Thread: I Like Good Beer

Originally Posted by buad hai

A bit to sweet?

That goes for just about everything here? Thailand is a sugar producing country and they hammer every available product with it, it seems.

Originally Posted by stroller

Beer Lao deservedly ranks in the world class. So does San Miguel,

Two tasteless, light beers. Nice over ice on a hot day. Only redeeming value is the negligible alcohol content.

Originally Posted by buad hai

The mini-mart here is selling Archa

Well, I just drank a can and I was wrong. It's not sweet. It's bitter. But, it's not a nice hoppy sort of bitter, it's more of a metallic bitter. When I bought it the owner of the mini-mart (a Leo drinker) exclaimed "Archa!?! After I paid and was walking away he repeated, "Chok dii, chok dii".

^ I never drink it out of cans, only bottles. Get it down you, Leo tomorrow

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

Only redeeming value is the negligible alcohol content.

Slightly under 5%, similar strength to Leo. Yes, nice in a hot climate.

For the Lagers readily available in country I'd go with Tiger, Lao or SM or Heineken light beers you can drink all night with ice with nary a danger of drunkeness. Great for a night out in the shady part of town. Usually start an evening with a couple large bottles of Chaang to get a buzz on, then sip one of the above the rest of the night 4:00 AM, still have that same two-Chaang buzz I started with.

None of 'em a real beer, tho. More like 7up, they can be refreshing on a hot day but so is cold water.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

We're probably brothers or something?

could be paddy!

Originally Posted by Spin

Get it down you, Leo tomorrow

I'd bought four cans of the Archa so ran out to a different mini-mart to buy some Chang to get the taste out. The owners there asked me if I'd tutor their quite attractive, 20 YO daughter in English weekends. Of course. How much money do you want. Well, I don't want money....

Now I'm back on the porch finishing the Archa and working out my lesson plan.

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

then sip one of the above the rest of the night 4:00 AM,

What do you actually do during these late night hours? Work? Compose poetry? Devise even more interesting recipes?

^

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

Great for a night out in the shady part of town.

I wonder where he goes....

Originally Posted by buad hai

What do you actually do during these late night hours? Work? Compose poetry? Devise even more interesting recipes?

Among "other things"

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

I wonder where he goes....

Me too, must be really something for FF to call it "shady".

Originally Posted by stroller

must be really something for FF to call it "shady".

Like you can imagine him, in film noi mode, wandering the late night, mostly empty streets of Chiangmai seeking out a muted card game, a lonely lady of the evening or an elusive pack of smokes.

...investigating the state of vice in CM for some obscure underground Asian city guide published in San Francisco.

^All in a days work

^I hear that you have your interviewing technique down to a fine art...

I heard Thai-brewed beer contains alot of formaldehyde. Whatever, after awhile, these brews gave me horrendous hangover headaches, broken sleep and MadDog's "impending doom" feeling. Beer Lao was good. I stick to wine now.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

I heard Thai-brewed beer contains alot of formaldehyde.

Urban legend. A friend of mine runs an environmental testing lab in Bangkok with all the latest gear. Just for kicks they tested a number of Thai beers for formaldehyde and found none.

Where do you get Coopers Frankie?

Originally Posted by Butch

Where do you get Coopers Frankie?

Sorry to butt in (Frankie is my dad, after all), but Coopers is sold here at Tops, Carrefour & Villa, as well as Rim Ping in Chiang Mai.

A few Aussie bars sell it as well, but they seem to be a bit poor at keeping it in stock.

The importer is on Rama IV. I was going to buy a case of the stout until I actually tasted the stuff.

1664 is quite good, can't find it here though

it's Belgium

Originally Posted by Butterfly

1664 is quite good, can't find it here though

it's Belgium

you can get it on draught at some pubs here in Singapore.

i thought it was french

^ could be French, not sure.

In Singapore, you can get anything, but I missed the old Carlesberg, can't get much these days in Bangkok. It's really becoming a shit hole. Need to get out soon. Another 2 years in that dump.

I will be back in Singapore for sure, even that nice Japanese BBQ like we had is not that nice here

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

i thought it was french

It is, although it's in a region that likes to have its borders changed every 50 years or so.

It's also brewed in the UK. A staple lager in Greene King pubs if I remember correctly.