snoop1130 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Online campaign kicked off to liberate craft beer making By The Nation An arrest of a law graduate who made his own beer for self-consumption and sale led to heated online debates and a campaign on Change.org for the authorities to liberate craft beer making. Thaopipop Limjitkorn, 28, was arrested over the weekend after Excise Department officials raided his three-storey shop house and found tools for making craft beer. The man, who graduated from a law school, said he loved beer so he invented his own formula for making good-taste craft beer. He decided to bottle them for sale after his friends said they also loved the taste. Full Story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30304806 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-1-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook23 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Can. Not! No. Good! Him Thai. Him drink Leo, Chang, Singha. If him middle class + him allowed to drink Heineken. If him hiso-medium him allowed to drink Hoegaarden. If him hiso-big him allowed *everything* 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Tough luck sunshine. Home-brew of any kind in Thailand is illegal your nothing special. BTW have some I can sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Hope they open more the doors for newcomers. Diversity, especially with the current bland beer from the Thai Oligopol, would do well for a change of taste. But the powerful oligopolists, will not leave any space for beer innovations. Enjoy the present triple piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilacme Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Whenever I tried home brewing in the uk, the results were not great, however it should be a basic human right to make your own beer for your own home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brer Fox Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 23 minutes ago, Tilacme said: Whenever I tried home brewing in the uk, the results were not great, however it should be a basic human right to make your own beer for your own home. "...basic human rights". So you live in the UK? We are talking about Thailand here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 47 minutes ago, Tilacme said: Whenever I tried home brewing in the uk, the results were not great, however it should be a basic human right to make your own beer for your own home. I had plenty homebrown beers in Europe which were much better than the Thai brewed headaches. It's ridiculous they have to import good beer from Europe and even more ridiculous we (me included) want to pay the skyhigh prices for it. It tells a lot about the beerquality of Chang, Singha, and the lot. This homebrewer gets my vote, we need more homebreweries, not only for beer but maybe also mangowine or cornwhisky or some jungleberry-liquor... But Thai are not creative at all and they are suppressed by the big boys who have the market and law. I do see lao kao for sale on the streets in bkk though but i won't drink it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hougourou Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Strangely enough, it is much easier to get a license to distill clear alcohol, which if done improperly can be lethal, than the the much more benign brewing process used for beer. But then Mr. Beer Chang is Thailand's richest businessman, per Forbes magazine, so he must be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Beer in Thailand is boringly average and a bit over priced. You can get German beer in China for less than what you can locally made Thai Heineken. Not allowing your citizens to prosper in favor of supporting a couple of elitist families is just immoral. This is just a shining example of elitist entitlements. And who wouldn't love to compete with the family of Chitpas Bhirombhakdi, the beer heiress ? NYT did a nice piece on her in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclark Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Sad thing here is Thailand is really missing a fine opportunity. Just imagine OTOP - instead of wicker basket, wood carvings, honey and fishermen trousers etc. Imagine OTOP beer - a different beer for each province; hand crafted and made, unique to each province. Now that would be a great tourism tour !!! And the slogan - A taste of Thailand!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantFan Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Hop farming hub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilacme Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 59 minutes ago, jonclark said: Sad thing here is Thailand is really missing a fine opportunity. Just imagine OTOP - instead of wicker basket, wood carvings, honey and fishermen trousers etc. Imagine OTOP beer - a different beer for each province; hand crafted and made, unique to each province. Now that would be a great tourism tour !!! And the slogan - A taste of Thailand!! A man with vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilacme Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 13 hours ago, Brer Fox said: "...basic human rights". So you live in the UK? We are talking about Thailand here! "tried" would suggest past tense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Obviously some savvy underling/family member at ThaiBev or Boon Rawd would be wise to embrace this trend by encouraging local craft brewing: invest, purchase, market, etc. I mean it's nothing new; the world's drinks conglomerates have been doing this for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Allow craft beer brewers and deprive their good mates at Thai Bev out of revenue???....Can't see this going too far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats56 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 One thing I miss here is the craft beers back home. Great variety and unique flavors and lot to choose from. Too bad Thailand doesn't allow these cottage industry's here. They are really missing the boat on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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