Banjo
06-27-2011, 01:31 PM
http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/drink/pine-no-more-quality-pints-beerfest-asia-2011-930505
Singapore's annual homage to the humble beer is back in town, with more than 300 brews up for sampling, here are 10 tipples to quench your thirst
Benjamin Franklin once said that beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
If that is true then Singapore is hardly heaven for beer drinkers.
Singapore is more like purgatory for beer drinkers with a skimpy selection of stouts, ales and lagers available island-wide that are more often than not over-priced.
But salvation is here in the form of Beerfest Asia, the country’s annual four-day festival puts the holy alcoholic beverage on a pedestal, allowing beer connoisseurs to enjoy more than 300 different beers brought in from all over and available at a reasonable cost, and packaged with an assortment of food, music and other beer-related stuff.
To make a go of all 300 would see even the most hardened drinker nursing the mother of all hangovers, so here are 10 must-try beers that are worth a tipple.
Read more: Pine no more for quality pints at Beerfest Asia 2011 | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/drink/pine-no-more-quality-pints-beerfest-asia-2011-930505#ixzz1QVDox0cP
Singapore's annual homage to the humble beer is back in town, with more than 300 brews up for sampling, here are 10 tipples to quench your thirst
Benjamin Franklin once said that beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
If that is true then Singapore is hardly heaven for beer drinkers.
Singapore is more like purgatory for beer drinkers with a skimpy selection of stouts, ales and lagers available island-wide that are more often than not over-priced.
But salvation is here in the form of Beerfest Asia, the country’s annual four-day festival puts the holy alcoholic beverage on a pedestal, allowing beer connoisseurs to enjoy more than 300 different beers brought in from all over and available at a reasonable cost, and packaged with an assortment of food, music and other beer-related stuff.
To make a go of all 300 would see even the most hardened drinker nursing the mother of all hangovers, so here are 10 must-try beers that are worth a tipple.
Read more: Pine no more for quality pints at Beerfest Asia 2011 | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/drink/pine-no-more-quality-pints-beerfest-asia-2011-930505#ixzz1QVDox0cP