s name alludes great leap forward, ill-fated economic development program launched mao zedong in mid-20th century, drew on period of modern chinese history inspiration part of logo. @ top, fist raises mug, in gold on red background—the colors of chinese flag. fist symbol of power , potential derived chinese propaganda posters of late 1950s, during great leap.

beers include:

#6 pale ale, named street address of original doujiao hutong location.
banana wheat, 1 of top sellers.
cinnamon rock ale, using large-bark cinnamon rock candy adjunct.
east city porter.
honey ma gold, featuring sichuan pepper flavoring adjunct, offset honey shandong. setzer said in 2015 great leap s bestselling beer large margin .
imperial pumpkin, produced every fall
iron buddha blonde, using tieguanyin oolong tea adjunct, giving floral finish taste.
little general ipa, purity law beer named zhang xueliang.
liu brave stout, named liu s late father. graphic based on 1 surviving picture of him.




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