Chang Beer 5% alcohol content whats happening

[Wake Up]

Leo and ice - my favorite. 

[speedtripler]

13 minutes ago, Wake Up said:

Leo and ice - my favorite. 

Order cases of erdinger, it's much better.... 

[Wake Up]

Just now, speedtripler said:

Order cases of erdinger, it's much better.... 

Will try it. ?

[bluesofa]

5 minutes ago, speedtripler said:

Order cases of erdinger, it's much better.... 

I'd forgotten about that, not heard it mentioned for years now. Yes it's a very good German bottled beer.

[speedtripler]

18 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I'd forgotten about that, not heard it mentioned for years now. Yes it's a very good German bottled beer.

They have started selling a lot more German wheat beers in Tesco's and maxvalue around bkk...... 130--150thb for 500ml but worth every penny if you don't want to drink cheap Thai chemical produced  piss

[NonthaburiBear]

Get yourself Bintang beer .. better than Chang..

[DDBKK]

On 23/12/2017 at 9:26 AM, Nowisee said:

No more local thai "beer" for me until they allow the making and selling of craft beer.  I save my money for real farangland craft beers.  

There's plenty of craft beer around. This isn't 1999. 

[Skeptic7]

2 hours ago, NonthaburiBear said:

Get yourself Bintang beer .. better than Chang..

Surely it is, but not a very convincing endorsement as ANY beer is better than present day Chang! 

[llso]

I remember when I first came to Thailand Chang had quite a kick to it. The quality control was not that great and sometimes you'd get a very potent batch 10% ABV. So much for the "Changover"

[NonthaburiBear]

6 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

Surely it is, but not a very convincing endorsement as ANY beer is better than present day Chang! 

55555.. words , i don't know what happen to Chang...i use to like this beer , but last October went to Bkk and drink at Khaosan  i feel nothing

[duanebigsby]

I don't understand people equating alcohol content with quality. Less alcohol doesn't mean less quality.

Many world class beers are under 5%. I find Chang more drinkable at the lower strength. 6.4% never suited the pilsner style. People often talk about how 'strong" Guinness is, well it's 4.3% only. I've home brewed for years and alcohol content is meant to be style specific.

[duanebigsby]

On 12/26/2017 at 2:39 PM, llso said:

I remember when I first came to Thailand Chang had quite a kick to it. The quality control was not that great and sometimes you'd get a very potent batch 10% ABV. So much for the "Changover"

How would you ever know it was 10%abv?

Did you have some sort of test kit while out drinking?

[watcharacters]

On 12/23/2017 at 7:10 AM, davetrout said:

Might save some Thai lives on the road 

 

 

 

NOT likely.

[duanebigsby]

On 12/26/2017 at 12:39 PM, DDBKK said:

There's plenty of craft beer around. This isn't 1999. 

In the really touristy towns down south. Not much outside of Touristville.

[speedtripler]

9 minutes ago, duanebigsby said:

In the really touristy towns down south. Not much outside of Touristville.

Maxvalue and villa  tops and even Tesco   all have good German and Belgian  beers in them now although it is often sold out because I usually buy the whole shelf... 

 

They don't order in loads because it's probably more expensive than the locals will pay for it

 

[oldhippy]

On 24/12/2017 at 12:10 AM, Arth said:

My favourite is Duval, 2 of them and you get a nice relaxing feeling and a good nights sleep.

Duvel, Belgium?

 

[speedtripler]

Just now, oldhippy said:

Duvel, Belgium?

 

Yes, it's one of my favourites too

[duanebigsby]

4 minutes ago, speedtripler said:

Maxvalue and villa  tops and even Tesco   all have good German and Belgian  beers in them now although it is often sold out because I usually buy the whole shelf... 

 

They don't order in loads because it's probably more expensive than the locals will pay for it

 

Yes, and it's not really "craft beer" as suggested.

[duanebigsby]

On 12/25/2017 at 5:24 PM, speedtripler said:

They have started selling a lot more German wheat beers in Tesco's and maxvalue around bkk...... 130--150thb for 500ml but worth every penny if you don't want to drink cheap Thai chemical produced  piss

What chemicals are you alledging are in Thai beer?

[oldhippy]

3 minutes ago, speedtripler said:

Yes, it's one of my favourites too

Now we have Classic Duvel and Duvel triple hops (extra bitter).

[speedtripler]

10 minutes ago, duanebigsby said:

Yes, and it's not really "craft beer" as suggested.

The  topic is/was chang 

Try to keep up...... 

[speedtripler]

7 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

Now we have Classic Duvel and Duvel triple hops (extra bitter).

My local shop has started  selling erdinger wheat beer original, dark and kristal clear 

All 5.3% and very excellent quality 

[oldhippy]

6 minutes ago, duanebigsby said:

Yes, and it's not really "craft beer" as suggested.

Belgium is lagging behind when it comes to "craft beers". Sad to say.

Of course we still have about 400 different "old style" beers, each with their own style glass.

And yes, unfortunately, we have Stella and Jupiler as our best selling beers, I believe they are now owned by a Brazilian (American?) company. Jupiler was actually quite drinkable before the marketing boys destroyed it (it is now not too sweet, not too sour, not too bitter, in 1 word: tasteless and therefore ideal for the tasteless masses).

And to add insult to injury, one of our better kriek beers - Mort Subite - will from now on be marketed worldwide by Heineken.

Heineken selling beer??? What has this world come to???

 

 

[oldhippy]

13 minutes ago, speedtripler said:

The  topic is/was chang 

Try to keep up...... 

Sorryyyyyyyyyy.

Yes, this thread is about Chang, not about beer.

I got carried away, I am Belgian.

Chang used to be a reasonable Carlsberg imitation, some years ago.....

 

 

 

Edited December 28, 2017 by oldhippy
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[speedtripler]

2 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

Sorryyyyyyyyyy.

Yes, this thread is about Chang, not about beer.

I got carried away, I am Belgian.

Chang used to be a reasonable Carlsberg imitation, some years ago.....

 

 

 

Belgians make some of the best beer in the world 

I was replying to the other idiot above you 

 

Chimay is another great beer they now sell in Thai

Some people think its too strong but they should stick to drinking  spy coolers and bacardi breezers ..... 

[oldhippy]

5 minutes ago, speedtripler said:

Belgians make some of the best beer in the world 

I was replying to the other idiot above you 

 

Chimay is another great beer they now sell in Thai

Some people think its too strong but they should stick to drinking  spy coolers and bacardi breezers ..... 

Chimay Bleu - my favourite beer.

I rather drink 1 bottle of 9% than 2 bottles of 4,5%, for the bite and for the taste.

 

[Hamuraii]

Was kinda shocked, saw Erdinger Dunkel on sale for 150 I think, its excellent value for a very special beer.

 

plus you can just drink it warm as the quality is there.

 

 

[speedtripler]

36 minutes ago, Hamuraii said:

Was kinda shocked, saw Erdinger Dunkel on sale for 150 I think, its excellent value for a very special beer.

 

plus you can just drink it warm as the quality is there.

 

 

You can find it for 132 in some supermarkets... I'm drinking one right now lol

 

Also worth watching out for is Franciskaner and weisensteipher and maiselweiss (spellings probably wrong) 

 

They're starting to become popular in some bkk supermarkets 

[DDBKK]

9 hours ago, duanebigsby said:

In the really touristy towns down south. Not much outside of Touristville.

It's aint touristville around here and there are plenty of options.

 

The thais are taking to it like ducks to.... well, craftbeer...

[NonthaburiBear]

i guess many people think..the best beer are the fast one who make you fell sleepy..