Posts Tagged: Regional Scenes
Homebrewing In Singapore In The News
Posted by on Sunday, December 19, 2004 in - 2 comments
Homebrewing has received a welcome endorsement from an unlikely source. In its Sunday editorial, Singapore's state-controlled Straits Times newspaper (reg' req') has praised homebrewing as a hobby - noting that drinking at home may have an added advantage in reducing rates of drunk driving …
Homebrewing in Singapore
Posted by on Saturday, December 11, 2004 in - 7 comments
The recent • legalization of home brewing by Singapore authorities has hit the • shopping malls. Previously, prospective home-brewers needed to turn to on-line supplier I-brew. However, yesterday at Carrefour, I was pleased to see this: • <img …
An Introduction to Singapore's Beers
Posted by on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 in - 2 comments
Alan kindly invited me to join the league of good-beer bloggers. I quickly accepted. Regrettably, Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia are not the best places to find good local brews. Most regional beers are uninspiring international lagers or worse - such as the syrupy-sweet and metallic …
The Dark Beers of Red Beijing
Posted by on Monday, December 6, 2004 in - 12 comments
Beer aficionados who plan to visit Beijing should not expect to find a great variety of local products. All restaurants will invariably provide you with bottled or draft pale lagers such as locally brewed Yanjing Beer (燕京啤酒) and much familiar Tsingtao Beer (青岛啤酒) and their countless variations. A …
Belgium: Thinking About Four Sorts Of Brown
Posted by on Monday, December 6, 2004 in - 5 comments
Continuing in the style of Four Belgian Blondes and Four Wittes, I am going to try to work through the Belgians I have squirrelled away over the last few months style by style. I also want to avoid one problem that arises doing a side-by-side, especially when you are looking at triples and strong …
Pennsylvanian Distributors
Posted by on Friday, August 6, 2004 in - 18 comments
One thing to note from any trip to Pennsylvania by a beer fan are some of the strange laws of vending said beverage. Simply put, they try to deter you from doing so by making it difficult and taboo. To buy a six-pack or a 12 pack you have to go to a bar with a sign that says "six to go" or some …
