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
Beer in India In 2011, United Breweries announced that they would produce the Heineken brand beer in India. In 2012 after India allowed foreign-direct investment from Pakistan, Murree Beer representatives stated that they were seeking to export their brand to India. The Rawalpindi-based Murree Beer, which was established in 1861, has been trying to enter the Indian market since 2003. "Oktoberfest Goa", a beer, food and electronic music festival has been held every year since 2011 in Goa. The largest selling India beer brand is Kingfisher. Other major Indian brands are Hunter, Taj Mahal Indian Lager, Kalyani, Tiger, Lion, Cobra, Black fort, Haywards,