Gold Benthanh – Indulge the success, enjoy the quality

I am a bit annoyed at having to write this beer review.

It is not the beer’s fault but I had previously done a write up only to find later that a virus had wiped away all of my alcoholic musings.

Gold Benthanh is a Vietnamese beer that is not appallingly dreadful nor much to write home about.

It is a beer that has a “by the numbers” feel to it as if the brewers concentrated more on the spreadsheet and sales projections than the actual brew.

The website is a hoot and is packed full of English transliterations that make for a fun read.

Apparently Gold Benthanh is “Best use after freezing” and the stated ingredients are “Water, 100% wheat, houbon, alcohol 4.7%”.

I do often wonder whether Asian beers ever enter into the brewing process and can’t help thinking that most breweries prefer just to add a bucket of anti-freeze into the mix instead….

Gold Bear – It tastes exactly the same as Heineken!

This is a beer that not only looks like a bottle of Heineken it also tastes exactly the same.

Now anywhere else in the world that would be an insult but in Southeast Asia it is a quite favourable comment.

The bottle makes some reference to Singapore but my theory is that one of the many licensed Heineken breweries in the region is pulling a fast one and selling off some of the beer with a new label.

I would guess Vietnam, Thailand or Cambodia but who knows, maybe someone stole the secret recipe!