The Beer Thread
 

By special request :)

I'm not much of a beer drinker myself but mr bakedbean will slurp a Skol or Asahi. There was also some Myanmar beer available in Penang at quite a decent price.

What's available and where in Penang? In KL? Any pukka British beers around?

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Depends whether you class Guiness as British! ;-) You can get Guiness in Tesco in Melaka - have also seen (although not British) Carlsberg, also in Tesco.

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I've seen Boddingtons cans around but when I've tried them they tasted well old and some cans were out of buy by or use by dates.
Insipid to say the least.

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Oh dear.... British Beer sightings seem a bit thin on the ground... I was in one bar that sold Kilkenny draft, and it obviously didn't travel well. That's all I've seen. I was hoping Tescos would send a container or two over every now and then!
So far I've been alternating between Tiger and Anchor, which are fine when you're outside in the warm weather, but that novelty will wear off pretty quickly!!

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Whilst Mr BakedBean is searching for British beer in Penang, he might like to be distracted from his quest at:

Brussels Beer Café at Gurney Paragon
Weissbrau German Bistro & Bar at Straits Quay
Ingolf‘s Kneipe German Restaurant, near the Copthorne Orchid Hotel in Tanjung Bungah

All the above have several different beers on tap.

Cheers!

JC3

PS. Where's the best Guinness on tap in Penang?

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Yes I have informed Mr bb about the Brussels Beer Cafe in the Paragon. And is that correct....Tetleys on draught? :flypig::flypig::flypig:

Does anyone actually drink at Weissbrau? I've walked past many times and never seen anyone in there.

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Are there no British micro brewers in Malaysia, There is a guy in Chile doing quite well serving the ex pats

Or is the cost of setting up such a business difficult?

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Not sure.
Farquhar's bar at the E&O hotel used to have Tetleys on draught - and may do still. Pretty soon you'll be able to take the boat from the E&O to Straits Quay. That's one way to start a pub crawl.

JC3

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You could set one up? :D

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Ah haaaaa Bean is getting to know me better each day ... Do you fancy the tasting job :-)

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Ah no, but I'm sure Mr bakedbean could be persuaded

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I'll do it.

Tetley's! Wow, another sighting!

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I miss french lager, personally


but my bro in law can get 330ml cans of Hackers or Chang( thai) for rm3.50 here in KL..they are both very passable really

Ken :)

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Blimey that's cheap! I've been paying RM9.0 for a small can of Tiger... it's more expensive here than Singapore!!:ohmy:

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yeah..unfortunately most booze highly taxed in Malaysia

try one of those small grocery type shops ,run by Chinese i think

not long back we got 24 can box for rm72

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Kennyboy, where is Chang available? Can you id a specific store. Interested at that price.

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Something wrong there Geedee. Mr bb just told me he pays RM 26.99 for 6 pack of Skol tins...that is RM 4.50 each. Tesco price. Even in the foodcourt you'll pay RM 12 for a large bottle Skol. And this is official prices. Have heard that if you ask around....ahem....you can usually find some suppliers doing cheaper beer and wine, maybe fell off the back of a boat from duty free Langkawi hehe ;)

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Tesco (Melaka) normally has 24 x 320ml cans of Carlsberg for RM129.99. At the beginning of last month they had a special offer of 24 cans for RM99.99!

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So when I come its a suitcase of beer and a t-shirt then

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I've bought Guiness in Malysia before and it was the 8% stuff in cans that doesn't really have much of a head on it .What's the stuff you're talking about like ?

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better not give it out on here, eh.not certain how 'official' the prices really are

seems they're too cheap i think.oops ;)

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Fair enough, I'll keep a look out anyway.

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care to check your private messages Nakrob

;)

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Don't know. Never had any! I have just seen them for sale in Tesco.

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Hehe there does seem to be a fair bit of unofficial stuff around. I know wine isn't the topic subject but had to chuckle when someone told me that their hairdressers had a stock of specially priced wine :D

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;)

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:popcorn:

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Does anyone have any knowledge on the expense of clubs and bars around the golden triangle area of KL?

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Oooh! Yummy! My wife found, and bought, the last 4 cans of Tetley's Smooth Flow in Giant (Bukit Indah).

I'm really enjoying these!:beer:

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Has it got a widget? My resident beer expert here says it will be too frothy....well according to him anyway.

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Hey...got some new smilies...this one rather appropriate for this thread

:drinkingbeer:

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Yes, it had a widget.... it was a bit frothy. But it was 1000 times better than Tiger!

Time to try the new smilies....


:drinkingbeer::britflag:

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:drinkingpals:

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Are they beer bottles or toothbrushes? :getcoat:

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Hehe :D. Yes,come to think about it, does look a bit like electric toothbrushes. I'll see if Sue can modify them :p

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Just been into Tesco for first time in ages. Carlsberg RM54 for 12 (with a free glass) and Tiger RM108 for 24. Best prices I think I've ever seen. Needless to say I used the Christmas excuse to stock up!

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Cheers then :drinkingbeer:

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So, by deductive reasoning, Carlsberg = RM108 + 2 free glasses for 24? Just call me Sherlock (I prefer that to Shylock!). (and prefer wine to beer!) :drinkwine:

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Me too. Shall we start a Wine thread? :sneaky:

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:goodpost:

:drinkwine: :embarrassed_smile: :drinkwine: :drinkingpals: (the latter is entitled "drinking pals", but I think you thought it was beer, and someone else thought it was electric toothbrushes, IIRC!) either way, sounds good to me! :thumbsup: