Comments on: Beerlao

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:06:13 +0000

More or less agree with Jarrett here. Though, if in Laos, buying Beer Lao Dark for $1 is one of the cheapest price-to-decent beer ratios out there.

As for Beer Lao Gold, well, it’s noticeably better than the regular stuff… but only marginally so. A Beer Lao marketing guy said they attempted a super-charged high-percent Beer Lao, but decided to back off.

What remains is a Chang-esque 5.5 percent beer (called Lan Xang [million elephants] I think?) that’s not too impressive.

In any case, Beer Lao knows they have a cult favorite and they’re marketing as such… but that cool cachet will probably fade if it’s more widely available.

By: Jarrett

Jarrett — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:20:54 +0000

Thanks for admitting that while Beer Lao might be moderately better than most SE Asian lagers, it ain’t that great. It’s bizarre when I hear people rhapsodizing about BL, which is actually a watery, hopless lager like all the rest (bet 8 out of 10 couldn’t pick it blind from Sing, Leo or even Asahi). Dark is not bad though, if it’s really cold. Strong, too.

I’ll be drinking Leo - a bad beer by any measure - until I can find something decent in this neck of the woods. Sigh.

By: A.

A. — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:42:15 +0000

Why does Beerlao gold make me feel sleepy? hehe..

By: Yao

Yao — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:45:40 +0000

Ha, I passed by the factory on my way to Buddha Park but didn’t get to go in. Thanks for sharing the beautiful pictures.

By: craig

craig — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:46:23 +0000

This is outstanding. How in the world I didn’t know about the factory tour is beyond me. Sounds like great fun in Vientiane when doing a visa run for Thailand.

My pick of the litter is Beerlao Dark. Such a sweet, malty beer — and utterly impossible to find outside of Laos.