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Easily Beer Lao! Swap a Bintang for a Beer Lao any day.

G'day all.
Beer lao with out a doubt. Thailand has a good selection of beers now with Singha, Chang, Leo, Cheers, Kloster but I would say Beer Lao no worries. Problem is you've got to go to Laos to get it.

I am not a beer lover but I'd say "Singha" beer!
(coz I am Thai and It was the first beer I tried..hoho)

Cheers!

I seem to remember a beer in Thailand (1990) called Elephant Beer or was this just how my head felt next morning. I don't recall seeing it when I returned there in 1995.

I do remember Kloster and found it better than Singa.

This time next year I'll have tried the Beer Lao so the jury is out till then!!!

chill
steviej
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You wouldnt beleive it! I also found a place in London that sells Beer Chang! quite expensive though. It is being sold as a boutique beer in a bar here that claims to have every bottled beer in the world! That's a big claim, I will put it to the test over the next few months I am in the UK. I will find out if they have Beer Lao. I have not had one of those since 2004! If they dont have it maybe they can get it for me, otherwise I must wait until December when I next visit SE Asia. hhmmmm Beeeeeerrr......

Has anyone seen a beer in Thailand lately called "Amarit"? It used to be a nice alternative to Singha, but seems to have disappeared lately. I'd love to come across one of these again, if only for old times sake.

Stevie,

The Elephant beer is Beer Chang. Nasty stuff, but it's cheap and in the middle of a stifling hot afternoon isn't bad on the rocks with a chunk of lime and a few aspirin.

Best beer is probably Beer Lao, though I tend to remember Angkor Beer being quite good, as well. I love Thailand and I love Thai food, but Thai beer just doesn't cut it. Singha, Leo, Kloster, Chang and even Carlsberg will all do your head in. Heinekin isn't too bad, though.

beer lao-without a doubt! chang is the strongest stuff-for shure, but it´s not a clean one.

hey rene,

speaking of which, have you tried Cheers! beer here in Thailand. it has a light flavor, but tastes a bit better than Leo to me anyway. it's cheap too, but isn't available at many places yet.

Had no problem getting Beer Lao in Cambodia; both Lao and Angkor are my faves - The 'Changover' makes strong Chang too unpleasant as a regular drink, although it does get marks for being cheap-as.

I'd put Tiger in the top 3 with Lao and Angkor.

we're here in siem reap now and are enjoying a few draft angkor beers. it is absolutely best as a draft beer, plus it is usually cheaper and tastes much better than out of a can or a bottle. we've found one place near our restaurant called 'home cocktail' that has 60 cent happy hours angkor drafts every evening from 5 til 9 pm. i imagine there are similar steals elsewhere all over town.

beer lao is available here too, although typically in a can, and sadly, it just doesn't taste quite as good here as in laos. maybe it is the rough trip to get here that takes a toll, but i think a beer just tastes best when it is enjoyed in the home country. prost!

There are a few places in Shanghai where you can get your hands on Beer Lao (Dark!!!) and you can get the big bottles down around Kunming/Yunnan. I know plenty an ex-pat who'll set aside their Tsing Tao just opened to replace it with a Beer Lao -- no matter how long it must have been sitting on the shelf.

Now there's a question you could love. Thanks

Somtam
Yep, there is such a thing. But it's surprisingly hard to find. Well, maybe not that surprising, like Archa (which I should have mentioned) it totally sucks.

Go to the beach with a corona beer bucket and have some booze party with Thai females. Enjoy.

im yet to try beer lao, but will be there in a month or so, so i'll try it then. personally i really like chang, dont seem to get massive changovers. its not about Heineken though as a few people mentioned, coming from england thats the worst european beer you can get imo.
oh and i really didnt think much to angkor draft to be honest, tasted a bit watered down for me

I am not that fond of beer but the one I kinda like is Cerveza Negra of San Miguel. It is a dark beer.

Black Panther, baby. Breakfast lunch and dinner.

Haram Rasheed. Haram!

last time i was in bangkok i had a big bottle of san miguel, i like the weight of those bottles, and it tasted pretty good . . . i still take beer lao first, but i like san miguel.

I just found out recently that a local supermarket where I live here in the states ( Boston area ) carries six packs of beer Lao small bottles reg. and dark.... for over $12 US. not quite the cheap big bottles in Laos but it was a refreshing way to treat myself. I was kinda shocked they exported them this far.

beer Lao all the way

Haha. Beer Lao and a red sox game. Good combo any day.

In your best W.C.Fields impersonation say.
'The best beer is the one your drinking.'
Agreed?

Cerveza Negra Best beer in south east asia

Fresh beer in Hoi An!

Definitely Tiger for me maybe because I am a Singaporean.

Beer Hoi is also not that bad tried in Hanoi and it cost me USD$0.25 a Glass absolutely brilliant.

galseberg