Having just finished the last case of my lockdown beer stash, I thought I would buy a case or two just in case there were any future restrictions. I went down to  my local Villa Market to  purchase two cases of Singha which is my usual tipple. However, the beer in stock was dated Feb 2020, which was the same date as my now depleted stash! Whilst the last few bottles of my reserves were just about drinkable, there was no way I was going to pay for stale beer. I asked the manager why she was selling stale beer, and she informed  me that reordering was triggered by the stock level, and until they were down to their reorder level she could not order fresh beer. Just to  advise that you should check the production date of beer before you purchase!

Drink Chang not hiso girls beer, Chang always fresh. 

12 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Drink Chang not hiso girls beer, Chang always fresh. 

Chang used to be good a few years ago.

Not any more. 

I think I had a couple from a bar a while ago, draft Tiger it certainly went straight through me

Just goes to show you how much beer gets (or doesn't) manufactured and consumed for/during Songkhran.

 

Two Heineken cans yesterday from local shop, fill date 10/03/2020, tasted OK.

 

Usually the mass local brewers have fill dates of within the last 2 weeks.

Since Villa is so excessively  priced, no wonder they have old stock, go to any of the roadside beer whole sellers who have a far higher turnover on beer and have fresh stock daily.

I've now got Mrs SP checking dates before she buys.  Even some 7's and Family Marts still are carrying old stock.

31 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

I think I had a couple from a bar a while ago, draft Tiger it certainly went straight through me

Started early mate....

Beer or lager that we are talking about here  stored in sealed boxes not in the sun should be fine for 9 months. Deterioration is faster when exposed to light

Drink rum it gets better by the glass 

8 hours ago, steelepulse said:

I've now got Mrs SP checking dates before she buys.  Even some 7's and Family Marts still are carrying old stock.

I get my Missus to check everything, not just Beer.

Best before Dates dont seem to ring any bells at all with Thai 

Singha is nasty stuff, w hy not get Leo instead. Very drinkable with or without ice. I've never had a bad bottle and I have had a few over the past 10 or 12 years.

9 hours ago, fishtank said:

Chang used to be good a few years ago.

Not any more. 

Best Chang was brown bottle Chang.

Buy the large cans, they keep better.

1 hour ago, Cake Monster said:

I get my Missus to check everything, not just Beer.

Best before Dates dont seem to ring any bells at all with Thai 

In many cases they should be ignored. A lot of food and other goods are discarded because if this marketing gambit. 

Toilet paper with an expiration date. Seriously? 

1 hour ago, Pedrogaz said:

Singha is nasty stuff, w hy not get Leo instead. Very drinkable with or without ice. I've never had a bad bottle and I have had a few over the past 10 or 12 years.

You are obviously not a beer drinker, the ice said it all.

1 hour ago, keithkarmann said:

You are obviously not a beer drinker, the ice said it all.

Sacrilege Ice in Beer .

On 9/17/2020 at 6:06 PM, condobrit001 said:

I went down to  my local Villa Market

I never buy beer from Villa market, I buy from Makro

17 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Just goes to show you how much beer gets (or doesn't) manufactured and consumed for/during Songkhran.

 

Two Heineken cans yesterday from local shop, fill date 10/03/2020, tasted OK.

 

Usually the mass local brewers have fill dates of within the last 2 weeks.

Whut......Heineken tastes OK?!

8 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Singha is nasty stuff, w hy not get Leo instead. Very drinkable with or without ice. I've never had a bad bottle and I have had a few over the past 10 or 12 years.

Leo is produced by the same brewery as Singha, but it probably tastes better because it is cheaper.

 

Same as the poor man's beer, also called Chang because it had to pay lower taxes than other breweries as it had made deal with the government at that time, was not drinkable any more for the average TVF member, after they lowered the alcohol content.

 

Now they swear with Red Horse or Archa because it is the cheapest beer on the market and has high alcohol content. (In TVF lingo, tasteful), in reality I wouldn't offer it to my worst enemy.

 

Now just look at the confused and sad emoji's this post attracts, to identify the members I had in mind.

A Trappist stays good for years after production - but of course that is BEER.

7 hours ago, digger70 said:

Sacrilege Ice in Beer .

I am Belgian, and thus consider only Belgian beers as "beer". 

The rest are alcoholic drinks in my opinion. 

As many alcoholic drinks are drunk with ice, I regularly drink non Belgium "beers" with ice. 

On 9/17/2020 at 12:06 PM, condobrit001 said:

However, the beer in stock was dated Feb 2020, which was the same date as my now depleted stash!

If there was a pallet stacked with 40 cases in the supermarket then I'd undertake a major operation to remove all the boxes stacked at the front in search of finding better best before dates at the rear of the stack and then tidily replace them all. 

 

 

23 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Two Heineken cans yesterday from local shop, fill date 10/03/2020, tasted OK.

Makes you wonder what chemicals are in it to make it have such a shelf life...?

6 hours ago, Susco said:

Leo is produced by the same brewery as Singha, but it probably tastes better because it is cheaper.

 

Same as the poor man's beer, also called Chang because it had to pay lower taxes than other breweries as it had made deal with the government at that time, was not drinkable any more for the average TVF member, after they lowered the alcohol content.

 

Now they swear with Red Horse or Archa because it is the cheapest beer on the market and has high alcohol content. (In TVF lingo, tasteful), in reality I wouldn't offer it to my worst enemy.

 

Now just look at the confused and sad emoji's this post attracts, to identify the members I had in mind.

I tried Archa but it's only 4.6%, I find 5% the magic number. Leo is the pensioner beer of choice, mainly based on price. I like Singh best, actually tastes of something, Ice kills any beer, only makes sense if a heavy drinker and trying to take some water in. 

 

As for dates I've not found any old ones yet

14 hours ago, RocketDog said:

In many cases they should be ignored. A lot of food and other goods are discarded because if this marketing gambit. 

Toilet paper with an expiration date. Seriously? 

Unfortunately everything is required to have an expiration date by law and the maximum time allowed is 2 years also by law so many things that don’t expire (water) will have an expiration date 2 years from the production date.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Makes you wonder what chemicals are in it to make it have such a shelf life...?

Only on TVF is the shelf life only 3 months, everywhere else it is years.

 

https://www.newair.com/blogs/learn/does-beer-go-bad

The Average Shelf Life of Beer

Most beers last beyond the printed expiration date on the package. When stored at room temperature, you can expect beer to last for six to nine months beyond the use-by date. Refrigeration increases this time period to up to two years.

20 hours ago, digger70 said:

Sacrilege Ice in Beer .

Some folk can take strong beer and others (myself) cannot...back in the UK in my local working mens club I used to drink Whitbread Light 2.8%...pals of mine Alpine Lager 5%....four pints was enough for me in an evening..4 pints/hour for my mates

When I first came over here 14 years ago after a few small bottles I found that local women were taking advantage of my inebriated state so I cunningly devised a plan to thwart them....put ice in my beer to lower the alcohol content and keep the beer cold.....it worked  and that,s my excuse anyhow

Villa would be the last place I'd buy any brand of beer.

Maybe they'll have a big sale to get rid of their old stock if you can get enough folks to complain about it.

7 hours ago, luckyluke said:

I am Belgian, and thus consider only Belgian beers as "beer". 

The rest are alcoholic drinks in my opinion. 

As many alcoholic drinks are drunk with ice, I regularly drink non Belgium "beers" with ice. 

????

 Mmmm I am original Dutch. Like the Dutch bier 3 hoefijzers,Bavaria, Heineken and Grolsch.No Ice 

When i was in Aust it was Wild Turkey rare breed Bourbon and Heineken.