Hurler on the ditch, in the Postbag of the Bangkok Post today, seems to know his amber nectars, describes the small variety available in rural Thailand as:



Chang: a decent if rough and strong (6.4%) with a history of having been pirated from Danish Carlsberg



Singha: a beer which somply does not appeal to non-Thais flat, sickly sweet with a chemical aftertaste reminiscent of formaldehyde



Heineken: a bland watered down mockery of the real Dutch thing.



The Thai brewers keep an iron hold on the market as new beers launched quickly fold - Amarit, Becks, Carlsberg, Mittweida and Singa Gold



He welcomes the latest new batch Tiger (good) Archa (not too bad) and Red Horse 6.9% alch (very good but hard to come by) Finally Cheers ( so awful that I drank half a bottle and poured the rest down the sink - overriding taste of sweet cherry almost like a wine cooler.



" Why I would like to ask is, why beers brewed abroad, even in ASEAN countries are not freely available in Thailand?. Why is Beer Lao or San Miguel, probably the two best beers brewed in this part of the world, are practically impossible to buy here in their original versions?"



Now which one do you swig?



The first reply to use the word piss will be cursed with a permanently loose bladder within hours.

 

I'm a cheap date. It's always the watery Heineken for me.



Otherwise hit me up with some eggnog.



Can you get THAT in Thailand?

you forgot the carlsberg, remnoved from the market not too long ago, plus heinekens (yes, iam Dutch, but its tto ikspinsif for me) lower-priced Amstel brand a year or 2 ago.

Beer Lao IS available in BKK at some places and more often just along that mighty mekong, but I still wonder why so many people rave about it: same-same as the common Thai brands. Likewise, close to the Khmerland border the Beer Angkor and like are smuggled in.

And just pop into a Carrefour to see whats more for the willingtopay farang customer: even belgian Stella

What about Leo beer?

Thats My Bfs current poison of choice... (when not drinking black soda!)

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Singha: a beer which somply does not appeal to non-Thais

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Admittedly I'm not a beer-drinker (at home, I always drink wine) but when in Thailand I skip the wine (too much heat-damaged wine there) and opt for Singha.  I enjoy Singha very much, although I have noted an inexplicable bottle-to-bottle variation in taste.