bakedbean

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?

Bluenose1

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.

ex reg

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.

geedee

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!!

JC3

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?

bakedbean

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

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

julian1968

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?

JC3

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

bakedbean

You could set one up?

julian1968

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

bakedbean

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

geedee

I'll do it.

Tetley's! Wow, another sighting!

kennyboy33

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

geedee

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

kennyboy33

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