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For wide availability and only being 10 baht more than Chang, Leo is a pretty consistent winner in Thailand.

Chang is for those that value their beer based on how cheaply it gets them drunk.

Beer is good and cheap here in Myanmar

So I'm going to open a restaurant in Mukdahan serving garbage food served by beautiful girls in skimpy dresses.Hell,I can't go wrong.

So I'm going to open a restaurant in Mukdahan serving garbage food served by beautiful girls in skimpy dresses.Hell,I can't go wrong.

Why drink beer when you can drink lao kow at a fraction of the price.

"Why drink beer when you can drink lao kow at a fraction of the price."

Because it's horrible! I want to taste it when I drink it and I want that taste to be something that doesn't make me puke.

Beer Lao is average. Not even close to Asahi. Leo is the cheapest and basically cat piss.

Longbeach
You seem to be under the very mistaken impression that tastes are tied to knowledge. This is quite incorrect.

Beer Laos was, in fact, selected by Playboy as the best beer in SEA.

But at the end of the day, what people like in terms of cuisine as well as beverages is completely up to individual taste, not what you have read up about same. There are not definitive answers concerning beer anymore so than concerning women. There is simply individual preference. Contrary to some of our arrogant brethren (fortunately not much present here on Travelfish) individual tastes do not mark sophistication.

Playboy, there's a credible source not.

The rest was just mumbo jumbo.

"Your not entirely correct about individual taste being the only criterion.A lot of these beers have been brewed hurriedly with the help of chemicals so if you don't mind poisoning your body vote for them."

Fair enough. Assuming no health risks, however, then it's just a question of taste.

Longbeach - did you just write that Playboy is not a credible source on mens issues like beer? You're kidding right?

Leo, Chang, Tiger, Sing, Beer Lao, Bia 33, San Miguel, Tsingtao, Sapporo, Kirin, blah blah blah. I could never tell the difference between any of 'em. They're all brewed with rice and they all taste like Budweiser. Pour me a Guinness.

Asahi is Japanese.

Who is 'we'? Are you more than one person.I've never been to Japan so I didn't know, can't know everything, can we?

People go on about Beer Lao because its quite trendy and they make good t-shirts and its seen as the 'cool' beer to be drinking. As an actual beer I think its average.

Exactly!! Laos is seen as Trendy. if it was called Beer Dung it wouldn't be talked up.

Seen it in 7-11 but always thought it was some alcopop from the land of the rising price.
Try Wrexham lager, can't beat it.You must know it because beers are exported all over the world.

you don't have to visit a country to try a beer from there, but it is the very best way to do it. beer needs to be fresh and kept cold to be at its best, which is easiest to do if you are close to where it was made. and a draft beer from a keg is better than a bottle or can for sure.

beer lao tastes best in laos exactly for that reason, just as a guinness tastes better the closer you are to st. james gate. i agree with geezy too that an ice cold singha beer goes great with thai food. beer hunter michael jackson (the british beer expert, not the deceased american pop singer) said exactly the same thing.

one of the very first things i like to do when i visit a country is try a local beer. even if it doesn't taste all that great (somebody already mentioned hite beer in korea) it is still really fun to try. i think the best beer i ever had may have been the 8 or 10 free samples at the carlsberg brewery in copenhagen. but the beer in the pubs in the czech republic is hard to beat.

nobody mentioned cambodia's angkor beer yet. sayadian? it never tasted good from a can (probably got warm) but was always great from a keg.

daawgon, you are in portland? that's ground zero for great microbrews. lucky you. prost!

Dirty mags stopped being relevant in the 1990s when the internet took off. The last time I saw someone buy one was about 7 years ago. This drunk guy pays $16 for a Penthouse flips thru it for 5 mins then chucks it away. I haven't actually met anymore who reads these kinds of things on a regular basis since the 1980s when i was a kid. My friend at school had a dad who read them.

As for beer, bottled beer tastes the same wherever I drink it. Beer can deteriorate over time and with exposure to UV light so dark bottles are better. Beer doesn't need to be kept real cold (but extreme heat can affect it) and it ferments quickly at warmer temps. I've brewed my own beer and winter time it's slower. Leaving it in the cupboard then putting it in the fridge 1 day before you drink it, it tastes better than leaving it sitting in the fridge for weeks.

When it comes to serving below 10 degrees you lose some of the flavour which is why a bad beer served cold tastes ok hence the saying "I'll drink any beer if it's cold enough"

Alas Zywiecz Porter isn't available where I live Leonard (love your music by the way). I have a choice between Singh, Heineken and Leo. On rare occassion Laos, Cheers, San Mig or Asahi. That's it. That's the range. At Tops Corona is avaiable for some reason.

"guinness tastes better the closer you are to st. james gate."

You are almost correct. Guinness outside of Ireland is a no no for me (although I think it is also now brewed in parts of the UK). Although within Ireland, you will find that it frequently tastes better down the country rather than in Dublin and also up to €1 cheaper per pint.

I second the Angkor shout - it's superb and cheap.

Fair enough MM, but you may change your mind if you had a fresh creamy one in a country pub in Ireland listening to trad music in front of an open fire!!

"London brews good guiness"

On the contrary, Guinness is notoriously bad in London.

"you don't have to listen to Taag music"

What's taag music? It's not a term I'm familiar with. I would like to think it's not a derogatory term.

China - you mean like "Mick". I wonder what the name is for the pugnacious, ugly and probably inebriated mascott they use at Notre Dame? It ought to be Mick. We all have our stereotypes that we are forced to live with.

As for the Guiness - if I am ever in Ireland, I'll be sure to get one and try it out. I was drinking them in Germany, and it could well be it just ain't the same.

I remmember a long time ago I was at a bar in Germany (back in 86) and I was looking at the menu and they had "Budweiser" (same funy script, same color code, the works). It was expensive and when I asked the waitress she said "That's an excellent beer. A very expensive import". I was thinking "Man, you guys have been hoodwinked". But I ordered one and along she comes with this bottle. The color scheme, the writing scheme, it all looks right. An American Budweiser. BUT, it says across the front "Budvar". That struck me as strange. And the smaller script was writing I could not read. Low and behold it was a Czech Pilsner - and it was indeed an excellent beer and an expensive import. I think Budweiser copied or bought their motif.

"China - you mean like "Mick". I wonder what the name is for the pugnacious, ugly and probably inebriated mascott they use at Notre Dame? It ought to be Mick. We all have our stereotypes that we are forced to live with."

I'm not sure what you are saying or referring to here MADMAC, I have no problem with harmless national stereotypes and realise that the drunken Irish tag is not unfairly earned in many cases.

My question to Sayadian was what he meant by a Taag. The reason being that the word he used is suspiciously similar to Taig - which is a derogatory name for an Irish Cathloic and, by extension, not a "national stereotype".

China - in the US, "Mick" is a slang term for Irishman. Like Guinea is for Italian, or Frog is for French.

"China - in the US, "Mick" is a slang term for Irishman."

I get that MADMAC, that's not what I am talking about.

sayadian - a fenian is also a derogatory term. I am certainly not sensitive but I don't see any place for terms like fenian or taig on a forum such as this (or any forum for that matter). The Good Friday Agreement is not ideal but it is a far cry better than what went before it. And while I am certainly no sympathiser of the IRA let's not forget who has far more blood on their hands than they do - the British armed forces led by the much adored Queen of England.

I agree entirely, it's embarassing!! But still, I'm not gonna let some uppity Brit talk down his pointy nose to me - he's the only one firing sectarian abuse and was the one who started the insults (I know, sounds like we're in the playground). I was quite content talking about beer (in line with the thread title).

Have a good day oscarcat!!

Fenian is not a derogatory term unless it's used in the context of sectarian street politics In fact the early Irish nationalists called themselves Fenians, first used by one John Mahoney. I just picked up from what CR says that he is of the Republican persuasion.Being called 'an uppity Brit' rather proves my point. I was actually trying to say that London Guiness is a good drink when all this started. I'll stay out of N.I. sectarian politics it's a minefield of hatred.I can say however that my country was never bombed by Fenians,IRA or PIRA so I have no axe to grind.
'I am certainly no sympathiser of the IRA let's not forget who has far more blood on their hands than they do - the British armed forces led by the much adored Queen of England.'
Let's not forget British soldiers were sent to N.I. to prevent attacks on the Catholic community.In the period since 1969 the terrorists killed over 750 brave soldiers who were trying to keep the peace. I haven't even counted the police loses.

My definition of obnoxious is someone who constantly throws insults from behind a keyboard.
Bloody Sunday was a clear case of trying to use soldiers to do policing and it happened a longtime before the army had any training in the area of controlling crowd disturbances.It's still contentious whether IRA fired first though that's not an excuse for what happened next.The person who sent the Paras in to police the streets is the one who should be brought to justice not the soldiers.
If you weren't a Republican, as you claim, you wouldn't be defending the terrorists against the legitimate forces of law and order.
Once you start hurling insults CR it proves you have no arguments to back up your assertions; like accusing the British Army of 'having more blood on their hands.' I'm assuming that is in the context of N.I. If so you are talking utter nonsense.
'You have already racially insulted the country where you spent the last 8 or whatever years of your life.'
When and where?

Battle to take the higher moral ground. You should meet in person and settle it like real men and have a dance off.

Back to the issue of beer - the first Beer Lao I had after a year of drinking Chinese brews was a delight, so it always has a place in my heart. San Miguel is still quite good. In Shanghai now though I do choose Ashai before Chinese brands.

I've put ice in my beer if its served warm.

Ice:
When you order jugs of beer in Cambodia, unless you're a very fast drinker, the beer soon warms up.I'm resigned to the practice now.It's very hard to stop anyway as the beer lady ladles it in to a half-filled jug before you have a chance to say no.

I have seen a contraption that works similar to a thermos flask.A large glass vessel with an outer compartment for the ice while the beer goes into the inner compartment and you have a tap at the base.Why don't all outside venues in the sun have this?

"It's very hard to stop anyway as the beer lady ladles it in to a half-filled jug before you have a chance to say no."

refuse to pay for it

I owned a pint plastic glass that had liquid around the outside and you put it into the freezer and used it to drink beer. Kept it nice and cold but it broke.

I visit SEA every summer and drink beer. Stays cold enough for 45 minutes. What bars are you drinking in? They must have bad fridges and hot tin roofs

Find a bar with aircon!

"wench in a Red Uniform."

That sounds good.

No more messing with the wenches.They used to be constantly groped by the locals but civilisation has caught up with Cambodia and that's a no-no now.They even wear badges showing a girl being grabbed with a cross thru it to make sure you get the message.

Yes,Khmer men can be pretty uncouth when drunk and the poor beer girls were often abused.Standing up and pissing into the street in front of other diners is common too

Is that funny?

Those little mom and pop places with chairs outside still litter the roads outside of the cities here. 7-11 and now, to a lessar degree, lotus express, own the cities. But outside the little places still thrive and most have at least a bench to chill on. When I'm riding I love to stop at them and grab a beer and chill, maybe read a bit, or talk to whoever happens to be around and want some conversation.

What a barbaric country

obviously Beer is good for health. Doctors also give advise to take Beer as daily schedule ! Beer increase the fat of human body & there are also others benefit of Beer.