{"id":825,"date":"2008-05-28T07:37:47","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T12:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=825"},"modified":"2008-05-28T08:02:12","modified_gmt":"2008-05-28T13:02:12","slug":"kl-the-land-of-watered-down-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/05\/28\/kl-the-land-of-watered-down-beer","title":{"rendered":"KL, the land of watered down beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fireangelism.com\/2008\/05\/28\/stop-watering-down-my-damn-drink\/\">Fireangel doesn&#8217;t like her drinks watered down<\/a>. Neither do I.<\/p>\n<p>However, it seems to be common practice in Kuala Lumpur. Anywhere I go, it seems like beer is watered down. It doesn&#8217;t matter if its more &#8220;exotic&#8221; beers like Kilkenny or Hoegaarden; it also happens to the common local beers like Tiger. Its just a sad thing.<\/p>\n<p>Take for example, the RM28 for a pint of Hoegaarden on tap (ok, its a few bucks more, but when you buy 18 beers, they seem to give you a discount). This at Deutsches Gasthaus 2, in Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI). Its definitely watered down. The atmosphere is nice, the service is fabulous, the range of beers available are definitely impressive (lots of imported stuff, in bottles), but I don&#8217;t see myself returning by choice, if all I get is expensive, watered down beer.<\/p>\n<p>The one place I found that serves good draught beer, is <strong>Decanter<\/strong>, located in Sri Hartamas. Its relatively cheap, non-watered down, but sadly they only serve Tiger beer (I&#8217;d prefer Carlsberg on tap, any day). <strong>Backyard<\/strong> in Sri Hartamas also seems to be true blue beer.<\/p>\n<p>Where else in the Klang Valley does one get <em>real<\/em> beer?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20KL%2C%20the%20land%20of%20watered%20down%20beer&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F28%2Fkl-the-land-of-watered-down-beer&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Neither do I. However, it seems to be common practice in Kuala Lumpur. Anywhere I go, it seems like beer is watered down. It doesn&#8217;t matter if its more &#8220;exotic&#8221; beers like Kilkenny or Hoegaarden; it also happens to the common local beers like Tiger. 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