Private breweries were forbidden, and beer sales were only possible through government-issued permits. Although this system furnished an inexhaustible stream of tax revenue and also laid the foundation for the development of beer drinking culture in Taiwan, at the same time it stymied the creativity of would-be brewers in the private sector and for years caused Taiwanese to take a rather narrow view of beer and its aesthetic potential.
這套體制曾經為國庫貢獻了源源不絕的稅收，打下了廣大愛喝啤酒的群眾基礎，卻同時窒礙了民間部門的創新能量，也讓國人對啤酒的認知長期受限。