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Foundry Brewing Beijing: taproom scam or normal?
Personal WeChat transfers are normal at small Beijing breweries.
wechat pay to a personal account is normal everywhere here, just screenshot the transfer in case
Small breweries here often run the till off one phone, so splitting the bill across accounts is just how they cope.
foundry's taproom is on the second floor of that courtyard off xingfucun, easy to miss. the card machine thing is usually real, their terminal is old and drops off the network, but paying to a personal account means no fapiao and no receipt if something goes wrong, so ask for a handwritten one. flights there do run pricey, 90 to 120 for four small pours is about normal for the craft spots in that area, the pints are the better value
Cash only means no fapiao either way.
yeah the terminal drops off constantly, it's on the 2nd floor so the signal up there is patchy. worth noting they'll do a fapiao if u ask, just takes a week & they text u when it's ready. pints over flights every time
Didn't know about the handwritten receipt thing
ask for the receipt before u pay
Pints, and go before 7 or the courtyard seats are gone
Ocean Center Beijing tickets 2026: worth the afternoon?
Book online, walk-ups sell out weekends.
weekday mornings u basically walk straight in
yeah weekends go fast but honestly 2 hrs is enough, the jellyfish room is the only bit worth lingering in
Fair, the jellyfish room is the one spot people actually slow down in. The tunnel walk and the penguin bit are fine but you're through them in minutes. Skip the gift shop on the way out, it's overpriced.
Same for holidays too, not just weekends.
online slots vanish fast on holidays too so grab em the moment they open, like a week out
agreed, and the gate queue is brutal on rainy days too since everyone pivots indoors. grab the earliest slot you can handle, the 9am entry is dead quiet compared to midday.
rain days also flood the indoor cafes nearby so tack on extra buffer time
Two hours is realistic, but go late afternoon since the crowd thins out after 3 and it's a 10 min walk from Tuanjiehu station.
the 3pm lull is real, go closer to 4