Comments on: Phnom Penh Microbrew

By: MealOfMyDay

MealOfMyDay — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:16:05 +0000

Gezz that’s sad to see you’re leaving!

By: CA Admin

CA Admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:22:43 +0000

Hey,

Great blog. I only caught snippits from Cambodia–usually really peculiar foods like beetles and imported Norwegian cereals. I like the name of your blog too!

By: cambodia

cambodia — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:02:32 +0000

i am new here just wanna say hello and how are u guy doing?

By: Little Creatures Brewery, Fremantle - The Last Appetite

Little Creatures Brewery, Fremantle - The Last Appetite — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:13:46 +0000

[...] They now produce a pilsner as bland as the style requires, a cider (Pipsqueak), an amber ale (Roger’s) and a “bright” ale that has less bold hops and maltiness than their flagship American pale ale. I certainly don’t begrudge them for brewing blander and less complex beers. If they are planning on moving up from a microbrewer to challenge the mid-sized likes of Coopers in Australia (and beginning to export seriously) then it is inevitable that they will brew less challenging beers because that is what the global market currently drinks in vast and unending quantities. As much as I whined about bland Asian pilsners in Cambodia, I did neglect to mention that bland pilsners are the brew that the majority of the world’s drinkers enjoy; the more nondescript, the better. “Interesting” is not an adjective that most people would ever wish to append to their beer. The decision to go blander has seen Little Creatures bright and amber ales achieve double digit growth in the last year. [...]

By: Beer Flaw Tasting - The Last Appetite

Beer Flaw Tasting - The Last Appetite — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:28:14 +0000

[...] If there is one thing that evaluating beer in Cambodia has primed my tastebuds for, it is tasting bad beer. I never particularly dwelt upon the reasons behind their badness because I was too busy trying to find synonyms for “watery”. I had never approached badness in a systematic way. [...]

By: borin

borin — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:51:27 +0000

I’ve import the ingredient from US, now the problem is how to stransport heavy ingredient cost effectively… The beer would be very expensive if i can’t find the best solution to do this.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:55:03 +0000

I’ve been brewing for 10 years now and have worked in a homebrew store here in the US for 8. It’s a very addicting hobby and after 100′s of batches it hasn’t lost it’s charm.

I’m moving to PP in Jan and am eager to try this place out. As for opening a place let me know if you need a brewer as it would be my dream job.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:31:38 +0000

Borin – Congratulations on your first brew. A microbrew pub in Phnom Penh could really take off. Where did you get your ingredients? In Phnom Penh?

By: borin

borin — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:11:48 +0000

I just brew my first batch of beer at home it is West Coast Pale Ale. I hope I can start a micro brewpub in Phnom Penh. But, friend and family laugh at me cuz they think I am stupid as they saw my little fermenter they believe it is not economicly possible.

But look at the price at Manhanlov I believe this is profitable as long as there are people willing to try. I hope I can start a micro brew pub in Phnon Penh soon.

By: Adam James

Adam James — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:36:12 +0000

I live and work in Phnom Penh, and MHL is might as well be Jesus.

There are better micro breweries outside Cambodia, but this is a great effort, and at the moment, the prices are low.

Try starting on the golden ale, move to the Red, then progress to the black (then go back to the golden, etc).

The green lacks depth and character, but it is a nice novelty.

The actual restaurant is nice, but needs to kill the overuse of fluro lights to create some ambience (and also add some live music).

This place could very easily become a cult, ‘next big thing’ place to go, with some minimal changes. Above average beer, fresh and chilled, is a fabulous way to start, in a city that subsists mostly on medium-temperature, mediocre, mass produced beer.

Adam
Melbourne, Aust Ex-Pat / Phnom Penh