SUNMAI

SUNMAI (in Chinese, Jin Se San Mai) is the packaged craft beer brand of the Le Ble d'Or group, which Michael and Rico Yeh founded in 2004 as one of the first private brewers in Taiwan after the state beer monopoly ended. The brand says it brews on German equipment. Its signature honey beer, developed in 2008, is made with honey added to the boil, and the brand highlights the aroma of Taiwanese longan honey. That beer won the honey beer category at the 2014 World Beer Cup, and a SUNMAI wheat beer took gold at the European Beer Star in 2016. The range leans on local ingredients such as tea, osmanthus and fruit.

The beers

• Honey Lager, honey beer, 5%
• Honey Lemon Lager, honey beer with lemon, 5%
• Osmanthus Wit, witbier, 5.5%
• Rye IPA, rye IPA, 6.5%
• Dark Honey Ale, dark honey ale, 5%
• Coffee Stout, coffee stout, 5.1%

SUNMAI is sold in cans and bottles in convenience stores and supermarkets across Taiwan and at Taoyuan International Airport, with frequent seasonal and collaboration releases.

Where to drink it

The group's own Le Ble d'Or restaurants serve the beer on draught but are not listed here. Among the bars in this directory, the Taiwan-only tap list at Learn Bar in Taipei pours SUNMAI. It is listed below.