The Tsingtao Brewery was founded by The Anglo-German Brewery Co. Ltd., an English-German joint stock company based in Hong Kong who owned it until 1916. The brewery was founded on August 15, 1903 as the Germania-Brauerei (Germania Brewery) .

The first beer was served on December 22, 1904.

From Tsingtao_Brewery -Wiki

I love this beer and I think this taste does match Chinese foods except very hot plate,,ex Szechuan style spicy tofu.