There are posts about beers all over the place in other threads so maybe it is time to develop a comprehensive list of beers "commonly" available here. I say commonly as I am sure you can find just about any beer in the world at a few speciality shops in Bangkok, but not available at normal bars and restaurants. Let me start. * means I'm not sure if still made.
Singha - regular and light
Chang
Tiger
Heineken
Kloster *
Amarit *
San Miguel - blue ice, regular amber bottle and light
Amstel (in quite a few places but not all)
What have I missed? Pete
Beers Commonly Available in Thailand
Carlesberg is no more here unless it's about 3 years old. Unless...they have started to distribute or brew again here but I don't think so?Rob c wrote:Don't forget Leo & bottles of Carlsberg, also Strongbow you can get all over the shop too at vast expense.
JW, is the Miller the one from the States? If so, that used to be a real good beer but not sure anymore. Back in the 50's and 60's it came in a clear bottle only and labeled, "The Champagne of Bottled Beers". It had a head that didn't look like plastic, just creamy and rich looking. I think it's the beer I actually tasted first in my younger days. Pete
We, in Belgium, really love our beers.
And a few are now available in LOS :
Duvel (best world "live" beer ever)
Chimay (blue - the elephant killer)
Leffe (blond & dark)
The "White" one (try it with a slice of lemon)
.. but you'll have to head North to CNX at
http://www.number1barthailand.com/
And a few are now available in LOS :
Duvel (best world "live" beer ever)
Chimay (blue - the elephant killer)
Leffe (blond & dark)
The "White" one (try it with a slice of lemon)
.. but you'll have to head North to CNX at
http://www.number1barthailand.com/
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Generally Hua Hin does not have the availablity of other areas especially bangkok. Another couple that uou can get here that have not been mentioned (I think) Leo and Singha Brown (half way between the regular Singha and the old now defunct Singha Gold). Also Thai Beer is still availabe. It is not bad but 6.5%. The label is only written in Thai so most farang will not recognize it. There is a couple more of Thai beers that are seen rarely but I do not remember the names. Also quite popular at the moment is Cheers. That would really take off if they did it in small bottles.
I agree aboy the Belgian Beers but I have only seen them in Pattaya and only Leiffe and Duval.
What this country really nedds is some Czech beers. These are the orignal Lagers and still the best. Plilsner means from Pilsen. Pilsen is in the Czech republic.
There is a business opportunity their for any entrepeneur who has some funds to invest and soes not mind doing a bit of travelling to set the ball rolling. Exchange rates are in your favour here. Both Budweiser Budvar (not the piss from the US, sorry Pete) and Urquell are both keen on the export business.
I agree aboy the Belgian Beers but I have only seen them in Pattaya and only Leiffe and Duval.
What this country really nedds is some Czech beers. These are the orignal Lagers and still the best. Plilsner means from Pilsen. Pilsen is in the Czech republic.
There is a business opportunity their for any entrepeneur who has some funds to invest and soes not mind doing a bit of travelling to set the ball rolling. Exchange rates are in your favour here. Both Budweiser Budvar (not the piss from the US, sorry Pete) and Urquell are both keen on the export business.
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But for it to be top quality draught you will need a Czech or German bar owner to make sure it is delivered properly in the glass. And drinking Budvar or Urquell from a bottle in a foam cooler would be a waste - it needs to be poured. German beer is every bit as good as Czech - most are still 'craft' beers and taste like it.Guess wrote:What this country really nedds is some Czech beers. These are the orignal Lagers and still the best. Plilsner means from Pilsen. Pilsen is in the Czech republic.
There is a business opportunity their for any entrepeneur who has some funds to invest and soes not mind doing a bit of travelling to set the ball rolling. Exchange rates are in your favour here. Both Budweiser Budvar (not the piss from the US, sorry Pete) and Urquell are both keen on the export business.
Pilseners are not the original lagers though. They are a type of bottom fermented beer developed from Bavarian lagerbiers (stored beer) in the town of Plzen by German brewers. The first pilsener is credited to a Bavarian operating out of Plzen named Josef Groll. Don't forget that, like some areas of Hungary and Romania, West Bohemia (of which Plzen is the capital) had a majority German population through the middle ages and until after the second world war. Known as the Sudetenland, it's annexation by Germany was one of the key moments of WW2. The cultural origins of Pilsener are therefore German, even if they are now geographically Czech.
Much as I enjoy both Budvar and Urquell, not to mention draught Staropramen on which I first slaked my thirst at the flea market in Prague many years ago, in Hua Hin I think it would be hard to beat the draught Warsteiner mentioned above.
I await the wrath of any Czech readers!
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Good stuff, I had not really thought about the history, but in the present day the lager type beers (not wheat Beers) that I have had from the modern Czech repulic have been good and suit many tastes. I too like German beers but like English beers many can be an aquired taste.
The argument of cultural origin is not only confined to the Sudetenland. I spent many years in Holland whoa produce many great beers also and ther is always argument about whether the original brewers being Flemish or Dutch (Hollanders I think). The northern French beers also may have origins in Belgium.
Of course all these boders have changed as a result of the numerous wars in the region of the past 10 centuries.
As for pouring rather than drinking from bottle, I believe that all beers should be poured. Drinking from bottles is a naff fashion encouraged by landlords to save them washing up and glass replacement.
The argument of cultural origin is not only confined to the Sudetenland. I spent many years in Holland whoa produce many great beers also and ther is always argument about whether the original brewers being Flemish or Dutch (Hollanders I think). The northern French beers also may have origins in Belgium.
Of course all these boders have changed as a result of the numerous wars in the region of the past 10 centuries.
As for pouring rather than drinking from bottle, I believe that all beers should be poured. Drinking from bottles is a naff fashion encouraged by landlords to save them washing up and glass replacement.
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Well Pete I doubt there are very many out there who even know what Miller Hi-Life is. It has been pretty superceded in the advertising world by Miller Genuine Draft (MGD). It is still available as a low cost beer (kind of like Hamm's, Pabst, Grainbelt, and other old Midwest favorites that have come and gone).
It is not bad, and sure is better than those hard to chug Thai beers!!