Cathay Pacific’s Betsy Beer is Special Brewed for Drinking at 35,000 Feet
Cathay Pacific’s Betsy Beer is a hand-crafted beer brewed for drinking at 35,000 feet. It supposedly tastes better the higher you are in the sky. Would like to try it?
Betsy Beer is high-quality craft ale with travel in its DNA and succeeds to do that by using a combination of science and traditional brewing methods.
The Cathay Pacific airline has long sought collaborations with famous partners, restaurants and chefs in order to provide its clients with the best experience as part of its philosophy of a Life Well Travelled.
Hong Kong’s home carrier has been always looking for the best opportunities to provide the best of the best for its customers and now it comes up with the world’s first hand-crafted bottled beer, which is a specially brewed beer best to be tasted at 35,000 feet.
The beer named Bets after Cathay Pacific’s first aircraft a Douglas DC-3 which flew passengers around the region in the 1940s and 1950s.
This one-of-a-kind beer will be first served to First and Business Class passengers onboard flights between Hong Kong and destinations in the UK, starting 1st March until 20th April 2017.
Considering that cabin pressure and altitude affects your taste buds, wouldn’t you want to taste something that is specially made to be drunk at high altitude?
It turns out that Cathay Pacific has come up with a combination of science and traditional brewing methods, which was produced in harness with Hong Kong Beer Co.
Created with a combination of Hong Kong and UK-sourced ingredients, aroma and necessary carbonation to taste great both on the ground and in the air, this beer is an amazing creation.
“We are constantly looking for innovative and meaningful ways to enhance the travel experience for our customers. To help passengers experience something memorable for the first time is a big part of what we mean by ‘travelling well’. Betsy Beer is a great example of this. A beautifully crafted product designed purely with the traveller, and beer lover, in mind.”
One of the main ingredients of the beer is the “Dragon Eye” fruit which gives it a unique characteristic. The fruit is known for its aromatic properties, and adds to the round, rich, textural properties that make the beer unique.
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Betsy Beer’s carefully constructed recipe has been developed accordingly, in order for passengers to enjoy an outstanding one-of-a-kind craft beer at altitude.
Cathay Pacific General Manager Marketing, Loyalty Programme & CRM Julian Lyden said: “We know that when you fly, your sense of taste changes. Airlines address this for food in certain ways. But nobody has ever tried to improve the taste of beer at altitude. That seemed like a great opportunity for us to help our beer-loving passengers travel well.
To ensure the successful mix of Betsy Beer’s memorable flavors, Cathay Pacific and the Hong Kong Beer Co invited some of the best experts to find the perfect balance. And it seems that they have found it in this high-quality, great tasting craft ale.
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