1 minute ago, Isan Farang said:

You are correct Makro do not sell Gold, only light and dark.

 

Tops at my location sell all 3 versions but only single bottles.

Probably works out expensive that way, doesn't it?

 

I paid 1535 baht for a case of 24 x 330ml of dark.

Just an heads up:

 

Buriram Makro had 3 cases of Beer Lao Dark on Friday. Didn't look at the price

Extracted from Ubon Hash House Harriers beer purchase records - the inexorable rise in case baht price at Makro (applies nationally I think):

 

Oct 15 - 1,140

Feb 17 - 1,290

Sep 17 - 1,310

Feb 18 - 1,535 (current price)

 

31 baht for a small bottle of Leo now only marginally more than the 30 baht price in 2015. Meanwhile Lao Dark has gone up from 45 baht to 64 baht. Tough call on value now!

25 minutes ago, SantiSuk said:

31 baht for a small bottle of Leo now only marginally more than the 30 baht price in 2015. Meanwhile Lao Dark has gone up from 45 baht to 64 baht. Tough call on value now!

Maybe so but Lao Dark beer is 100 times better than Leo (I'm being kind to Leo too). The call on quality is not so tough.

On 6/2/2018 at 1:31 PM, MJCM said:

Just an heads up:

 

Buriram Makro had 3 cases of Beer Lao Dark on Friday. Didn't look at the price

Pattaya Makro seem to have given up on Lao Dark.

And it looks like they're not selling Beer Lao, just dusting the boxes off

Pattaya Makro seem to have given up on Lao Dark.

And it looks like they're not selling Beer Lao, just dusting the boxes off

 

Both of them ? That is bad news for the guys in Pattaya.

 

Buriram Makro it can take a while for new stock to come in, I ordered with them in November and received a phone call in February ;)

 

Both of them ? That is bad news for the guys in Pattaya.

 

Buriram Makro it can take a while for new stock to come in, I ordered with them in November and received a phone call in February [emoji6]

They will be out of date before they arrive from Mukro’s, the masters of stock control!!!!!

 

 

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1 hour ago, DILLIGAD said:

the masters of stock control!!!!!

Incompetent to the max.

Some stuff out of stock for weeks to months (not limited to Beer Lao).

 

A mate who has demand for some Schweppes stuff (for a bar) once asked the store manager whether he could order a higher amount. "Can not".

Incompetent AND ignorant.

I'm sure that the beer overlords at Thai Bev and Boon Rawd are delighted to see the impact of the beer price rises driving a decent off-piste style of beer out of the Thai market. Typical oligopolists - who cares about the customer - just keep churning out the lorryloads of same style industrial alcohol.

 

Is Thailand the only country in SE Asia that doesn't produce a stout, porter or dark ale? Laos (Beer Lao), Cambodia (ABC Stout and Black Panther) and Vietnam (Winking Seal) do, but dunno about the likes of Myanmar or Indonesia. Maybe one of the emerging Thai craft breweries has one on the stocks - haven't seen one myself but visits to the relevant ale houses in Bangkok have been infrequent of late and the local beer specialists like Tap Taste House in Ubon and Leos in Sisaket seem to focus more on foreign craft beers than local.

I'm sure that the beer overlords at Thai Bev and Boon Rawd are delighted to see the impact of the beer price rises driving a decent off-piste style of beer out of the Thai market. Typical oligopolists - who cares about the customer - just keep churning out the lorryloads of same style industrial alcohol.
 
Is Thailand the only country in SE Asia that doesn't produce a stout, porter or dark ale? Laos (Beer Lao), Cambodia (ABC Stout and Black Panther) and Vietnam (Winking Seal) do, but dunno about the likes of Myanmar or Indonesia. Maybe one of the emerging Thai craft breweries has one on the stocks - haven't seen one myself but visits to the relevant ale houses in Bangkok have been infrequent of late and the local beer specialists like Tap Taste House in Ubon and Leos in Sisaket seem to focus more on foreign craft beers than local.

Ask Frankie about ‘Cheers’, he’s an expert! I think they do a couple of variants but I’ve never bothered to try any of them.


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On ‎6‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 10:31 AM, DILLIGAD said:

They will be out of date before they arrive from Mukro’s, the masters of stock control!!!!!

 

 

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I went to Makro last week in search for Beer Lao, was informed they were out of stock.

When we went to the sales counter to ask when the new stock may arrive, the lady stated she had no idea.