I know there is a craft beer culture, as there is a wine culture. I knew a chinese bloke who would invite me to a wine shop he had opened, upstairs he had spanish ham and imported wines. He would hold the occasional wine evening with cheese and ham and would invite me along for gratis, I would gracefully accept now and again, but I was not too stupid to realize he just wanted the token foreigner. But it was his treat, so once or twice a month it was quite nice, as opposed to being stuck in a poky FT's flat, or some noisy chinese bar. I did not mean to offend about the bars, been to them, just don't like them so much,also they like to rip you off on the bill in someway a lot of the times.