Why I do drink – Part 2

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As of 2007 and 2008 I have begun to party a fair bit less than my London years but continue to enjoy a tipple or two on a regular basis. I d...

Asian Whisky A Go Go

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It is hard to say what is worse; the general lack of decent beer in Asia or the native population’s taste for crap whisky. Due to a holiday ...

Tiger Beer roars and pours in Laos

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My first Laotian beer update is not about the national brew but the new foreign arrival from Singapore. Last month Asia Pacific Breweries (A...

Good Morning Vientiane

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My long awaited reconnaissance mission to Laos took place recently and has provided me with enough Communist beer related stories to fill th...

Beer Lao Draft on the Mekong

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“Bia Sot” and “Nam Kawn” (“Fresh Beer” and “Ice”) are the two things you have to be able to say if you are to enjoy a trip in the People’s D...

Temporarily out of action

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A combination of an evil computer virus and the early onset of the monsoon has laid me and several blog post temporarily out of action. Luck...

Mini Sapporo Beer in Hong Kong

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This mini can of Sapporo is something I picked up from a 7-11 near to the hotel I was staying at in Hong Kong. In the photo the Carlsberg is...

Tsingtao - Proud sponsor of the 2008 Beijing Olympics

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The Tsingtao in Hong Kong was really, really fresh. An absolute pleasure to drink. It is available in every bar, restaurant and minimart as ...

Prime Max - The bastard cousin of Hite

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I have never been to South Korea and if the beer is anything to go by I never intend to. Prime Max is another brew from the Hite Brewery in ...

Gold Benthanh – Indulge the success, enjoy the quality

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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 t...