The beer in China is very plentiful and very cheap. I've mentioned before that we could get 600ml bottles for 3 yuan (about 50 cents). The problem is that this beer is too weak, most of it around 3-4%, some even in the 1-2% range. We originally thought we were drinking 8-10% beer but found out quickly how mistaken we were.
Last night at dinner we ordered a bottle that was 1.5%. This is essentially non-alcoholic beer. Amy yelled at the guy (you have to do this in China - it's still friendly), basically saying you are joking me. He brought us something that was 3.5% and we settled on that.
Meanwhile we watched a group of Chinese guys with tattoos sitting around a table challenging each other to chug small glasses of the non alcoholic beer. After a while one guy knocked over a few full bottles smashing glass everywhere. It was surprising how drunk they seemed to get off of what is not much more than water.
That being said, 白酒 (white liquor) is popular here and is much stronger - 30-40%. It looks a lot like vodka and we are planning to try some in Shanghai before we leave China.
Amy seems to be doing a lot of yelling. I can't picture Amy yelling period. Never mind at a guy that didn't bring her strong enough beer. :)
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