While being in Thailand I have aimed to indulge
myself in many aspects of the culture. Yet, I must not ignore the most exciting
category offered, Alcohol.......enjoy this collage of different beverages I
have found here. Not all of them are Thai but if they are listed, I have never
seen or drank them. Enjoy! P.S. this country is not much of a craft beer place so there are not many good beers.
On the
left is Chang. It is he Thai heavy beer. Coming in at 6.4% it taste like a
watered down Bud-weiser. They also always sell beers in bottles 640 ml. It is the
type of beer you drink to get hammered.
Here is
LEO it taste slightly better than Chang. I would compare it to bud light but all
of these beers taste alike and definitely aren’t sold for taste.
Here we
have tiger and cheers. Tiger is a Singapore beer coming in at 5% alc. Im not
sure how it is still on the market. In short, buy something else. Next is
cheers, its like budlight or something. None of these beers are that good, they
are simply popular beers you drink to get drunk.
Here is
Archa. It is made by the same company that makes the rest of the Thai beers. It
taste nasty and is unenjoyable. It is the equivalent of Milwaukee or Busch.
Now
that we have the nasty beers out of the way, here are some that I enjoyed.
This is a
cider from Three Oaks Cider Co. First off, I love ciders. They are the beer I
enjoy the most and could drink them all night. However, Three Oaks Cider makes
their cider more like champagne (some ciders are known for this effect)
Personally, I don't like the champagne taste too much so this cider gets about
a 5 on my scale. I then tried their "Dry" cider. I hated it, I dont
like dry cider. I liked the original but was still on the edge due to the
champagne effect.
This is Cing rice beer. It is made from rice and is
not out on the market yet. I was able to
get it because they had a booth at the food fair I was at to launch their
product. I was very glad to get it before it was in store. The beer was very
thick and had a slightly denser consistency than milk. It was very very
sweet and came in at 5% alc. I could probably drink three per night and would
surely buy more once they are out.
This is Crumpton Oaks Pear Cider. It was...ehhh...alright.
But I also have never been a pear cider fan. I am more of an apple cider fan. I
would compare this pear cider to Fox Barrels Pear Cider, however it had more of
a champagne effect compared to Fox Barrels. I wouldn't buy this beer again.
This is Hong Thong. Since I
am 12 Years old I laughed because it's funny, you know because it says thong.
It is. This has ended up being our go to whiskey. For a fifth of it the price
comes in at 210 Baht, which is $6.85. Which is cheaper than any bottle in the
US. So, that's what we drink....all the time. However, I do
not recommend shots of it.
This is another product that I purchased at THAIFEX and is not yet
out
on the market. It is a Sake that is completely
organic. My father would love this stuff. When the shot first enters your mouth
is taste like water it then has a small slight punch. However, it taste
absolutely terrible when warm as my drinking buddy and I found out in the taxi
ride to the Marriott. They also have an organic vodka. Worth the google search if you're into organics.
For the Beetches
This is the stuff that the one chick here drinks all the time.
It's nasty when mixed with beer as we found out playing a drinking game.
I found it odd that they make these here. Basically pre mixed
drinks in bottles. They don't taste very good.
