Beer Alert & Directory IV

[CTaitung]

New to Taipei, anyone knows if I can find these beer?

• Russian River (anything, but would be awesome if I can find Consecration and Supplication)
• Kwak
• Ommegang Abbey
• Allagash White
• Lindemans Lambic (any would be nice), the wifey loves these

Welcome to Taiwan and the shortage of good microbrewed beer.
For the U.S. microbrews you'll only find Rogue, Anchor Steam (quite a few flavors and found in a number of places), and Saranac (at RT Mart). You can throw in Samuel Adams lager at most 7-11s. Other than those, the rest of the American brews fall into the panther piss category (Bud, Miller, etc.).

There's quite a number of trading companies, though, that sell Belgian brews on their websites, as well as a number of cafes around NTNU and NTU that sell many different Belgian beers.

Nonetheless, this year's summer beer-fests at 7-11 and elsewhere are actually rather decent, versus past summers' offerings.

[Dougster]

I like many styles of Belgian ales. But, we in the US do not need the Belgians to show us how to brew. There are already many microbreweries brewing Belgian-style ales in the US. Many of these are of very high quality, too.

Inbev wasn't interested (never was - even not in Belgium) in the micro breweries since the Belgo Brazilian connection bought Anheuser -Bush in 2008.
As for the origins of American Microbreweries, I thought I read before the knowledge came from....

Curious to know which good Belgian beer 7-eleven is carrying - didn't see it earlier on.

Petrus, very flavorful, nice aftertaste.

I'm loving the Petrus Dubble Bruin. A bit on the sweet, caramel side, but a nice finish. Besides, you can't go wrong with 3 decent bottles of Belgium beers for 167 NT. As for the range of beers, it's a bit hit and miss at each 7-11. I guess when one finds a 7 with a well-stocked fridge, it's

[Tiger Mountaineer]

Had a bottle of Monteith's single source http://www.singlesource.co.nz/ Czech pils-style lager out of 7-11 on Sunday. From Kiwiland. Mildly hoppy but quite distinctive, at least compared to the other beers you can get at 7-11. Very very nice drop. Almost enough to get me back on the beer.

I'll second that. I've tried just about all of this summer's crop at 7-11, and the Monteith's is easily my favorite. They also have Gordon Biersch Pilsner and Hefeweizen, but these taste exactly the same as the Kirkland beer from Costco except at twice the price--they're from the same brewery in San Jose in fact. IMHO all the German canned imports are just hai hao.

[tommy525]

Had this beer literally a few hundred feet from its maker Anchor Brewery at a little hole in the wall on 18th street, next to Farleys Cafe (owners name is JAzz) with great burgers and fish and chips and a great beer selection in the cooler. Cheap prices too.

Pretty awesome brown ale ! If they have Anchor there , and seems they do, be on the lookout for it or ask the importer to import it. Its a winner !!


http://www.anchorbrewing.com/beer/brekles_brown

[tommy525]

Had a bottle of Monteith's single source http://www.singlesource.co.nz/ Czech pils-style lager out of 7-11 on Sunday. From Kiwiland. Mildly hoppy but quite distinctive, at least compared to the other beers you can get at 7-11. Very very nice drop. Almost enough to get me back on the beer.

I'll second that. I've tried just about all of this summer's crop at 7-11, and the Monteith's is easily my favorite. They also have Gordon Biersch Pilsner and Hefeweizen, but these taste exactly the same as the Kirkland beer from Costco except at twice the price--they're from the same brewery in San Jose in fact. IMHO all the German canned imports are just hai hao.

I have a sneaky suspicion these brews you speak of are the same as the ones we get cheap at Trader Joe's here in the bay area.

6 bucks for a six pack. They are good tho.

[Chris]

Yeah, you can get pretty much any beer in the world in the Bay Area (though I have yet to find Beerlao, and I doubt I'll ever find Taedongang).

We in Taiwan are less fortunate.

[Chris]

Big cans of Beerlao at Hi-Life!

[TheGingerMan]

Big cans of Beerlao at Hi-Life!

Do they also offer free hurl capacitors?

[downtownandrew]

Local grocery had Boddington for $60NT, not a super bargain.. but hell it beats $5.00 a glass in the states... so I purchased almost all of them.
A few weeks later... ofcourse.. the price is increased to $75NT. 15 NT increase....grrrrrrrrr!
Stella is selling at a cheap price... but not sure for how long.. the size of the bottle is small.. but still cheaper than $5.00 glass in the states.

[downtownandrew]

Beer bullshitter alert: The bridge from Wugu to Yonghe... as you pass over going towards Yonghe you will see a huge neon sign "BEER WORLD".... I walked all the way back down there from the bus stop at the MRT... only to come upon a generic hotpot restaurant... with just Taiwan beer.