This is one local product with almost COMPLETE dominance of the market. It has won a number of international awards, some say it is due to the imported hops and the local jasmine rice.
It IS good. It’s 5% lager and as we have said before it costs NZD 1.20 for 640ml bottle from the shop or about double that in a bar or restaurant.
Walking down any street in Vientiane you will see a yellow BeerLao sponsorship sign. Any guest house, hotel, pub restaurant is likely to have a BeerLao branded sign.
And if that isn’t enough, they also take on the bottled water market – Tigerhead from LBC, the Lao Brewing company
The corporate website is http://www.beerlao.la/
Tiger beer (Singapore) is trying to make inroads on the beer market here, but it is a huge job.