Eastern Turkey is a lot of things. What it’s not is a beer lover’s paradise. Licensed restaurants are far in between, and not all towns have a store that sells it. In the name of reader service we did however sample the local brews that we could find. They were all of the same brand: [...]
Our time here in India is winding down, and it’s time to review the local beer brands. Let me begin by saying that this is by no means a comprehensive review: India is a huge country, and we’ve only visited eight provinces. Also, I haven’t tried all the beers around here. For that, I believe [...]
Southeast Asia and beer drinking are synonymous to me. A few beers after a long hot day of sightseeing almost always feels justified. Since we happened to spend a lot of this trip in SE Asia, well, you can imagine how many beers this girl has consumed. With that in mind, I’ve decided that with [...]
Our famous pig Bacon once said that “To know a country is to know its beer”. While that’s obviously not quite true, we did sample most of the available brands in Myanmar. Here’s all you need to know about Burmese beer. The picture above shows a Dagon beer station. Dagon is the new, upstart [...]
I know what you’re thinking – FINALLY an important post here on seatsofourpants.com! Let’s get down and dirty and talk beer. The beer pictured above is probably the best selling domestic brew: Everest, a classic European-style lager. While it is quite balanced, it doesn’t stick out in any sort of interesting way. If I [...]
Without realizing what we’d done, Martin and I just bought the world’s most expensive Guinness bought from a grocery store. The $10/can price tag went unnoticed because we were buying a big load of groceries and just figured it had added up. Um, no. A receipt review at home showed us that our [...]
Martin and I had dinner in a Leh restaurant that just happened to sit right next to the mosque. Though it wasn’t on the menu, as it rarely is in these parts, we ordered two beers to drink with our meal. The beer showed up in two tea pots and the glasses were covered in [...]
OK this will be a short one. There is only one beer in Indonesia: Bintang. Bintang, which means ‘star’ in Indonesian, used to be license-brewed Heineken under another name. It was one of South-East Asia’s best beers: the perfect companion for a hot climate. For some reason the brewery decided to start putting sweetener [...]
Ketambe, the base for the jungle trek we just made, is situated in the province of Aceh. Because the people of Aceh are devoutly Muslim, alcohol is pretty hard to come by. Especially out in the sticks. That doesn’t mean that people don’t want to drink though. This is what the locals refer to [...]
As promised, here is the much anticipated Vietnam Beer Review! The two main brands of beer in Vietnam are called Saigon and Hanoi. Unsurprisingly, Hanoi is the popular brand in the north, while Saigon is the flagship of the south. There are a bunch of smaller breweries that have their own brands, but they [...]
Regular readers of seatsofourpants.com have been able to see us eat a whole bunch of different things (various street food, stinging nettles, worms), but everyone knows that you want to wash down your food with a bottle of cold, delicious local beer. So here is Martin’s Famously Incomprehensible First Installment of the South East Asia [...]
You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
