To all intents and purposes the 2 cans shown below are the same, except that one contains 320ml and the other 330, one is 5.0% and the other 5.5%, and one cost 32 baht with the other about 16 baht.

Who is getting the the better deal?

I'll go with the 16 baht if I could get it,  for 620ml bottles I pay 48 bht each buying a box.

Where have you seen Chiang Classic for 16.- Bht ???

The left one is likely some stolen good/smuggled good from a closed warehouse or something, not legally taxed etc.

See the "IMPORTED" imprint and brewed by "Cosmos"???

It has no Thai script printed.

Absolutely illegal for sale in Thailand.

Meant for export to another country?

OK, where did the 16 Baht can come from?

It might also have been smuggled back into Thailand.

Chang and other Thai beers are cheaper in Cambodia e.g. where there is no alcohol tax.

 

The "Cosmos brewery" is the same for both.

I wasn't aware about this name.

But the rest stands as described.

4 minutes ago, loong said:

OK, where did the 16 Baht can come from?

Maybe the poster wants to promote moving to Cambodia where booze is stunningly cheap

They have absolutely no concept of ANYTHING being a classic, they ruined this beer a couple of years back when they diluted it to the strength of a soda drink. Ruined!

 

Definition of Classic - 

1.

judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.

 

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, Formaleins said:

They have absolutely no concept of ANYTHING being a classic, they ruined this beer a couple of years back when they diluted it to the strength of a soda drink. Ruined!

 

Definition of Classic - 

1.

judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.

Try Tappers beer 6.5%. ????

19 minutes ago, Formaleins said:

They have absolutely no concept of ANYTHING being a classic, they ruined this beer a couple of years back when they diluted it to the strength of a soda drink. Ruined!

 

Definition of Classic - .

judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.

 

 

 

 

5.5 % / 5 % is still considered to be a strong beer 

26 minutes ago, sanemax said:

5.5 % / 5 % is still considered to be a strong beer 

The taste changed. It was a much better taste when it was 6.4%. Then it went down to 5.5% which wasn't so good. then 5% which was worst still.

Chang was supposedly banned in Canada because they couldn't get the alcohol content right,seems a 6% may contain up to 11% alcohol, people were getting busted for DUI after one bottle.Not sure if it's true but I can't drink the stuff after 6 bottles I am ill for a few days, age takes it's toll.

7 minutes ago, adammike said:

Chang was supposedly banned in Canada because they couldn't get the alcohol content right,seems a 6% may contain up to 11% alcohol, people were getting busted for DUI after one bottle.Not sure if it's true but I can't drink the stuff after 6 bottles I am ill for a few days, age takes it's toll.

That is why they introduced Chang Export , to ensure that the alcohol content was correct

Answering the OP is very simple.  330 mls 5.5 alcohol is old stock.  The other is current stock.

3 hours ago, HHTel said:

Answering the OP is very simple.  330 mls 5.5 alcohol is old stock.  The other is current stock. 

NO.

 

And now the world waits for the topic starter to solve the puzzle.

Beer Lao.

Chang Export. 

Obviously a can from Cambodia. With beer being less than half price over there, I always wondered why it is not smuggled more.

17 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

NO.

 

And now the world waits for the topic starter to solve the puzzle.

Check changbeer.com

 

Incidentally, in the OP's pic, the first one has 'imported' stamped on it although it was canned in Thailand.  I would guess that was bought outside of Thailand.

 

Chang reduced from 6.4 to 5.5 then to 5.0 which it is now.  They also reduced the content by 10 mls and changed the bottle from brown to green.

32 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

And now the world waits for the topic starter to solve the puzzle.

Oh the suspension, not sure I can hold it any longer.

 

It's still clear from post in this thread that TV members consider price and alcohol content is what defines quality

Anyone know what has happened to Red horse beer ? Used to be available in family Mart and big C ....has it gone the way of cailsburg ? 

8 hours ago, laochef said:

Where have you seen Chiang Classic for 16.- Bht ???

I never did too.

56 minutes ago, Testacall said:

Anyone know what has happened to Red horse beer ? Used to be available in family Mart and big C ....has it gone the way of cailsburg ? 

It's about Chang 

Slow night Na Lee ? ....simple question in a pub forum about beer .....move on ....

Anyone have any idea about Red horse beer ? Or should I start a new thread per Na Lee ?

Just now, Testacall said:

Or should I start a new thread per Na Lee ?

Let's have a poll

Ok let's not zzzzzzz 

Anyone have any idea what happened to Red horse beer in Thailand ? 

2 hours ago, Testacall said:

Anyone know what has happened to Red horse beer ? Used to be available in family Mart and big C ....has it gone the way of cailsburg ? 

So where has Carlsberg supposed to have gone.  Plenty of it here!

13 hours ago, HHTel said:

Check changbeer.com

 

Incidentally, in the OP's pic, the first one has 'imported' stamped on it although it was canned in Thailand.  I would guess that was bought outside of Thailand.

 

Chang reduced from 6.4 to 5.5 then to 5.0 which it is now.  They also reduced the content by 10 mls and changed the bottle from brown to green.

Spot on, I was in Langkawi a few days ago, just goes to show things are not as they seem, even though the barcodes are the same.

Right on the history, I have been drinking Chang since I first came here in 1999, in those days it was relatively rare, didn't become popular until "Castleburg" lost their licence. Five Star bar on Pattaya beach road was one of the few places that had it but because it was hardly drunk very often came out frozen, not a bad thing at times. Take the water out of a 6.4% beer and you get something with a bit of flavour.

17 hours ago, adammike said:

Chang was supposedly banned in Canada because they couldn't get the alcohol content right,seems a 6% may contain up to 11% alcohol, people were getting busted for DUI after one bottle.Not sure if it's true but I can't drink the stuff after 6 bottles I am ill for a few days, age takes it's toll.

 

You might be ill after drinking six bottles of ANYTHING. I'm not really sure why anyone would feel the need to do that, but each to their own.

12 hours ago, Testacall said:

Anyone know what has happened to Red horse beer ? Used to be available in family Mart and big C ....has it gone the way of cailsburg ? 

 

I believe that Tesco has it. Not a bad brew, but I prefer Tapper these days. Smoother taste at the same strength.