My Quest For Imported Beers At Retail Stores

[monochaser]

Here is the overview of imported beer available at your local store:

German Beers:

More of these than anything else. Obviously Germans have seen to it that they have a selection and likely refuse to drink local products

1. Paulaner (3 styles): salvator, hefe-weisbeer naturtrub, hefe-weisbeer dunkel (5.3%)

2. Weihenstephaner hefe-weissbier

3. erdinger (couple of styles)

4. Warsteiner

5. Bitburger

product freshness 4 months-1 year

which of these German brews are good?

Mexican:

Corona (4.6%)

product freshness dont know, unreadable code

US:

Bud (5%)

MGD (5%)

Lite (4.9%)

Bud freshest at 5 months. MGD 7 months, Lite 1 year and more

Australian:

Coopers (4.5%)

Fosters (5%)

VB (5%)

freshness-Coopers 2 months, VB 6+ months, Fosters 8+

Irish:

Guinness Can

freshness-8+months

English:

None

Japanese:

None

China:

1 type, forget name

Others:

None

prices range from 90 baht (VB, Coopers, some germans) to 195 (Guinness)

Stores checked:

Foodland, Villa, Tops, Big C, Tesco

still need to check Carre Four but doubt they will have different offerings

You good pal, Monochaser

Edited June 26, 2006 by monochaser

[English Noodles]

Go away, this has become very boring now.

[AlexLah]

Now I have a question:

Where are the wholesalers located in BKK that sell beer Leo, Sing and Heineken.

If anyone knows please reply, I have a shop to run and would like to make maximum profit ore more promotion sales.

Cuurently buying from Macro but I think I could get those boxes much cheaper.

Kind regards,

Alex

[Patex]

1. Paulaner (3 styles): salvator, hefe-weisbeer naturtrub, hefe-weisbeer dunkel (5.3%)

2. Weihenstephaner hefe-weissbier

3. erdinger (couple of styles)

4. Warsteiner

5. Bitburger

...which of these German brews are good?

Dont know what you prefer but I like a brew with low alc and not so sweet taste ( Is bitter the right word??)

Number one from this (poor) German beer list would be:

Bitburger followed by Warsteiner

The other beers are not worth the effort to export...

In cold winternights back in Germany I enjoyed an occasional Salvator, a dark, sweet, highalc - brew - but than, never from the Paulaner company

A recent, clear Weißbier from one of the small German brewerys would be nice in the hot Thaiclimate - not this dirty naturtrüb-hefe brew.

Friends told me that the Chang light is a drinkable brew, why not give it a try??

[chonabot]

Go away, this has become very boring now.

I think he is very informative.

[monochaser]

Mr Patex, I did indeed try Chang Lite and I couldn't finish it. It really was that bad I am sorry to say. Thanks for your insight into those German brews

[rcm]

Mr Patex, I did indeed try Chang Lite and I couldn't finish it. It really was that bad I am sorry to say. Thanks for your insight into those German brews

Got to agree on the Chang Draught here...not my best friend either.

As for the German brews i think Warsteiner and Bitburger are the best ones from the list you have. I also appreciate the Erdinger as third and the Weihenstephaner hefe-weissbier as fourth . Paulaner isn't all too bad but there are much better German beers than that.

Australian beers i like the VB most next comes Coopers and third is Fosters.

hope that helps,

rcm

[Axel]

We cannot fight on taste, however, I would separate Warsteiner and Bitburger, which are pils-style

from the wheat beers like Erdinger, Weihenstephaner hefe-weissbier and Paulaner,

[English Noodles]

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'Monochaser was still dissapointed by the lack of a fresh Bud'