“Beer from the Roof of the World”

When you pay a visit to Tibet, you willbe intoxicated withlocal refreshments such as Chang-barley wine and the local delicacy tsamba, or highland barley beer.Explore
Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency, today introduces a brand of Tibet beer – Lhasa Beer to you.

The production of beer in Tibet is a relatively recent phenomenon in Tibetan cuisine, Lhasa Beer, produced in Tibet has been becoming increasingly popular among
foreigners, especially loved by Americans. The Lhasa Brewery Company established in 1988, which is located in Lhasa as its name. It is the highest brewery in the world
， and now it is currently entering the American market.
The first historical record of beer in Tibet are during thedominant of new Tibetan kingdom of Songtsen Gampo,Prince Wen Cheng bring some technologies to Tibet, such as
silk, paper, watermill and beer production.
The ingredients of Lhasa Beer are made from Himalayan spring water, barley, saaz hops and yeast. All these ingredients are from local Tibet. Besides, the huskless
native Tibetan barley gives the beer crisp and clean tastecharacteristic, along with the aromatic saaz ingredient.So it is the reason why Lhasa Beerbecome so popular
and got the motto “Beer from the Roof of the World”.
For centuries, a local brew of barley beer sold by glass at street stalls across towns in Tibet, and the main consumer are Tibetans and monks.Even though it
contradicts the fact that alcohol disobeys the beliefs of Tibetan Buddhism.
How to keep the beauty, the simplicity, the holiness, and the mystery of Tibet in mind after returning home? Tibet highland barley beer is a really good
tourism souvenir in your Tibet tour.