Awesome Asian beers that you need to know!
Drinking beers is one of the great ways to enjoy a beverage during parties, in a pub or at home to talk along with friends and family that you need to catch up with. These kinds of drinks have an appeal that creats a perfect buzz to people while they drink allowing for more interactions with each other due to boosting the product of endorphins that will make a person feel great.
This is a way that gives people the mood to party or talk more wherever they are. These drinks give a great sense of connection between each person even if they have never met before, bringing in communities all together from around the world to take a pint and cheers on a drink.
Is there a difference between Western and Eastern Beer?
Generally most commercial Asian beer is similar from other countries. This is due to the brewing proccess being similar to German lager brewing. There are distinct alcohols from different countries one specifically being Sake from Japan being ‘rice beer’ with fermentation of rice with yeast as before it can be made by using saliva traditionally made for/in shrines and temples.
This is about beer though so this blog will talk about each popular brand of beer that is made within Asia and their way it is made, what it is eaten with and when it is drank (like parties or celebrations).
Singha Beer
Singha beer is a beer made from Thailand where the first brewed Singha beer was brewed in 1933. This is a similar taste in Heineken and Peroni, this beer uses malt and barley where it is slow brewed with Thailand’s spring water. This lager beer has a golden yellow colour that gives a full-bodied and rich in taste. This beer pairs very well with seafood especially shellfish like oysters, lobsters, crab, clams and shrimp dishes or foods.
Tiger Beer
Tiger Beer is first brewed in 1932 from a joint brewing venture between Heineken and a Singapore based conglomerate now known as Heineken Asia Pacific. This beer includes rice malted barley and American Zeus hops, this is brewed together with the help of Heineken to create a beer of full-flavoured, pilsner-style golden lager having a sweet note and a clean finish. Great foods to have with this beer are some charred chicken or beef on a stick with peanut sauce giving a great taste to wash down with tiger beer.
Tsingtao Beer
First brewery founded in 1903, Tsingtao is a beer brewed from rice and barely using the spring water from Laoshan. Closest beer in the west is Heineken due to the brewing proccess, the lager is a medium-light bodied and with a slight swettnes of sweet corn and bready flavours. shellfishes, grilled pork and South Asian food are great dishes to have with the Tsingtao beer, good to wash the pallette and have another bite.
Cass Beer
Cass beer is a favoured beer that is known of its unique and crispy taste within Korea. This beer launched from Soul, South Korea that is first brewed in 1994 for young, mainstream beer drinkers. This beer has light hints of yeast, grain and dough with easy drinkability with the crisp, midly hoppy and refreshing taste of the beer. Just like the other beers you it’s best to have roasted foods, grilled foods with the beer and kimchi is also great due to having the spiciness of the dish having a unique experience to it.
Red Horse Beer
Red Horse beer is a major beer product in Philippines by the San Miguel Corporation introducing in 1982. This is a strong lager that is brewed with malted barley, hops and yeast, going through the fermentation process like other lagers. This is a strong high alcohol beer as a deeply hued lager with a distinct sweet taste with a balanced bitterness. This beer is great with spicy foods to grilled and seafood dishes, from foods like lechon, fried chickens and more.
Hanoi Beer
Hanoi beer is a vietnamese beer that has a reflection of its culture. Brewed since 1890 this has been the beer to drink for Hanoians. Great for sipping during festive occasions or eating with friends this smooth and crisp beer creates a sense of community for everyone. Hanoi beer has a aroma of malt and corn, its flavour is lightly bitter with a light, crisp, watery, malt, herbal, hoppy bitter palate. Vietnamese chicken wings have a sweet salty glaze, with beer can bring a freshness of the ingredients.
Saigon Beer
The Saigon Beer company officially named 1993 started since 1875 as a different name. From there they have been making the Vietnamese Saigon beer. This beer is comparable to Dutch Pilsner which gives a floral, herbal and mild earthy tones with a clear yellow when poured. Just like others spice and meat are perfect choises to have when drinking some beer perfect to pair its slight bitter but satisfying taste with salty, savoury and spicy foods.
There are many kinds of beers from around the world and we have shown you some of Asia’s finest beers that you can try! Grab some now to enjoy some pints along with families or friends and enjoy new flavours and textures of beers from the far east.
Do remember to drink in consideration for both your health and people around you.
