Tsingtao beer loses its fizz in South Korea after video of worker appearing to urinate into tank

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Tsingtao beer loses its fizz in South Korea after video of worker appearing to urinate into tank

China’s Tsingtao beer reportedly experiences a consumer backlash in South Korea after video of a worker appearing to urinate into a beer tank goes viral

Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Wed 25 Oct 2023 01.23 EDT

Restaurants and consumers in South Korea have quickly lost their taste for Tsingtao beer, according to media reports, after a video that appeared to show a brewery worker urinating into a tank at one of the firm’s plants in China went viral.

The clip, which has been viewed tens of millions of times on social media since it appeared last Thursday, shows a man wearing a helmet and blue uniform clambering over the side of a high-walled container and apparently relieving himself over its contents.

Tsingtao, China’s second-biggest brewery and a major exporter, said it has contacted police after learning about the video. “Our company attaches high importance to the relevant video that emerged from Tsingtao Brewery No. 3 on 19 October,” the beermaker said in a statement.

It added: “At present, the batch of malt in question has been completely sealed. The company continues to strengthen its management procedures and ensure product quality.”

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[dalton99a]

1. Ages old secret recipe revealed

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2. That reminds me of that old Calgon commercial. nt

[4lbs]

3. When I was drinking beer heavily, one of the big "jokes" we said that going to urinate

often was just recycling the beer.

Evidently, one worker took that literally.

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. Or as Archie Bunker once said, "You can never buy beer. You can only rent it." nt

[PJMcK]

5. We call it "beer renting!" (n/t)