Archa

Brewed by Thai Beverages
Style: Pale Lager
Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya Province, Thailand

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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Clear golden body with a thinnish, fast-dying white head. Aroma of corn, malt & metal. Light-bodied; Assertive corn and cereal flavour with a touch of rice and subtle metal. Aftertaste is relatively mild, only showing some malt and metal, with no real harsh flavours - less bitter than Chang. Overall, a typical Thai lager, but perhaps a bit better than some (Chang), and not as good as Singha. I sampled this 640 mL bottle purchased earlier today at 7-11 in Karon Beach, Phuket, Thailand sampled here on the island on 15-August-2010.

33cl can in Bangkok. Light golden colour with a white head. Lightly matly with just a hint of bitterness. The usual South-East Asian lager. Quite boring, but also quite drikable in the heat when it’s served ice cold!

Can. Pours a pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity grainy dusty aroma. Fruity grainy cardboard flavor. Has a fruity grainy cardboard finish.

(330ml can) Pours a clear pale yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of grain, butter, and corn. Flavor of lightly toasted grain and sweet corn.

Pours very pale golden with a low head. Aroma is metallic malts. Flavor is pretty much as bad. Barely drinkable.

Can, shared by GrOve. The palest yellow body, under a layer of tiny blond bubbles. Malt drops and wet cardborard aroma. Unfresh sour-sweet malt/adjunct flavor. Some stale hops and a touch of artificial sweetened lemonade. Light to medium full. Sharp sourish aftertaste. Not for me.

33cl bottle. Pale golden beer with minimal white head. Aroma is slightly malty, cardboard, sweet. Flavour is slightly malty, sweet and rice hints. Carbonation is medium. Body is light. Texture is watery.

Canned. Very pale. Cardboard, ligh sweetness/sweetener. Cereals. It would be very hot for me to finish a can of this.

Not a good Asian. The rest of them I find them very passable, but not really this one...

650ml brown bottle at local market in Phuket. Pours a clear light straw color with fast fading head. No aroma. Light body with no malt or hop flavor. Big carbonation and dry finish. Maybe drinkable in high heat.

Can from Thai supermarket. Fizzy yellow foamy lager, massive stale cardboard notes with hints of sulphur. Artificial, grainy watery stuff. Pretty damn bad, this is.