Reporting from the Asia Beer Championship 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City (18~21 October) Part 1

We were privileged to be part of the event this year in Ho Chi Minh City with an invitation from Mr Charles Guerrier, Founder of the prestigious Asia Beer Championships and Brew Asia. It was a great event bringing together the many involved parties in the craft beer industry in Asia, as well as friendly competition for the best commercial brews in Asia for 2023!

Brett and Danny were on the ground at the 4-day event and here is our short report on the ground to share with members more about the event

The opening welcome party was hosted by East West Brewing and Fermentis

A packed auditorium at the GEM Center Ho Chi Minh City at the opening address by founder Charles Guerrier

Learning about the latest stuff on yeasts at the Lallemand booth. We noticed straight away the Novalager modern hybrid lager yeast as we had just tasted Wayne Marriott’s experimental Keller Bier brewed with this yeast.

Another interesting fact we learnt was the Philly Sour yeast from Lallemand is used by one of our favourite San Diego Brewery The Lost Abbey. And of course Lallemand also supplies inoculated yeasts for champagne fermentation.

After yeasts….. hops! Just too many varieties grown by Charles Faram.

Something new ~ Thiol Theory delivers beer-soluble thiol precursors aimed at increasing the tropical aromas – think gooseberry, passionfruit and guava – that New Zealand and other hop varieties impart into beer, through the fermentation process. It is a concentrated powder product extracted from Sauvignon Blanc grapes from the Marlborough wine region of New Zealand.

Not to forget the service of beer ~ VinService Dispensing Solution top notch. We are sold tasting the beer freshness and temperature from this Keggerator!

Very importantly, the beer booths with a very welcoming Vietnamese one two three go! {Mot, Hai, Ba…. Dzoooo}

End of Part 1.

Part 2 will be updated soon.