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U better recognaaiiz

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I got featured in M2 magazine Dec issue as among “the most important voices of our generation”. Haha! Am labelled as a consumer-rights lobbyist.

Probably coz of the work with the Alcohol Consumer Rights Group (Alcon) – the recent push to recognize our rights as drinkers! Sounds funny, but true.

Credit: M2 Magazine Malaysia

I guess the campaign for fair alcohol prices has got more attention! Cool.

Managed to squeeze in some Socialist ideas in d interview too.

The article also mentioned some work i do with EcoKnights, a social responsibility organization. Support them by becoming an EcoKnight yourself. Quite a few projects lined-up next year.

And, pls click Alcon and join as well, coz we need the numbers. Thank you, and keep up the fight against the ultra-capitalists!

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New beer, new bottles

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A new beer was launched here Wednesday, Kronenbourg 1664, at The Hill. It’s a French beer with a 350-year history from Strasbourg, and is currently under the Carlsberg Group.

Eiffel Tower in KL

France is not very well-known for its beers, but the 1664 is the top-selling premium brand there. Its reasonably popular in Europe, n i’ve had it in UK once.

Its a crisp, lager-category beer. Kinda easy on the malt and hops, making it light-tasting. ABV is normal (5%), and it won Gold Medal at the International Brewing Awards twice (2004 & 2005).

Ice-cold

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Girlies

The hop used is Strisselspalt, nicknamed “the caviar of hops”. Haha

Its being placed as a premium beer, and is available from now on-trade, at selected F&B outlets. Kronenbourg 1664 is also on tap.

Good news – now you can enjoy Kilkenny ale & Strongbow cider at home, at the beach or in the car, coz they come in bottles! However, this Kilkenny will only be available on-trade and not at supermarts. It’s being brewed & bottled locally, available since Dec 1. The RRP is $8.50 at restaurants and $15.50 at bars.

I kinda like this Irish brew, and its more than just the super-cool colour. Its smooth, light-tasting and easy to enjoy anytime of the day, and with any meal, breakfast too of course. The bottled version tastes very similar to the draught.

Looks like a root beer bottle

It was first-brewed in Ireland’s oldest brewery at the St Frances Abbey (in 1710) in the town of Kilkenny. Am assuming tourists to Kilkenny will be stabbed if they order Tetley’s.

Would luv to check out Kilkenny!

Strongbow, the world’s best-selling cider (aka fermented apple juice), was spotted last week in a supermart in bottle form, as opposed to draught. Available at Cold Storage, its abv is 5.3%, higher than the tap one (which is 4.5%), and was being retailed at about 9 bucks off-trade, and a RRP of $16 on-trade. Dont know why the bottle is only 275ml, as opposed to the normal size of 330ml.

Juice

Have yet to try the bottled one. (Then again, i got shitloads of homemade cider at home.)

Several new products in a matter of coupla weeks. Looks like the competition between Guinness Anchor Bhd and Carlsberg is going well!

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Laphroaig scores

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Laphroaig Scotch Whisky was recently voted best single malt by The Whisky Shop.

Da shit

Among the single malts, i luv dis one d most for now. My buddy Gleeson once brought a bottle to Sid’s, and i had a few. It’s one of the rare occasions that i enjoy sipping a whisky straight-up, coz its that good. Smoky-ass shit, from Islay.

The one selected here is the Laphroaig (pronounced la-froig) Quarter Cask (48% abv). Havent tried it, but seen it at duty-free. It retails for about 175 online.

Other winners:

Non-peated Highland whisky: Old Pulteney 12-year old

Island whisky: Talisker 10-year old

Lowland whisky: Auchentoshan 12-year old

Speyside whisky: BenRiach 12-year old

Sherried whisky: Glenfarclas 105

Premium whisky: The Dalmore 18-year old

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The BIG beer-tasting

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Tested shitloads of interesting beers for some freelance work – writing a beer supplement for New Man mag. Twelve pages worth!

I was handed 30+ different beers to test, from all over the world (but sold here). How nice of the editor.

This is how my fridge looked like:

So many beers, it blocked out the sun

It was quite an experience. There were many beers that i’ve never had in my life. So i had a beer-tasting party at the pad. Needed back-up yo! Got prettyyy bent.

Am better at appreciating beers now, tho i’m still not a very big lager fan. Definitely prefer ales. I make exceptions for Beer Lao and Chang.

Some of the aftermath

It was a fun assignment. Of all the beers tested, 24 are featured in the mag, ranging from Best Draughts, Best Easy-Drinking Beers to..

In a hurry to get whacked?? Refer to "Beers to Get you There" and choose from five options. This punk is a 10%

One of my favourite dark beers

Enjoyed the wheat beers the most – Franziskaner, Konig Ludwig and Erdinger Dunkel, a dark wheat beer. The articles are in this month’s issue of New Man.

There's actually quite a range in Malaysia, mostly in supermarkets

The beers featured retail from $4 to $22 per bottle.

I hope this is an annual part of the mag! Monthly would be better of course, but there aren’t enough beers here dammit.

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Brain damage: 7.5/10

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