Unpacking, gaming and Beer Lao!

A return to #BeerSaturday!

It’s been freaking ages since I last took part in this competition. But I’m making it a mission to get back to Dolphin status on Hive and I always enjoyed participating in this competition.

I’ve also just moved into my new house. So after a day of unpacking things I’ve decided to sit down and have a bit of a gaming session while smashing a few beers (and writing this post on Hive of course).

And there’s only one beer brand in my house right now. It was a bit of a nostalgic purchase rather than buying something that I love.

Beer Lao is a beer made in Laos by a government owned brewery. And it’s the most commonly consumed bee in Laos. My wife and I did a cycling tour through Laos a couple of years ago. And at the end of every day of cycling, we’d slam down a few of these beers like they were water. And what’s scary is that the beers only cost about 80 cents per litre. So cheaper than a bottle of water.

I have such fond memories of drinking this beer while in Laos. And the holiday was one of my favourites, closely followed by hiking the Inca Trail in Peru. So when I found this beer at a local bottle shop, I grabbed a case of the stuff. And I’ve been slowly working my way through it over the past few weeks.

What’s interesting though, is that I am actually enjoying this beer more than I expected. It’s a larger, which I don’t often drink. But it is actually quite decent. And very refreshing. The flavours are well balanced but not at all overpowering. So overall it’s actually a decent brew. Even if it costs around $5 per long neck in Australia.

So if you want to try a beer brewed by a government owned brewery then I can certainly recommend this one.

P.S. I would have shown an example of how the beer pours if I could find my beer glasses among all of these boxes...