Ballard's Lucky Envelope Brewing Unveils Two Beers for Chinese New Year

by Lester BlackBuddha's Hand Citron IPA is one of two beers unveiled this Saturday. Lester Black
We don't often think of China when we look for the origins of beer, but an archeological analysis published by Stanford researchers last year shed light on ancient brewing history that points to the Chinese as some of the earliest people to brew beer—around 5,000 years ago.
The findings inspired Barry Chan, brewmaster for Lucky Envelope Brewing, to start experimenting and figuring out how that