Bars may open, but will you drink the beer?

[Mark17AA]

So how ever many days ago the Bars closed down so the fridges went off, so that nice cold beer sat there, now many days on sitting  in the heat. What do you think will happen, the beer will be thrown away or re chilled and served.

So the question is would you drink it, me its a no.  Even when bars shut of the fridge at night and re start the next day, the beer does taste unsavory.

 

We know the the Thais do not throw anything away..

 

Discuss....

[FritsSikkink]

Looking for a Thai bashing thread?

What about the foreign bar owners?

[lee b]

Any decent bar owner whether Thai or foreign whould have left the fridges turned on to keep beer or soft drinks etc chilled.

[Dmaxdan]

I bet most of the beer the bars had in stock was sold off 'under the counter' so to speak when the nationwide booze ban was in place.

[JensenZ]

What are the strorage requirements for beer?

[Psimbo]

Doncha hate it when people finish off a post with 'discuss'. Its very annoying especially when people haven't formed an opinion for themselves but want all the answers off others.

 

Personally the bars I know have run down their stocks ages ago.

[blackcab]

Are you talking about draft beer or bottled/canned beer?

 

Almost no draft beer will remain fresh this long if the barrel has been opened.

 

In terms of bottled/canned beer, it sits in ambient temperatures from the day it is bottled/canned. Beer is not stored or transported in temperature controlled conditions.

 

It will sit at ambient temperature until the retailer/bar/pub refrigerates it prior to final consumption.

[daveAustin]

Thais will turn the fridges off/down from one day to the next in high season; there wouldn't be a publican in the land that'd keep it three months. The old stuff would have been parcelled off so shouldn't be an issue. Thai beer is cack nowadays anyway, even fresh. Stick to Beer Lao.

[Don Mega]

4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

I bet most of the beer the bars had in stock was sold off 'under the counter' so to speak when the nationwide booze ban was in place.

Exactly my thoughts.

[Sharp]

It's the suppliers that had to stock massive amounts in short time is the problem most bar beer were 1 day old stock only with the exception of pubs and restuarants... 

[transam]

Beer for sale is not stored in a fridge, only when for sale in a shop or bar where folk want a cold one.

I would think most beer would have been sold off "somehow" during the lock down, I found beer.

 

[mtls2005]

8 hours ago, blackcab said:

Are you talking about draft beer or bottled/canned beer?

 

And, produced here or outside of Thailand? 

 

I just looked at a Heineken purchased yesterday at 7/11; fill date 12 Dec 2019. Tasted OK, just a bit off. Nice (only) thing about local beers is the recent fill date, often within 14 days.

 

I'll probably steer clear of draught for a while.

 

 

[smutcakes]

Yes i will drink it because i am not a complete ponce. If it tastes manky i will tell them to pour a fresh one or move to another bar.

 

Most adults can make these kind of decisive and complicated decisions alone.

[Grumpy one]

With all the preservatives in local beer it should be drinkable for the next decade

Assuming anyone out there drinks this swill 

[BobbyL]

To answer the question. Yes, 100%. 

[Patanawet]

Where do you think that the wholesalers store their beer before it is delivered to the pubs etc.?

[TrevorC]

Many bars that I use work on a subsistence basis with a number of deliveries weekly. In view of the quiet high season I would be surprised if large stocks were in hand. The stocks by the breweries and wholesalers won't have moved though. 

[spidermike007]

Not a sensible question. All beer would have been sold off long ago, especially once the prohibitions were put into place. So, let's discuss something relevant, please. 

[JusticeGB]

Beer sold in wholesalers is sold in cardboard boxes which are at ambient temperatures they are then bought by bars at ambient temperatures and stacked in the fridges as and when needed.  So your idea of so called stale beer doesn't apply to bottled beer. 

[natway09]

The beer fridge although left on is empty. Drunk long ago as was the draught first

[DPKANKAN]

17 hours ago, JensenZ said:

What are the strorage requirements for beer?

Add to your digestive tract A.S.A.P. simple!!! 5555????????????????????????????????

[Proboscis]

I never drink Thai beer. Too many additives, too variable in strength and low quality.

[KKr]

If the glass is cleaned as it should, 

at least for the time being, 

it may be better not to drink the beer.

 

Discuss ???????????????????????? ????

[phantomfiddler]

I would say that by the time the bars do open, any bottles of beer from that era will fetch a good price as antiques ????

[PMZ]

18 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

I bet most of the beer the bars had in stock was sold off 'under the counter' so to speak when the nationwide booze ban was in place.

Agreed. Almost every bar I know well, was selling direct to customers and most sold all they had.

Beyond that, canned and bottled beer does not need to be kept cooled at all times, only prior to serving.

As a poster has mentioned before, only draft beer is a problem, and will have perished if opened. If unopened, it will be fine.

[Nanaplaza666]

I would bet if the bar staff or owner gave the OP a beer and told him they just bought it and cooled it the day before he would drink it and not even taste the difference . Now everything is easing up a bit he just want to have something else to complain about . As another comment said about the guy complaining about social distancing on his flight back , take a chill pill and @#$% up and drink your cooled beer otherwise just don't drink or buy it somewhere else .

[Catkiwi]

2 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

Beer sold in wholesalers is sold in cardboard boxes which are at ambient temperatures they are then bought by bars at ambient temperatures and stacked in the fridges as and when needed.  So your idea of so called stale beer doesn't apply to bottled beer. 

Agree although it normally doesn't last too long before going off. The main reason for a bad tasting bottled beer and I'm sure anyone who drinks beer would have had one, is when it has been chilled, then the fridges get turned off, it gets warm then chilled again. As most here agree, stocks in most bars are only for a few days and most would have been sly grogged off by now. Let's hope we get the chance soon to find out. 

[Jaxxper]

Not an expert , but I think bottled beer is more impacted by sunlight than temperature. I think it depends how the bar stored it.

[hugh2121]

19 hours ago, JensenZ said:

What are the strorage requirements for beer?

Depends on the type of beer. Draught keg lines should have been cleared and filled with water. There are NO requirements to keep the keg chilled. Beer is chilled by a cooler very close to the dispenser. 

Bottled beers should be stored using common sense but there is no requirement for chilling until the night before the bars open again. 

There are probably no cask beers in Thailand but they have special requirements.

[Knocker33]

I drank all our stock. Just wondering are the government going to reimburse us or give us extra x amount of months on our next license we have  already payed fort his year