Beer and Alcohol

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Questions: Do bar owners HAVE to buy from a distributer or can they buy from any legal source such as Tesco ?

Question : Why don't I see more Beer on tap ? I would think it would be much cheaper and less labor than returning bottles.

Question : What is the alcohol tax ? I was paying 15 baht for a COLD 330ml can for some pretty good Cambodia beer last month in Kho Kong.

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[ChaangNoi]

One can buy from Tesco but it is not the cheapest way to do it.

On tap the beer will go bad if not consumed fast enough. With a tap no one is sure what they are drinking, if I don't trust the bar owners I don't drink tap in Thailand. And do not forget about the extra set up costs.

The tax on alcohol is different depending on what type it is and where it comes from. I don't have a link on hand but with a bit of time with google you could find it.

[Rooo]

Moved to the Beer Forum.

[Deserted]

Interesting post. I have drunk Asahi on tap across Bangkok many times and since I have spent time in Japan, and know it to be a dry beer, there have been many times when I have doubted what I was drinking was Asahi. It's not fair to name the main culprit as its a few years ago but I stopped drinking in that establishment because I knew I wasn't being served what I ordered.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Deserted

[ExpatOilWorker]

Moved to the Beer Forum.

Is there such a thing? Says a lot about TV.....or us the readers!

[chrisinth]

Questions: Do bar owners HAVE to buy from a distributer or can they buy from any legal source such as Tesco ?

No, the bar owner, unless affiliated with a specific brewery, can buy from any source as long as the beer bottles on sale have the tax paid stamps on the bottles for imported beers and spirits. It is obviously cheaper for the bar owner to buy from the distributer and more convienient when it comes to tax invoices, etc. Normally the agents acting as distributers will be brand specific, ie, buy Singha from one, Heineken from another, etc.

Question : Why don't I see more Beer on tap ? I would think it would be much cheaper and less labor than returning bottles.

The usual method of having beer on tap here in Thailand is that the pumps and cooler sets are provided by the brewery, hence making the cleaning of the equipment the responsibility of the brewery. They don't want the pipes cleaned by people who don't understand the chemical mixtures for cleaning required as it can make the beer taste skanky, at best, and downright dangerous at worst........

Normally, the brewery won't provide the equipment unless the bar owner agrees to be able to sell X number of barrels a month, and unless the pub/bar is situated where it has a good turnover everyday, is harder than it sounds. The only way beer on tap works is by quantity sold. The other factor from the bar owners point of view is the increase in electricity costs for having the equipment always on and the over night wastage of beer, especially in non-temperature controlled environments. The owner is there to make a profit after all.

Question : What is the alcohol tax ? I was paying 15 baht for a COLD wai2.gif 330ml can for some pretty good Cambodia beer last month in Kho Kong.

Not sure what the tax on beer is in Thailand now.

Hope that helps, the information is a couple of years old from my point but I don't think it has changed much from then................

The point of other brewery's beer being sold under other brands pumps I find hard to believe unless the owner is an idiot.

[CharlieH]

From what I have witnessed, it seems many by at Makro, judging by the trolley and vehicle loads I see being loaded.