This Saturday – like all great, historic days – begins with one fateful question: How can you get really drunk without spending too much money?
To answer this, we’ve created a party route, a DIY pub crawl, a self-guided tour de bars, if you will – all for your Halloweekend boozing pleasure. Because if there’s one thing we at That’s Beijing are good at (besides producing the best damn feature-driven stories in this city, heh), it’s drinking.
Since Halloween’s on a Saturday, this year sees so many Halloween parties that we considered simply throwing them all up in one long confusing post – but we’ll save the throwing up for the morning of November 1. Until then, behold:
That’s Beijing’s Cheapskate’s Guide to Halloween Boozing
And so it begins. You’ve got one hour (3-4pm) this Saturday to guzzle RMB25 pints of Imperial Pumpkin Stout and Zombie Pirate Pale ale at the Slow Boat Brewery Taproom, before moving on to CuJu as part of the Line 5 Halloween Pub Crawl. The self-appointed “seven-hour-long happy hour” sees the same Beixinqiao bars that hosted the popular pub crawl last September back for Halloween deals. (The best deal of the bunch is on “Headless Horseman” gin and tonics at The Distillery, RMB40 for two from 10.30-11.30pm.)
There’s no entry fee for the crawl – just show up to whichever bars you like. We recommend at least following the crawl until its third stop, Bungalow, where tiki master Phil Tory will be making spiced pina coladas (RMB35), Black Manhattans (RMB45) and something called a Hart of Darkness (RMB50) from 5.30-6.30pm. No, we have no idea what those mean. But whatever Phil makes is good.
From there, head north one hutong to new bar Fang for drink deals and free bloody mary shots, and then if that’s not enough, over the Great Leap Brewing #6 for a free beer (if you’re in costume, of course). THEN, because we’re not done here, go to Palms L.A. Kitchen and Bar, the Gulou location, for MORE FREE SHOTS. (And other fun stuff, presumably.)
At this point you should be pretty fucking drunk. Congratulations! From here, you are perfectly poised to hit up 4corners, which despite an initial RMB50 entry fee, should work out to be a good deal if you partake in two-for-one Jing-A Monster Mash Pumpkin Ale or RMB100 trays of shots. (Shots! The theme of Halloween is shots!) And then from there (we’re STILL not done), you can either mosh to metal at Dada’s Black Eyeliner party or get weird to French house and disco at Modernista’s BOO-gie down – admission to both are free.
This is the part where we should probably mention that alcohol is best consumed in moderation and tell you to enjoy responsibly. Instead we’re gonna list a bunch of other Halloween party standouts:
- Jing-A’s Beer Mile starts at 4pm include four pints (yes, four) and a Jing-A Beer Mile t-shirt within the RMB150 ticket price. If running’s not your thing, the Jing-A Taproom will have a party with deals on its Monster Mash Pumpkin Ale all night long.
- The beauty pros at Laurent Falcon are offering professional Halloween makeup from 6-10pm for free, with snacks and drinks on hand.
- Starting at 7pm, Cantina Agave is offering sangria and beer for only RMB25
Halloween is this Saturday, October 31.
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