Phuket Days Three, Four and Five: Leo; Singha vs Chang; and stick to Singha

Leo and Chang

Eventually, I had opportunities to try Leo and Chang beer, in two separate occasions.  To be frank, they taste quite similarly.

I don't like Leo beer.  Not crispy at all to be any kind of suitable lager in a hot country.  I checked info at the website and know that Leo is by the same brewery of Singha.

Then I tried Chang, which tasted a bit better than Leo.

To figure out more clearly what difference there is between Singha and Chang, the two most popular beer in Thailand.  I bought a bottle each and bring them back to the villa and did a tasting comparison again.

Singha vs Chang

As you could see from the photo, their colours are actually very similar, with Singha a bit paler and Chang a bit more golden yellow (although both are pale lager already).  Bubbling also very similar.

I tried them very chilly in the first place.  When forced to tell their differences, I could say that Chang has a taste more like biscuit and Singha offered a bit flowery aroma.  Given that they are cold for drinking, you could not really tell much about their differences.

I wait for half an hour, and tried them again then.

The comparison is much easier.  Chang reminded the old days when I was young and was quite disgusted by the "bitter" taste of local San Miguel (when the brewery was still along the Castle Peak Road.  I remember those construction site workers pouring down bottles of San Miguel during lunch in those days because the beer is "tasty (or actually "bitterly") enough".  The taste of San Miguel is very different nowadays and therefore cannot be used as comparison in this case.)

On the other hand, warm/not chilly Singha was still drinkable.

As a conclusion, Singha is much better, to me.

Singha from bottle

On our final day in Phuket.  We walked along a beautiful beach in the morning and stopped at a cafe just beside the beach.  As my last bottle of beer for the trip, I ordered Singha (don't be cheated by the outside cover of Chang logo) and drank it straightly from the bottle.  That's the way all the tourists in Phuket drink beer: Singha directly from the bottle.  Cheers!!