Beer Chang dilemma...

[Shane]

Was it a "Best Before" date or a "Consume By" date. "Best Before" dates are only a guide to the optimum taste period, even past this date it will be safe to consume as long as it's not past the "Consume By" date. If there's no "Consume By" or "Eat By" date then there should be no limit to when something is safe to eat.

[Spitfire]

C'mon Shane, drink more beer..........ironically, like me at this time of night and these sort of questions melt into the background dude.

[Vital Spark]

A bit of an update:

Got a friend staying for the weekend. He travelled down from Loei last night and was very thirsty. He had the option of 'not quite as cold as it should be fresh Chang' or 'very cold out-of-date Chang'. He opted for the latter!

Two more bottles gone .

VS

[johnnyk]

A bit of an update:

Got a friend staying for the weekend. He travelled down from Loei last night and was very thirsty. He had the option of 'not quite as cold as it should be fresh Chang' or 'very cold out-of-date Chang'. He opted for the latter!

Two more bottles gone .

VS

How did his hair look?

[STEVE G]

You can hardly taste anything below a certain temperature anyway as your tastebuds stop functioning properly, that's how they manage to sell beers like Budweiser by nearly freezing them.
The fact of the matter is that people who like really cold beer don't really like beer!

[caller]

Agree with the above!

But, had a beer chang dilemma myself earlier. My local ruralish Tescos have started selling it. Now this is just a food store and is mid-size to small, but there it was, alongside the Singha (2.03 a large bottle). Sadly, its 1.97 price didn't compensate for the fact, that at 5%, its drivel, as is Singha, when compared to a Czech lager, albeit a 500ml bottle, for 99p.

What did interest me, was a nice new selection of imported beers, including 3 from Japan and a new one from the States called 'Blue Moon', any of you guys know that?

[johnnyk]

Agree with the above!

But, had a beer chang dilemma myself earlier. My local ruralish Tescos have started selling it. Now this is just a food store and is mid-size to small, but there it was, alongside the Singha (2.03 a large bottle). Sadly, its 1.97 price didn't compensate for the fact, that at 5%, its drivel, as is Singha, when compared to a Czech lager, albeit a 500ml bottle, for 99p.

What did interest me, was a nice new selection of imported beers, including 3 from Japan and a new one from the States called 'Blue Moon', any of you guys know that?

Must have been Chang Lite. Real Chang is 6.4%, giving more bang for the buck.

[PeteC]

I think their export regular is lower alcohol than what is sold locally here. I also read somewhere that rice is used in their local brew, but substituted with something else for their export products. Pete

[caller]

I think their export regular is lower alcohol than what is sold locally here. I also read somewhere that rice is used in their local brew, but substituted with something else for their export products. Pete

Thats right, all Chang in the UK is 5%, not that its widely available. Makes you wonder why they bother?

I blame it on the scousers,

[margaretcarnes]

You can hardly taste anything below a certain temperature anyway as your tastebuds stop functioning properly, that's how they manage to sell beers like Budweiser by nearly freezing them.
The fact of the matter is that people who like really cold beer don't really like beer!

Yeah now that's a good point and applies to Guinness in the UK these days as well. Absolute disgrace IMO. Sales of Guinness Draft extra cold are ruining the taste buds of younger consumers. They pay more for it and aren't drinking 'the real thing'. Bloody wimps the lot of 'em.
It's got to the stage now if you ask for the regular draft in a UK pub the staff give you funny looks.
Shameful.

[Coldmike]

Hi Caller
Blue Moon is a mediocre attempt at a Belgian White beer that is gaining popularity in the US. It tries to create an image of a small microbrew, but it's actually brewwed by Coors which is a huge brewery in the US. Oddly enough, it has also become trendy to drop a slice of orange in the brew before drinking, kind of like the slice of lime with a Corona (neither appeals to me)

[lomuamart]

After drinking Kingfisher in Bangalore for a few days where it's brewed, I came back to the dreaded Chang yesterday and I've got one hell of a sore head today.
OK, didn't really push the Kingfisher beer out too far but it was steady drinking. I was also pretty knackered yesterday.
Nevertheless, Chang is evil stuff. Give me some more!!

[STEVE G]

Hi Caller
Blue Moon is a mediocre attempt at a Belgian White beer that is gaining popularity in the US. It tries to create an image of a small microbrew, but it's actually brewwed by Coors which is a huge brewery in the US. Oddly enough, it has also become trendy to drop a slice of orange in the brew before drinking, kind of like the slice of lime with a Corona (neither appeals to me)

On the continent some people drink German wheat beers like Erdinger (heffeweissens) with a slice of lemon in it which is traditional but not in Belgium white beers like Hoegaarden which is a different style of beer.

[Big Boy]

Chang is evil stuff. Give me some more!!

brilliant!!!

[migrant]

Found some 6.5% beer Lao dark last night, yum yum!!