Thread: Local Beers and Headache

Originally Posted by Butterfly

trying a nice dark beer Erdinberg now, not too bad

Are you sure?

^ yeah, why ?

Originally Posted by Butterfly

yeah, why ?

Never heard of it and nor has Google.

^ interesting, everything was in Bavarian or some other barbarian language ? I can keep the bottle and give it to you next time I am in cowboy if you need it for reference

don't like too much the dark beer though,

^ nice shape of bottle?

Originally Posted by Butterfly

don't like too much the dark beer though,

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Butterfly

yeah, why ?

Never heard of it and nor has Google.

LOL. Try Erdinger. Very nice it is too.

Erdinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Dunkel is a dark beer.

^ yeah, that's the one

Originally Posted by Butterfly

yeah, that's the one

I know.

COCK!

Where can you buy Beer Lao in cases, in Bangkok?

Anyone know?

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:: Beerlao2u.com - Beer Lao delivered to your door - Bangkok Thailand ::

Just got off the phone with them today, 30 baht a bottles less than I paid using other agents, so seems good enough

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I know.

COCK!

a small typo obviously, cocksuker

Formaldehyde?
I was told it is the nitrates that give the hangovers... or is ForXXXX a nitrate?

Originally Posted by TSR2

What about Beer Lao. anybody

Very popular with the locals. Cheap, strong, reasonably-ok-tasting, I suppose.
Shifted out Chang as the #1 seller, anyway.

Beer Lao is the best beer sold in SEA, other than the Japanese stuff. imo. Thai beer is all crap as far as I'm concerned. I especially hate Chang brand, as this company fucked up the deal (cheated) with Carlsberg in LoS, which I enjoyed drinking here.

Originally Posted by kmart

Beer Lao is the best beer sold in SEA, other than the Japanese stuff. imo. Thai beer is all crap as far as I'm concerned. I especially hate Chang brand, as this company fucked up the deal (cheated) with Carlsberg in LoS, which I enjoyed drinking here.

But even the Asahi etc you buy in the bars here is also brewed in Thailand and, again, full of crap. Same same Heiniken.
Not many bars serve actual imported beer, at least, not the sleazy places I tend to frequent.
Baccara in cowboy is one exception which has a good selection...

Originally Posted by Thetyim

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:: Beerlao2u.com - Beer Lao delivered to your door - Bangkok Thailand ::

We love Beer Lao, we sell Beer Lao
we are school teahcers. We will sell Beer Lao as long as somebody out there wants it. The threats, the obstracles,

Schools teahcers Eh ? must be a bunch of TEFL'rs selling beer

Originally Posted by kmart

Shifted out Chang as the #1 seller, anyway

Huh? where?

Are you mistaking Leo with Lao?

Originally Posted by Spin

Originally Posted by kmart

Shifted out Chang as the #1 seller, anyway

Huh? where?

Are you mistaking Leo with Lao?

Yes.Well spotted. I'll get me coat...

is it dry night tonight ? thinking of taking a nice Leffe draft or it will not be possible ?

H2G2

Beer brewed in Scotland mainly comes in two distinct varieties [Leaving aside lager, which is brewed just about everywhere. ] : 'Special', also known as 'Seventy Shilling', because that's how much tax was paid on a barrel, many years ago; and 'Heavy', or 'Eighty Shilling'.
Heavy is darker in colour, stronger, and more full-bodied than Special. Most Scottish breweries produce their own, but The Diggers sells McEwan's Heavy. So, indeed, do many other pubs in Edinburgh and throughout Scotland, yet nowhere does it taste as wonderful as it does at The Diggers: smooth and creamy, once tasted never forgotten.
The proper name of The Diggers is The Athletic Arms . Its nickname comes from its proximity to a cemetery, whose gravediggers would visit the pub at the end of the working day to wash the dust from their throats. Its decor makes no concessions to modern taste: cracked linoleum, threadbare upholstered benches and wobbly tables. There is no juke-box and only a couple of ancient fruit machines. Apart from a few photographs of the Scotland football team, circa 1974 [The last time Scotland was able to come home from a World Cup with heads held high. ] , that's it.


Not that it's actually necessary to speak to order a pint. It's easy to spot those making their first visit: they'll come through the door, walk up to the bar and then place their order. Regulars come through the door, hold up a number of fingers representing the number of pints they want to buy and, by the time they reach the bar (a matter of only a few steps), the drinks will be waiting for them. Subsequent rounds are purchased by approaching the bar and telling the barman: 'Three [Or however many pints you wish to buy. ] , please.' Note that the word 'Heavy' is never mentioned - it's assumed that's what you're ordering, because it invariably is. There are 16 beer taps in The Diggers: one for Guinness, one for lager, and the other 14 for Heavy. People drinking anything else tend to go somewhere else: legend has it that on busy nights anyone ordering lager will be politely directed to another pub 50 yards down the road.

The urban tale above may well be apocryphal, but this one is definitely true [Or only slightly exaggerated. ] . I know, because it happened to me. A group of us were in The Diggers at the beginning of a stag-night pub crawl. It was my round, so I did a quick headcount and said, half to myself, 'Right - eight pints'. One member of the crowd piped up: 'No, I'm on lager'. We tried in vain to explain to him that in The Diggers, you drink Diggers' Heavy and that's not negotiable. Eventually I went to the bar and placed the order. 'Seven please!' The barman started to turn away to pour the pints, so before he got out of earshot I added: '...and a pint of lager.'.
Instant silence. It was like a scene out of a Western movie when Clint Eastwood walks into a saloon: everyone in the pub was staring at me. 'It isn't for me!' I said and started drinking one of the pints of Heavy to make sure everybody understood that. The barman had only worked in the pub for about five years, so he had to ask another member of staff where was the lager!

^ Did that answer your question Butterfly?

^^ I always liked the Caledoneon Duechars IPA back home which is brewed in Edinburgh - great pint