Popular Post Boarn Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) I was rummaging around in my storage room over the weekend and happened across a brown Chang bottle with the 6.3% alcohol content. Unfortunately it was empty, maybe a long shot but I'm sure there must be some unopened real Chang somewhere, if anyone knows of somewhere please advise. (not to drink just as a reminder) Feeling nostalgic and then something else to remind of how things were here not so long ago pops up in storage! Cheap Charlies on Soi 11 back in the day, the start of a good night out - with real Chang! Edited September 13, 2021 by Boarn 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Etaoin Shrdlu Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 Beer nostalgia. Back in the day, Singha was 6%. We also had Amarit and Kloster then, too, but I think they were both 5%. The beers of a bygone Thailand. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) I use to like ' Thai beer ' that was its name I remember and it a dark beer. Not popular so disappeared. Edited September 13, 2021 by Kwasaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puccini Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On my part, I am trying to remember the name of the beer, discontinued eons ago for lack of demand, with a rather long name, six or more letters starting with A, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Puccini said: On my part, I am trying to remember the name of the beer, discontinued eons ago for lack of demand, with a rather long name, six or more letters starting with A, I believe. I remember a cheap beer in Thailand starting with an A about 10-15 years ago, you talking about Archa? Edited September 13, 2021 by bbko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puccini Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 The one I can't remember disappeared from the market in the 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteBuffaloATM Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 yeah seen only Chang Lite in shops. perhaps large Tesco Lotus or Central Mall Food Hall would have Chang Original ? LEO fan myself….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Pie 47 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Have one on me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 17 hours ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said: Amarit Ahhh a fine brew, which actually made a brief comeback in the past decade. But alas ...faded in to oblivion again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 6 hours ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said: yeah seen only Chang Lite in shops. perhaps large Tesco Lotus or Central Mall Food Hall would have Chang Original ? LEO fan myself….. They don't make Chang original anymore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said: Have one on me It went from a tasty 6.5 % to a weaker 5.5% , I went around all the local shops buying up the old stock when the change occurred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Launched in 1995, the original Chang was approx 6.4% in a brown bottle. Was a wonderful, strong, bitter brew. Had a local nickname of "Demon Brew". ???? In 2015 ThaiBev ruined it by rebranding it as Chang Classic...the crappy swill available now, in the green bottle, and approx 5-5.5% alcohol. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Just now, Skeptic7 said: Launched in 1995, the original Chang was approx 6.4% in a brown bottle. Was a wonderful, strong, bitter brew. Had a local nickname of "Demon Brew". ???? In 2015 ThaiBev ruined it by rebranding it as Chang Classic...the crappy swill available now, in the green bottle, and approx 5-5.5% alcohol. ???? Wasn't the alcohol content also unregulated ? Meaning that it was a minimum of 6.4 % , sometimes going into double figures if you managed to get a good one . That is why they bought out Chang export , otherwise Chang would have been liable if someone abroad bought a strong Chang and consumed more alcohol than stated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said: Wasn't the alcohol content also unregulated ? Meaning that it was a minimum of 6.4 % , sometimes going into double figures if you managed to get a good one . That is why they bought out Chang export , otherwise Chang would have been liable if someone abroad bought a strong Chang and consumed more alcohol than stated Not sure about that. But if so, perhaps the reason for the nickname "Demon Brew"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Has anyone dared to try the Chang Expresso beer? I don't have the nerve. The only Thai beers I drink now are Tapper (6.5), Red Cheers (6.0) and Leo Strong Brew (a not strong 4.1). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marin Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 10 hours ago, Puccini said: A, I believe. Amarit, long gone over 20 years ago I think.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygrr Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, marin said: Amarit, long gone over 20 years ago I think.. They said it disappeared from the market in the 70's so couldn't be Amarit. That was still available in all the bars in the 90's. You can still find it but it is brewed for the export market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Where did the defacto standard 5% come from? Who started that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Moonlover Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 50 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said: Has anyone dared to try the Chang Expresso beer? I don't have the nerve. The only Thai beers I drink now are Tapper (6.5), Red Cheers (6.0) and Leo Strong Brew (a not strong 4.1). My wife brought one home, by mistake from Tesco. I did try it and no I didn't like it at all. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Actually most of us drank Mekhong Rum in the 70's as local beer was not very tasty - to be kind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 I often wonder what the Europeans think of Thai beer when they come here. Especially those from Germany, Belgium, Austria and all the others that have a thriving beer culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rskdev21 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 I am in Myanmar. This is what I drink. 8.0 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puccini Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 1 hour ago, marin said: Amarit, long gone over 20 years ago I think.. Thank you. Yes, Amarit is the brand I was trying to remember. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Puccini said: Thank you. Yes, Amarit is the brand I was trying to remember. It was never much but in the old days about the only alternative to Singha - never seemed to be marketed well and sold to San Mig in 2003 for only 97 million. Believe they changed the taste but never tried it. Edited September 14, 2021 by lopburi3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) If you did find some of the original Chang it wouldn't be worth drinking any more. Beer does not age well. The exception being some of the really dark, strong stouts. I Believe Chang was 6.9% when it first came out. But the alcohol content has been reduced several times to where it is now the same as the other regular commercial beers. Edited September 14, 2021 by rwill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 I'm sure in the mid/late 90's it was stronger than 6.3 %. I'd buy 3 large bottles for 100 baht, and drink them before going out for a session. I was very well on the way, which was hard as I was an alcoholic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Do they still make Sang Thip whisky? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robertson468 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 11 hours ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said: yeah seen only Chang Lite in shops. perhaps large Tesco Lotus or Central Mall Food Hall would have Chang Original ? LEO fan myself….. I must confess that over the last year of so, I have become disappointed in Singha and Chang and feel that they are rather tasteless, however I have discovere Lao and thoroughly enjoy a bottle or so each week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt1 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 I thought part of the reason for the lower % was a change in the tax laws that raised it for higher alcohol content. I don't drink beer much anymore but do remember the old Chang being very variable in how many to get wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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