It has not been an easy year for the Cambodian craft beer scene. There has been an alcohol ban, lockdowns, curfews, and pretty much everything possible that has made it difficult for venues and breweries to conduct their business. Everyone is still trying their best to survive and there are some cool updates we want to share with you. There […]
Cambodian Craft Beer Update – August 2021
Kampucheers – Craft Ale in Cambodia Review
Chum reap sour IPA. Just because I’m not a Khmer hipster commuting to my tech start-up job on a Penny-farthing fashioned out of bamboo doesn’t mean I can’t proffer a pompous opinion on craft ale in the Kingdom of Wonder. Don’t expect cicerone critiques though, just tongue-in-cheek tastings and humorous hot takes of various beers available here (or at least, […]
Kampot Craft Beer Festival – Interview with Slava
It’s the 30th of January 2020 and the Kampot Craft Beer Festival at Monkey Republic is taking place today. This event was supposed to be held already in December but because of a small Covid scare it got postponed. Unfortunately, I won’t have the chance to attend because of the recent opening of Crooked Brew. I still managed to have […]
Two Rivers Ale – First New Cambodian Craft Beer Brewery of 2020
The world has definitely been upside down the whole beginning of 2020. For the craft beer industry this hasn’t necessarily been a terrible thing (albeit not good either) as people work less and have more time to sip a bunch of delicious beer. In Phnom Penh we have seen the Cerevisia Beer Tuk Tuk driving around and Embargo Craft Beer […]
Flowers Releases Berliner Weisse
Flowers Nanobrewery from Kampot keeps on experimenting. Not only is the brewer from Flowers experimenting with a lot of different styles but often they turn out really good too. This time Yuki the brewer has released a Berliner Weisse in collaboration with other Cambodian craft beer brewer the Local from Siem Reap. A Berliner Weisse is a wheat beer from […]
Riel Brewing & Pasteur Street Brewing Company Releases Collaboration Beer
Cambodian craft beer brewers Riel Brewing have teamed up with Pasteur Street Brewing Company, a popular craft beer brewery in Vietnam, to make a collaboration beer. The beer is just called Collab. IPA and it’s a West Coast IPA with an ABV of 6.6% and an IBU of 50. The story started simply by the Riel Brewing guys knowing Mischa […]
Holiday Greetings – A Year in Review of the Cambodian Craft Beer Scene
2019 is finally coming to an end and it has definitely been a great year for Cambodian Craft Beer, I can’t believe it has already been a year since the last time I wrote some New Years greetings. Breweries like Riel Brewing and Cerevisia has worked hard for many years laying the groundwork for the Cambodian Craft Beer scene and […]
Hypelab – Big Drip – White Beer
Hypelab, that has been one of the main players in the Phnom Penh nightlife for a while now, has released their first own beer. This beer is called the Big Drip and it’s a Wheat Beer with an ABV of 7%. The Big Drip is fairly strong for a Wheat Beer but that’s great, isn’t it? You get the crispiness […]
Best Craft Beers in Cambodia – September 2019
It has been a while since I wrote the last article about the best craft beers in Cambodia. Since then there have been some new beers emerging, but even I have gotten some more knowledge about what can be found in the Cambodian craft beer scene. This list includes some of the best beers that currently can be found in […]
Craft Beer in Cambodia Update – August 2019
If you were looking for craft beer in Phnom Penh a year ago you would have found the usual suspects. You would have found brewers like Riel Brewing, Cerevisia, Himawari Microbrewing, Flowers Nanobrewery, and maybe even The Local from Siem Reap. Of course they have been improving their recipes and released a few new beers, but in general, the craft […]