Well Rook,
Ive taken inspiration from my surroundings and have decided to produce a Viet style rice lager. If you are up for the challenge, read on below.
Can be anything from a Bia Hoi, which is a light low alc 3-4% lager, malty sweet, yet finishes dry and spritzy(probably due to the carbonation). A really refreshing midstrength lager. One for the Peasants or a qick lager on the sidewalk before the sweaty ride home.
The other option is a higher alc 'premium' regional lager such as Huda Beer, Saigon, 333 or Bia Ha Noi. These premium lagers focus on an ABV of around 4.2 -5%. The malt flavour varies from being like Bia hoi or a light spritzy hoppy $uro Lager. The only catch with all of these beers, it must have rice in it. None of the ingredient lists have left rice out, its either noted as rice or 'cereal' in english.
General Gist:
- Bia Hoi is much like a lagered Cream/Blonde/Helles Style with rice.
- Viet Premium Lagers are more so a Standard Lager/Pilsner variety with rice.
Some hints:
- They use shorgrain rice for food here predominantly.
- Some breweries have German, Czech and Danish influence/equiptment.
- Beer is either pils/malty sweet or really dry, nothing really balanced in between.
- Focus is on the refreshment, not so much the malt profile or a slap you in the face hop aroma/flavour but it can linger (the bia hoi is very pils sweet in the finish.)
Take the Challenge, if you dare!
Beers! (time for another Huda, im sweating my arse off in the foyer of the hotel im staying at in Hue as i type this.) :icon_drunk:
