The Results Are In: Slow Boat Brewery Regains Title in Juicy Burger Cup 2022!

The Results Are In: Slowboat Regains Title in Juicy Burger Cup 2022!

Vincent R. Vinci, Contributing Editor | Dec 1, 2022 5:00 pm | Add a comment | 380 reads

The votes have been tallied and a champion has been decided: Slowboat once again regains the title of Beijing’s Best Burger. With this being their sixth victory, they continue their streak as the most decorated winner in Juicy Burger Cup history!

This means Home Plate BBQ, who made it to the top with Slowboat, ranks second best in Beijing. As for the runner up contest between Beersmith and Q MEX, Q MEX has come out on top. This means Q MEX is third best, while Beersmith ranks fourth.

An Interesting Burger Cup Year

This year’s Juicy Burger Cup was nothing short of out of the ordinary. Due to epidemic restrictions, our annual Burger Fest couldn’t be held, so the Burger Cup contest was instead held in tandem with Beijing’s first ever Juicy Burger Month.

Be that as it may, it was smooth sailing once again for Slowboat this year, as they cruised through the Round of 64 in a top seed. As the rounds progressed, they battled a number of other quality burger joints like Burge’s Bistro & Bar and COMMUNE RESERVE.

Things started heating up in the Elite 8, though, when Slowboat faced off against fellow brewery and capital stalwart Great Leap Brewing.

Slowboat chugged on through to pass Great Leap quickly, entering the Final Four to face rivals Q MEX -- who took the Burger Cup crown from Slow Boat back in 2017 -- before finally facing off against three time Burger Cup champs Home Plate.

From there, it was the battle of the champions, with these two great burger houses pitted against one another for renewed glory.

But whether it’s the crispiness of the beer battered fries on their legendary Fryburger or the intermingling of cheese and pickles on their Okie Double Smash Burger, the voters have once again favored Slowboat as the Best Burger in Beijing for 2022!

If you want to go and give the champion’s burgers a try, now’s the chance as our Juicy Burger Month has been extended one more week to Dec 11! You can try Slowboat’s Okie Smash Burger, get a stamp in your Burger Month Passport and enter to win great prizes! More on that here.

To stay up to date with Juicy Burger Month in light of ongoing restaurant closures and in-house dining bans, you can join one of our dedicated Burger Month groups by adding TBJButler on WeChat (QR code below) and requesting to join (just specify whether you want English or Chinese).

To round off our caption contests, we asked you to complete this World Cup themed burger meme and here are our favorites:

And, the final rankings of the top 100 burgers in Beijing are as follows:

1. Slow Boat Brewery 悠航鲜啤
2. Home Plate BBQ 本垒美式烤肉
3. Q MEX Bar & Grill 库迈墨西哥餐吧
4. Beersmith Gastropub 鲜啤吧
5. Jing-A 京A
6. Slider Nation 小堡邦
7. Great Leap Brewing 大跃啤酒
8. Wild Kite Brewing 野风筝
9. FATBURGER 特富客汉堡
10. 3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages 三小猪
11. Arrow Factory 箭厂啤酒
12. Side Street 街旁
13. Malbec & Beef 阿根廷牛排馆
14. blue frog 蓝蛙
15. COMMUNE RESERVECOMMUNE RESERVE 北京华贸甄选店
16. Shake Shack
17. The Cheesecake Factory 芝乐坊
18. Lily’s American Diner 莉莉斯美式西餐厅
19. ANGEL BURGER天使汉堡
20. COMMUNE·X COMMUNE·X北京太古里设计师店
21. Brotzeit German Bier Restaurant 博璨德国啤酒餐厅
22. The Great Outdoor(s)
23. Burge's Bistro & Bar 小伯格酒馆
24. NBeer Pub 牛啤堂
25. Plan B
26. The Local
27. Take A Bite TAB汉堡
28. Kitty & Daniel Hollywood Grill & Bar 大牛好莱坞餐吧
29. Paddy O’Shea’s 爱尔兰酒吧
30. Hulu by TRB 琥禄
31. Burp 堡嗝儿
32. PEACH by Hulu
33. LARRY THE BIRD (New)
34. Ye Brewing 野鹅微醺 (New)
35. THE ROOTS 欧伴
36. TIGERS 老虎西餐
37. Let's BURGER plus 非常创意汉堡
38. Messy Burger 汉堡探索中心
39. BURGERMOOD 堡格曼
40. Wobbit 窝边草
41. Grandma's Kitchen 祖母的厨房美式西餐厅
42. Spacelab 失重餐厅
43. The Rug Café
44. Panorama 葩诺
45. CAUTION 靠山啤酒餐吧 (New)
46. Xian Bar/Domain, EAST Beijing 仙酒吧/Domain 域,北京东隅酒店
47. Shang Brew 香啤坊 (New)
48. Slow 精酿餐吧 (New)
49. SOLDOUT (New)
50. HeyBurger 堡嗝汉堡
51. Fire Works 北焰•美式扒房
52. WasPark
53. Park Side 园景
54. Cafe Ruhe 如何餐厅
55. APOLLO 美味和音乐 (New)
56. LUSH
57. CHAR Bar & Grill 恰牛扒房
58. Shaking Crab 波士顿手抓海鲜
59. Circle Urban 圆场 (New)
60. The Music Bar, Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing 音乐吧•北京望京凯悦酒店
61. TRIPS Burger (New)
62. VINN (New)
63. Dongli Brewery 东里手工啤酒•精酿餐厅
64. TOWNSQUARE CAFE • ARTYZEN HABITAT BEIJING 思方汇咖啡厅•雅辰悦居酒店 (New)
65. Peking Yard 北平花园
66. Salt Lake Inn 盐湖酒廠
67. Hamburger 汉饱嗝 (New)
68. Lenbach 兰巴赫西餐啤酒坊
69. Bistro 108 巴黎餐吧
70. Bodensee Kitchen 德南餐厅
71. Market Cafe, Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing 咖啡厅•北京望京凯悦酒店
72. 4Corners 肆角餐吧
73. Legend 老牌餐吧
74. BLT American Restaurant Salad & Grill BLT美式餐厅
75. Tough Tongue 硬舌酒肉
76. Rich Burger 发财汉堡 (New)
77. Foam Lab 泡沫实验室精酿餐吧
78. Bistrot B 怡庭
79. World Of Beer Bar & Kitchen WOB精酿餐厅
80. Migas Mercado 米思家
81. Laker's
82. Aurora 极光
83. Meat by Ernest 吃肉
84. QS 奎妮餐吧
85. Eudora Station 亿多瑞站
86. Bullshit Food 饱是福 (New)
87. Cafe Flatwhite 福来新西兰餐厅
88. Manchester United Theater of Dreams Restaurant 曼联梦剧场
89. MAX boom 炙烤牛肉汉堡研究所 (New)
90. The VEGGIE TABLE 吃素的西餐
91. Steam Bear 蒸汽熊精酿鲜啤餐厅 (New)
92. Alpha Omega Club 甲丁坊新德餐吧
93. RE 而意
94. Uncle's Kitchen UK 大叔的厨房
95. Wiggly Jiggly‘s 欧也
96. Park Square Restaurant & Lounge 园庭
97. Burger Treasure 堡藏汉堡 (New)
98. Carlins 珂林斯澳尚扒房 (New)
99. The Bell × Terrazza Martini
100. Station Grill