First post for ages! Man! ...warning it becomes a bit long....zzzzzzz
Being a Geordie ill drink anything...
Drank the old Chang classic ( brown bottle wife beater ) on holidays here
In the early 2000s it was all over I remember...some bottles were mega strong..
some not so...but it was part of the holiday...after 49 miserable weeks of work in the UK.
it used to be 6.7%...sure it used to say at least 6.7% as well hahaha...
Lived here 7 years now...tried all the beers...i'm easily pleased...of course...
Only Singh I cant drink...tried a bottle last year first time for over 10 years...still didn't like it.
I went through phases of drinking them all..
Leo / Red Horse / Cheers Blue / Cheers Red / Cheers Black / Hein / Archers /
Lao / Lao Dark smalls / anything else in the supermarket cheap or expensive / ill try...hahaha...
But I remember the night the missus said ..that Chang bottle is green...
as I was drinking one Friday night at the computer...hahaha...I hadn't even had a sup yet.
yes it was..Green! New Chang Classic ... totally different taste...im used to it now of course.
But over night they dumped Chang Export / Draught / Lite and Original Classic...
Never had lite of course! hahaha...but Export and Draught were ok!
I sure theres good reason for it...less alco % wise and a green bottle
( green to look more upmarket? or the beer stays fresh for longer? )
Last weekend in Bluport...first ever visit...I was checking the beers out for xmas time..
The sales lass said...that Chang has been changed (changd?) again and been lowered to 5%
( I thought it was 5% already?)
Not that it bothers me...maybe its still too strong for the locals....
Chang and the Chang girls are ok..............just not the chang overs.
But I was away in Laos and we were all Drinking Big Beer Laos ...
boy it was good. and only 33 baht at the restaurant we were at.
Best beer ive had here.
But it will be Chang over Xmas.
ALL the best
