Tsingtao Beer Co., Ltd., formerly the state-owned Tsingtao Brewery, was founded in 1903 and is one of the earliest beer manufacturers in my country.
In the course of nearly a hundred years of development, Tsingtao Beer has formed its own unique production technology and quality taste based on absorbing foreign technology, and has become a well-known liquor at home and abroad. He has won the National Gold Medal seven times and won the first prize at the U.S. National Cocktail Ceremony three times.
True and fake Tsingtao beer is mainly identified from two aspects of appearance quality, namely outer packaging and inner packaging.
Identification of bottled Tsingtao beer packaging boxes
The specifications of Tsingtao beer packaging boxes are 640ml*12 bottles, 355ml*24 bottles, and 296ml*24 bottles, which are divided into export cartons and domestic sales cartons Two kinds. The full English letters of "Tsingtao Beer" and the trestle graphic on the box of domestically sold wine are in bright red, and the words "The only well-known trademark of Chinese beer" and "This package is only for sale in China" are marked on the box. The font is Song Dynasty, with appropriate proportions, uniform color, and clear printing; the English letters and trestle graphics of the "Tsingtao Beer" font on the export wine box are dark green, the font is block letters, the frame structure is coordinated and standardized, the proportion is appropriate, and the color is Uniform and clear printing. Most of the packaging boxes for export and domestic sales are sealed with hot melt adhesive. After opening the seal for inspection, there are two lines of hot melt adhesive in the form of strip marks. There is a production date printed by a laser coding machine on the box surface, which is composed of dots. , each point has a sense of expansion.
The printing quality of the counterfeit packaging boxes is rough, the fonts and graphics on the box surface are dim and uneven, the fonts are printed clearly, the cartons are rough and soft, and the packaging boxes are sealed manually with paste or glue without heat. On the adhesive strips, the date of production is engraved and manually covered with plastic. The numbers are composed of dots. Each one is very rigid and gives a sense of expansion. Tsingtao Beer's trademark logo is printed by the gravure printing technology of Qingdao Printing Co., Ltd. Its text, graphics, paper, color registration, gold edge, etc. are bright, smooth, delicate, pure and even. The outer edge of the trademark has no burrs and will not fade after rubbing. . Some batch numbers are printed on the bottle cap, and some batch numbers are notched on the outer edge of the label.
Counterfeit Tsingtao Beer trademark logo, poor printing technology, soft paper, rough appearance quality of the trademark, often double images, skewed color registration, uneven and uneven colors, blurry and dull wheat ears , no bright and smooth feeling, and burrs are prone to appear on the edges of the trademark.
In addition, there is another obvious difference. The word "beer" on the Tsingtao Beer trademark uses the standard Chinese character, while many counterfeit trademarks use the non-standard Chinese character "beer". The authenticity of the bottle cap is mainly determined by the printing quality of the ink. Tsingtao beer bottle caps mainly include blue, red, green, brown-purple, gray, and black. Blue is used for domestic wine, red is used for export wine and gold label wine, green is used for export wine, and brown-purple is used for brown beer. Gray is used for light beers and black is used for dark beers.
The bottle cap used by Tsingtao Beer is visually clear, delicate and smooth. The words "Tsingtao Beer" on the cover, the trestle graphic and English letters are clear, and the small words "Tsingtao Beer" on the skirt of the bottle cap are very clear. Inside the bottle cap is a PVC molded rubber pad with characters inside. The rubber pad and the bottle cap are not easy to separate.
Counterfeit Tsingtao Beer bottle caps, the ink printing quality is rough and skewed, the ink printing on the cover surface is not intuitive, the color is dim and incorrect, and the words "Tsingtao Beer" on the skirt of the bottle cap are blurry and unclear. The skirts of counterfeit caps do not have these four words, and they do not feel smooth to the touch. Some bottle cap pads are rubber pads, and some are plastic pads, which can easily separate them from the bottle cap. Identification of canned packaging boxes
The cartons used for canned beer have the word "Tsingtao Beer" on the box surface with English letters and a trestle graphic. The color is bright red. The printing quality is good and the engraving is detailed. The printing is clear, the color is red but not bright, the cardboard is hard and straight, the box mouth is sealed with a hot melt glue machine, and for reinforcement, a transparent tape is used to automatically reinforce and paste it. After opening and inspecting the seal, there are two traces of hot melt adhesive strips. The production date on the packaging box is automatically coded with ink. Some of it is shot on the surface of the box, and some is shot on the seal. The dotted numbers have a sense of expansion.
Fake canned Tsingtao beer cartons, the printing of text, graphics, etc. is rough and unclear, the paper is soft, the color is uneven, the dark marks are different, some are purple-red, and they are easy to fade after being exposed to water. , some are dark and light, and the mouth of the box is usually sealed manually with paste or glue. The production date has a number engraved in plastic and is manually covered on the box surface without any sense of expansion.
Inner packaging identification
Since January 1995, all canned Tsingtao beer has adopted the 206 type sloping shoulder type. The height of the can is 122.55mm (0.38mm). The can body is fresh and flat. Smooth, clean, wrinkle-free, the lid is sealed, the capacity is sufficient, and it cannot be pinched by hand. The production date is coded on the bottom of the can with a laser coding machine. The code is clear and difficult to erase.
The main suppliers of cans are: Xi'an Kunlun Futerbol Container Co., Ltd. "FK"; Qingdao Meite Container Co., Ltd. ""; Hong Kong Meite Container Co., Ltd. "M" Dalian North Pacific Container Ltd. "". There are four Chinese characters for "Tsingtao Beer" raised on the lid of the can.
Counterfeit canned Tsingtao beer mostly uses recycled old cans. Some use counterfeiting tools (capping machines) to cut off the can lids, fill them with low-quality beer or tap water, etc. and press them with new lids. This kind of fake The wine is about 2~3mm shorter than real wine. In another case, after grinding the old can on the grinding wheel, remove the cover, which will not affect the height of the can. However, counterfeit products often have insufficient capacity, the gland is not tightly sealed, and it is easy to leak. It can be moved by hand. , the tank body has obvious wrinkles, heavy rub marks, the tank is dirty, the production date is unclear and easy to wipe off. There are no four Chinese characters for "Tsingtao Beer" on the lid of the can.