Beers available/brewed in LOS

[landofsmiles]

Here's a listing of beers either brewed in Thailand or Imported. Some are only available in supermarkets and not all are available nationwide.

It's not the definitive list so feel free to add to or correct it.


Beers brewed in Thailand

Amarit Lager (San Miguel)...5%
Amarit NB (San Miguel)...5.5% (export only?)
Amstel
Archa (Thai Bev)...5.4%
Asahi (Japanese) (Boon Rawd)...5%
Bangkok Beer...5.5% (Export only?)
Black Beer (San Miguel)...6.5%
Black Tiger (San Miguel)....dark stout
Blue Ice (San Miguel)...6.4%
Chang Beer (Thai Bev)...6.4%
Chang Light (Thai Bev)...4.2%
Cheers Beer (Thai Asia)...5.6%.........
ES Beer (Boon Rawd)...5.5%....beer with tequila!
Heineken (Thai Asia Pacific)
Klassik Lager (San Miguel)...5.5%
Kloster Beer (Thailand) (Boon Rawd)...5.2%
Leo Beer (Boon Rawd)...5.5%
Mittweida (Boon Rawd)...5%
Phuket Lager Beer (San Miguel)...5%
Red Horse (San Miguel)...6.9%
San Miguel Lite (San Miguel)
Singha Gold (Boon Rawd)...4.8%
Singha Draft (Boon Rawd)...5%....some cans still 6%
Singha Light (Boon Rawd)...3%
Super Lion (Boon Rawd)
Thai Beer (Boon Rawd)...6.5%
Tiger (Asia Pacific)...5%


Imported Beers

* Beer Lao (Lao Brewery)...5%
* Corona
* ***** Lager (Fosters)...4.9%
* Erdinger
* Fosters
* Guiness
* John Smiths Bitter
* Kilkenny
* Kingfisher
* Newcastle Brown Ale
* Old Speckled Hen
* Paulaner
* Victoria Bitter (Fosters)
* Warsteiner

[Talbotman]

YOU MISSED tetleys bitter which i was drinking in mtb last july !

[rotty]

any Magners anywhere, could do with a couple on my next visit ?

[landofsmiles]

Not listed Ciders. Definitely seen Bulmers here but not sure about Magners.

[rotty]

thanks Bulmers will do in an emergency

[landofsmiles]

Beers brewed in Thailand

Amarit Lager (San Miguel)...5%
Amarit NB (San Miguel)...5.5% (export only?)
Amstel
Archa (Thai Bev)...5.4%
Asahi (Japanese) (Boon Rawd)...5%
Bangkok Beer...5.5% (Export only?)
Black Beer (San Miguel)...6.5%
Black Tiger (San Miguel)....dark stout
Blue Ice (San Miguel)...6.4%
Chang Beer (Thai Bev)...6.4%
Chang Light (Thai Bev)...4.2%
Cheers Beer (Thai Asia)...5.6%.........
ES Beer (Boon Rawd)...5.5%....beer with tequila!
Heineken (Thai Asia Pacific)
Klassik Lager (San Miguel)...5.5%
Kloster Beer (Thailand) (Boon Rawd)...5.2%
Leo Beer (Boon Rawd)...5.5%
Mittweida (Boon Rawd)...5%
Phuket Lager Beer (San Miguel)...5%
Red Horse (San Miguel)...6.9%
San Miguel Lite (San Miguel)
Singha Gold (Boon Rawd)...4.8%
Singha Draft (Boon Rawd)...5%....some cans still 6%
Singha Light (Boon Rawd)...3%
Super Lion (Boon Rawd)
Thai Beer (Boon Rawd)...6.5%
Tiger (Asia Pacific)...5%


Imported Beers

* Beer Lao (Lao Brewery)...5%
* Corona Extra...4.6%
* ***** Lager (Fosters)...4.9%
* Erdinger
* Fosters
* Guiness
* John Smiths Bitter
* Kilkenny
* Kingfisher
* Newcastle Brown Ale
* Old Speckled Hen
* Paulaner
* Tetleys Bitter
* Victoria Bitter (Fosters)
* Warsteiner

[Captain]

Beers brewed in Thailand

Amarit Lager (San Miguel)...5%
Amarit NB (San Miguel)...5.5% (export only?)
Amstel
Archa (Thai Bev)...5.4%
Asahi (Japanese) (Boon Rawd)...5%
Bangkok Beer...5.5% (Export only?)
Black Beer (San Miguel)...6.5%
Black Tiger (San Miguel)....dark stout
Blue Ice (San Miguel)...6.4%
Chang Beer (Thai Bev)...6.4%
Chang Light (Thai Bev)...4.2%
Cheers Beer (Thai Asia)...5.6%.........
ES Beer (Boon Rawd)...5.5%....beer with tequila!
Heineken (Thai Asia Pacific)
Klassik Lager (San Miguel)...5.5%
Kloster Beer (Thailand) (Boon Rawd)...5.2%
Leo Beer (Boon Rawd)...5.5%
Mittweida (Boon Rawd)...5%
Phuket Lager Beer (San Miguel)...5%
Red Horse (San Miguel)...6.9%
San Miguel Lite (San Miguel)
Singha Gold (Boon Rawd)...4.8%
Singha Draft (Boon Rawd)...5%....some cans still 6%
Singha Light (Boon Rawd)...3%
Super Lion (Boon Rawd)
Thai Beer (Boon Rawd)...6.5%
Tiger (Asia Pacific)...5%


Imported Beers

* Beer Lao (Lao Brewery)...5%
* Corona Extra...4.6%
* ***** Lager (Fosters)...4.9%
* Erdinger
* Fosters
* Guiness
* John Smiths Bitter
* Kilkenny
* Kingfisher
* Newcastle Brown Ale
* Old Speckled Hen
* Paulaner
* Tetleys Bitter
* Victoria Bitter (Fosters)
* Warsteiner

Amarit went bankrupt. Brewery was bought by San Miguel. No connection between the name Amarit and San Miguel (Philipine beer).
Kloster is not Boon Rawd. Singha is Boon Rawd. Also PB Air, domestic airline is owned by one of the 4 brothers who own Boon Rawd.
Don't know if Kloster still exists, haven't seen it for long time.

Imported beers: also Belgian Stella, Hoegaerden and Leffe.

[landofsmiles]

Kloster is on sale in the new JungCeylon bar, Absolute Ceylon.

Kloster is brewed in Thailand under licence and "close supervision" of Kloster Brauerei in Germany.

Note: Kloster seems to be an InBev brand ("Third most importand brand in the Beck & Co. portfolio.") brewed in Thailand, first by Thai Amarit (from 1975-2002), then by Boon Rawd (2003+).

[Captain]

Kloster is on sale in the new JungCeylon bar, Absolute Ceylon.

Kloster is brewed in Thailand under licence and "close supervision" of Kloster Brauerei in Germany.

Note: Kloster seems to be an InBev brand ("Third most importand brand in the Beck & Co. portfolio.") brewed in Thailand, first by Thai Amarit (from 1975-2002), then by Boon Rawd (2003+).

Becks is def. an Inbev brand. Biggest beer company in the world. Stella, Hoegaerden and Leffe are also Inbev. In fact, Stella was the original Inbev.

[landofsmiles]

Beers brewed in Thailand

Amarit Lager (San Miguel)...5%
Amarit NB (San Miguel)...5.5% (export only?)
Amstel
Archa (Thai Bev)...5.4%
Asahi (Japanese) (Boon Rawd)...5%
Bangkok Beer...5.5% (Export only?)
Black Beer (San Miguel)...6.5%
Black Tiger (San Miguel)....dark stout
Blue Ice (San Miguel)...6.4%
Chang Beer (Thai Bev)...6.4%
Chang Light (Thai Bev)...4.2%
Cheers Beer (Thai Asia)...5.6%.........
ES Beer (Boon Rawd)...5.5%....beer with tequila!
Heineken (Thai Asia Pacific)
Klassik Lager (San Miguel)...5.5%
Kloster Beer (Thailand)...5.2%
Leo Beer (Boon Rawd)...5.5%
Mittweida (Boon Rawd)...5%
Phuket Lager Beer (San Miguel)...5%
Red Horse (San Miguel)...6.9%
San Miguel Lite (San Miguel)
Singha Gold (Boon Rawd)...4.8%
Singha Draft (Boon Rawd)...5%....some cans still 6%
Singha Light (Boon Rawd)...3%
Super Lion (Boon Rawd)
Thai Beer (Boon Rawd)...6.5%
Tiger (Asia Pacific)...5%


Imported Beers

* Beer Lao (Lao Brewery)...5%
* Corona Extra...4.6%
* ***** Lager (Fosters)...4.9%
* Erdinger
* Fosters
* Guiness
* Hoegaerden
* John Smiths Bitter
* Kilkenny
* Kingfisher
* Leffe
* Newcastle Brown Ale
* Old Speckled Hen
* Paulaner
* Stella
* Tetleys Bitter
* Victoria Bitter (Fosters)
* Warsteiner



Anyone come across any others?

[Captain]

Didn't know Sin Gold still existed.

[landofsmiles]

Think I've seen it it OTOP (Central).

Franziskaner is another one to add to the Imports.

[Kluivert]

Is Bulmers/Magners available in most bars? Are does anyone know of any pacific?

[mixo]

many aussie beers around? Two Black Sheep had ***** Lager last time i was there, anyone else have aussie beers?
Cheers
Mixo

[steve w]

Is Bulmers/Magners available in most bars? Are does anyone know of any pacific?

most british run bars stock some sort of cider ,i know you can get bulmers in simply red on soi kepsap among others(just watch out for the toothless geordy running it 5555555)

[ThaiLearner]

I was in Tesco (England) the other day and they still sell Singha in the Bottle at 6% which is a bonus may be for export it will stay at 6%

[tmontana]

anybody know anywhere that sells magners/bulmers in thailand?

im sure it would down a storm and im sure the fellow irish bm's would agree

[ToTheBeach]

anybody know anywhere that sells magners/bulmers in thailand?

Bushranger nBar and Grill on Rat-U-Thit stocks Bulmers. I believe also the Anzacs/Kiwi Bar on OTOP stocks it.

[dogblower]

O'Tool's Irish Pub over in Karon sell Bulmers in a 568 ml bottle. They also have Blackthorn, Natch, Olde English, Gaymers and Strongbow, with Strongbow on tap as well.

In the beer department, they also have John Smiths, Kilkenny, Guinness and Heineken on tap and Stella Artois and Newcastle Brown Ale by the bottle, along with the usual suspects: Tiger, Heineken, San Mig, San Mig light, Beer Lao, Corona, Singha, Chang, Leo.

[landofsmiles]

Lao Beer's big introduction in Thailand delayed

VIENTIANE: -- Lao Brewery Co's plans to flood Thailand with its popular Beer Lao next year have been put on hold until 2011, a senior executive said Thursday.

Lao Brewery, one of little Laos' biggest companies, has invested 25 million dollars in an expansion project in southern Laos aimed at exploiting the export market, specifically neighbouring Thailand, under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, which goes into effect in 2008 for the 10-country Association of South-East Asian Nations.

But the government of Laos and Thailand recently decided that beer was too sensitive a product to be tariff-free in their respective markets.

"Both governments decided to keep the tariffs on beer until 2011," said Sounthone Phommachak, senior deputy managing director of the Lao Brewery Co. "Each country is still trying to protect their own beer market."

Lao Brewery, a joint venture between the Lao government and Denmark's Carlberg, is to open a new plant in Pakse in southern Laos at the end of this year with an initial annual capacity for 50 million litres of beer.

The 25-million-dollar project was originally planned to tap the beer market of neighbouring Thailand, but now it is to focus on satisfying the growing local demand of Beer Lao, currently the only domestically brewed beer available in Laos.

The Vientiane-based brewery, currently with an annual capacity of 140 million litres, is deemed a corporate success story in communist Laos, a land-locked country with a population of less than 6 million.

Beer Lao is popular among visiting tourists and has won numerous international awards. It is one of the few brand names Laos can boast of.

"The Swiss make watches, the Germans make cars, but Laos has nothing right now except Beer Lao," Sounthone said.

In 2006, Lao Brewery's revenues were 80 million dollars with a profit of 15 million dollars and taxes to the government of 47 million.

Sales in the first eight months of this year were up 16 per cent, Sounthone said.

The brewery seemed happy with the government's decision to protect its domestic market, of which it claims a whopping 99-per-cent market share, even though it has meant a lost opportunity in Thailand.

"I think it's good for us because we have more time to make ourselves strong," Sounthone said.

Lao Brewery plans to boost its Pakse plant's capacity to 100 million litres in 2010 in preparation for the liberalization of the ASEAN beer market, but the company faces new competition at home next year when APN of Singapore plans to open a brewery in Laos to produce Tiger Beer.

ASEAN is made up of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Under the group's free trade scheme, tariffs on most items will be slashed to less than 5 per cent next year, excluding beer and several other "sensitive" items.

-- DPA 2007-09-20

[Denver]

Faulty Towers on Soi Sunset does a well kept pint of draught Kilkenny.

[Krapper]

Can anyone help. I am in Karon at the moment, but am willing to travel, within reason.

Please, no "you're not a man" if you drink this horse piss replies.

I could swear I saw some on a restaurant list in Patong in June last year, but I was to to remember where.

[petruccis_son]

where on earth can you get old speckled hen in phuket?? (to the guy that posted it)

O'Tool's Irish Pub over in Karon

so they have guinness on tap and new castle brown in bottle thats fine with me!! where abouts in karon???

its a shame the Thai’s are not into real ales *proper beer*, as I would move to Thailand if they served proper cask conditioned ale in half the pubs/bars, as that’s the only thing keeping me in England forget London-pride I’ll be happy with phuket-pride as long as it was properly transported, kept at the right angle, served up at the right temp and was fresh as a daisy unlike a stagnant whetherspoons guest ale

[Nautilus]

Angus O'Tool's, Irish Pub, Guesthouse, Restaurant, Karon Beach, Phuket

[Masterwoodsman]

where on earth can you get old speckled hen in phuket?? (to the guy that posted it)

so they have guinness on tap and new castle brown in bottle thats fine with me!! where abouts in karon???

its a shame the Thai’s are not into real ales *proper beer*, as I would move to Thailand if they served proper cask conditioned ale in half the pubs/bars, as that’s the only thing keeping me in England forget London-pride I’ll be happy with phuket-pride as long as it was properly transported, kept at the right angle, served up at the right temp and was fresh as a daisy unlike a stagnant whetherspoons guest ale

Only one place on the island (that i'm aware of) that sells Old Speckled Hen and thats in The Green Man, Chalong. From the Morland brewery a fine, strong, creamy ale that goes down so easy but not cheap at 230B a pint !!!

[Nautilus]

Drank Old Speckled Hen once in an Irish Pub in KL, didnt quite like it. Expensive also.

Strongbow nearly killed me.

[darrel66]

kronenburg 1664 comes in to thailand in november on draught

[landofsmiles]

Tried a big bottle of Red Horse...strongest beer in Thailand...couple of nights ago. Tasted quite sweet and was ok icy cold....not too keen on the aftertaste though. Glad I drank it at home because I was almost incapable of doing anything else after

[landofsmiles]

Tried another yesterday I'd not seen before...FEDERBRAU (Feather Beer) from the Cosmos Brewery.

It's 4.7% vol and a Blond Lager Bier as it says on the can.



Federbrau targets the young generation aged between 22-35 who are confident, love freedom, embrace challenges and are always looking for something special to enhance their sophisticated lifestyles. Federbrau has the light flavour of genuine German beer.

Well I guess I must be too old for it because it tasted awful to me...still not as horrible as Cheers though...and half the can went down the drain.

[Werwolf]

Its a product form the Chang brewery.
I think it tasts horrible . Have nothing to do with a german beer.