Beer Sing

[howeird]

Picked up my prescription after work, then missed the turn on Shoreline which I needed to take to get home. The realized autopilot was reminding me to go to Piazzi's because I was all out of Scharffen-berger and parsnips. They had a whole pile of very nice parsnips - makes me wonder about Safeway being out of them. Then I went around looking for other stuff Safeway didn't have, and found Knorr chicken bullion cubes, Port de Salud cheese, a bottle of madiera wine  to go with the cheese, and a six-pack of beer.

This is the first time in my life I have ever bought beer in a grocery store. What made me do it is it is Thai beer. The name on the label in English says SINGHA, but in Thai the last syllable has a mark over it which says it's silent. With their reverse word order, Thais call it Beer Sing.

It's not that I'm crazy about Beer Sing, it's just that looking at the label, this is 6% alcohol beer, which I thought was illegal to import into the US, and it's very close to the same alcohol level as what they drink in Thailand. I never liked beer at all before I went to Thailand, but I was able to drink this stuff. The only problem was standing up after finishing a bottle, because back then it was served by the liter.

Not sure when I'll try some. Maybe tomorrow.

Comments

[howeird]

You're welcome. Sing, by the way, translates as lion. There is also Beer Chaang (elephant brand). And you know that drink Red Bull? It originated in Thailand, where it is called Krating Daeng (emphasis on the second syllable of Krating).

[howeird]

Don't know Connect Four, but Google says it's kind of like tic tac toe, only you need to be a lot more drunk. I'll guess you were at Patong beach? In 1976 I went there to spend a week on the beach, and the whole place was a few scattered houses and maybe a dozen beach bungalows. I rented one for something like $7 for the week. It's changed a little.

Don't know what's in Red Bull, but most Thai stuff has different ingredients than what is exported.

[bovil.livejournal.com]

6% isn't out of order for beer; many good microbrews are in that range. There are even a few dopple- and -ators who ring in a little above 10%.

[howeird]

Maybe it's an artifact of coming of age in Seattle, when all alcohol was strictly regulated and sold by the state.