I’ve been drinking a bit of New Belgium’s summer beer, Skinny Dip. Now that is a mighty fine beer: Seasonals often disappoint, but not this time.

1. San Miguel – This is clear bias showing, considering the fact that I’m from the Philippines (and SM is religiously consumed over there), It was my budget beer of choice when it was available.

2. Asahi Super Dry, Japan – the originator of the term “dry beer,” it’s one of my favourite this trip, and one of my favourites overall.

3. Kirin Lager Beer, Japan – probably my favourite low-malt beer ever.

4. Singha, Thailand – continuing the theme of me loving pale ales, Singha was originally the number one brew in the country until the more affordable Beer Chang came in and took over in sales. Originally came in 6.0% alc/vol versions, but is now 5% to coincide with its categoriation.

5. Tsingtao (Dark ver.), China – The only dark beer on this list, and for good reason. China, and most of asia in general, is dominated by pale ales. From what I recall, Tsingtao dark is not well-distributed outside of china; the internationally marketted tsingtao is only 4.5% alc/vol, while this Dark version that I encountered was a generous 5.2.

Friend of mine decided one year to try to brew his own beer. Since his apartment was tiny and shared with two other guys who may or may not have treated his setup respectfully, he ended up taking over part of my apartment for his brewing experiments. At least I can say he did talk to other home brewers and get the proper equipment and gear before he dove in. But as a result, I ended up with an apartment that smelled “interesting” for a couple of months. I have to say, I think the one I liked smelling the most while he was cooking it up was the lager, followed by an IPA batch he made on a whim. Too bad beer’s not my drink of choice!
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