Hot Spiced Beer (Re Pi Jiu)
冬の夜市のオアシス！湯気が上がる「フルーツと薬膳のホットビール」
Description
A hot cocktail hugely popular among youth in China's freezing winter night markets (stalls). Not just heated beer; beer is boiled in a pot with sliced oranges/apples, goji, jujubes, rock sugar, and ginger. A sweet, warming street drink, like a beer version of European mulled wine (Glühwein).
Classification: Adults, Alcohol, Cocktail, Hot Beer, Street Stall, Winter Staple, Medicinal, Fruit
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How to use
Ingredients
- Beer (Cheap
- thin Chinese beer is best)
- Orange
- Apple
- Goji
- Jujube
- Ginger
- Rock sugar
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [At Freezing Stalls]: Blow on piping hot 'Re Pi Jiu' poured in paper cups to cool it, drinking it while eating the fruits and goji inside. Boiled, so most alcohol evaporates, warming the body.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Beer bitterness vanishes; a sweet wort mixing fruity sweet-sourness and medicinal depth
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Make yourself using JP third-category beer (thin ones)
Pairing
Roasted Sweet Potato / Mutton Skewers / All Street Snacks
Trivia
Buzzed on Chinese SNS (Xiaohongshu/RED) as the 'ultimate emo winter drink', becoming a cafe/stall staple. Even non-drinkers find it delicious; it's like a Chinese version of Amazake.
Eating tips & etiquette
You might be shocked: 'Boiling beer?!' But using thin Chinese beers (Snow/Tsingtao) magically turns it into wonderful 'malt syrup' without bitterness. Warning: making it with bitter JP beer will fail (bitterness condenses).
Allergen
Wheat (from beer)