Beer in China and sometimes rye in addition to barley. Some beer is produced that uses bitter melon instead of hops as the bittering agent. Chinese media reported in 2001 that as many as 95% of all Chinese beers contained formaldehyde, to prevent sedimentation in bottles and cans while in storage. This practice has now been made illegal. Snow Beer, produced by CR Snow is the best selling beer in China, holding 21.7% market share, having recently overtaken Tsingtao Beer, produced by Tsingtao Brewery, which is the brand most widely exported to other countries. Tsingtao Beer is brewed in the city of Qingdao
How Beer Saved the World the project until May of the following year, after he had brought on John Luscombe's production company Beyond to produce the documentary. Filming began in November 2010 at Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon and finished up in early January 2011. "Reason" gave a short, favorable review for the film, writing that it "makes an entertaining case that fermented malt beverages are "the greatest invention of all time." How Beer Saved the World How Beer Saved the World is an hour-long documentary that was broadcast on the Discovery Channel on January 30, 2011. Produced by Australian production company Beyond Productions,