Beer and bed
Tuesday 21st January 2014 - part two
Tracey and I went to Patong for the evening, starting with a revisit to the Full Moon Brewwork brewpub in Jungceylon shopping centre. As before, there was a man keeping people entertained on his guitar. This time I started with the Phuket Lager, which uses a mix of German pilsner malt and Gaba rice from the HM King’s Royal Project. This was a cloudy blond beer that looks and tastes like a wheat beer but isn’t. A definite tangy bitterness, but not citrusy, is the most distinctive flavour. To compare, I also had a glass of the Oriental Wheat. Now this is a wheat beer, made with tangerine peels (which you could taste) and Chiangmai coriander seeds. This was lighter in colour than the lager and, of course, cloudy. The flavour was much sharper and refreshing.
I did ask if they had any bottled versions of their beers to take away but was told that a local law prevents them doing that; I don’t know the details. As an aside, the bar also does a range of cocktails and spirits as well as cooked meals and snacks, though we have only ever tried the chips.
While walking around, Tracey spotted Rock Steady Bar (on Post Office Street), and this was a really chilled reggae bar down a little shopping alley. Effectively forming the front of a tattoo parlour (run by the bar owner’s brother), the bar has seating ranging from barstools to a bed. Yes, a bed, complete with pillows and cushions.
Tracey and I went to Patong for the evening, starting with a revisit to the Full Moon Brewwork brewpub in Jungceylon shopping centre. As before, there was a man keeping people entertained on his guitar. This time I started with the Phuket Lager, which uses a mix of German pilsner malt and Gaba rice from the HM King’s Royal Project. This was a cloudy blond beer that looks and tastes like a wheat beer but isn’t. A definite tangy bitterness, but not citrusy, is the most distinctive flavour. To compare, I also had a glass of the Oriental Wheat. Now this is a wheat beer, made with tangerine peels (which you could taste) and Chiangmai coriander seeds. This was lighter in colour than the lager and, of course, cloudy. The flavour was much sharper and refreshing.
I did ask if they had any bottled versions of their beers to take away but was told that a local law prevents them doing that; I don’t know the details. As an aside, the bar also does a range of cocktails and spirits as well as cooked meals and snacks, though we have only ever tried the chips.
While walking around, Tracey spotted Rock Steady Bar (on Post Office Street), and this was a really chilled reggae bar down a little shopping alley. Effectively forming the front of a tattoo parlour (run by the bar owner’s brother), the bar has seating ranging from barstools to a bed. Yes, a bed, complete with pillows and cushions.