Hops And Barley Availability

[JAFO]

I have decided after partaking in Thai made beers for quite sometime now (which lack a lot to be desired IMHO) I will brew my own beer for private consumption. I have fab'd all the right equipment to do this. Now I am looking for the ingredients. Can Hops and Barley's along with wheat be found in Thailand? Yeast is easily found as can the other ingredients. Web searches have shown they are but thought others might know as well.

Thanks

[krisb]

I thought it was illegal to brew in Thailand, and if it is like most illegal activities there, arent worth getting pinched for

[metisdead]

Sorry OP, seems homebrewing is illegal, even if for personal consumption:

We have all seen Thais drinking their homemade rice wine at weddings or while relaxing in the countryside and the ubiquitous Bangkok corner side or rolling cart Yaa Dong sellers with containers of some concoction of herbs like ginseng, plaonoi, tree bark and vodka or whiskey. That is why expats and Thai nationals are always shocked when they find out that it is illegal to produce and/or sell alcohol in Thailand without a license. The Thai Government authorizes local governments to regulate alcohol production and sale under the Health Code. Local Government Rules 112 Section 58 NDOR, enacted 20^th of July 1995, ‡15 provides that individuals cannot produce or sell alcohol without a license from the Thai Government. There is no exception in the law for personal consumption. While the law is obviously not enforced with any vigor in Thailand it is still against the law and those that engage in such activity are always in jeopardy of being caught.

http://www.thaivisa....e/#entry3851270