Via Thao Dien enjoy beer craft

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Craft beer - a craft beer or "home made beer" is a new drink attractive to Vietnamese users, especially in Ho Chi Minh City. Although not strong enough, not large enough, not enough to become "a new beer industry", but in a segment of the beverage market, craft beer has attracted a community of customers " average, "quite lively in the past 1 year.

According to the judges, "This is a trend of new culinary culture, has its own appeal. In Ho Chi Minh City, there are more than five craft beer suppliers, mostly from countries with advanced brewing technology. Peter Barrett, an Australian journalist who came to Vietnam in the year and wrote "Beer Hunting in District 2". Barrett's article, Theherald.com.au, tells the story of the start-up of Craft beer bosses, hand crafted beer in Saigon, and business at a beer tavern in Thao Dien.

"Ho Chi Minh City is still the center of the beer-drinking movement, with key players such as Tee, Fuzzy Logic, Platinum, Phat Rooster ... and Pasteur Street. In particular, Pasteur Street is probably the most professional brand, having its own beer sampler, selling points throughout Vietnam and a serious export ambition: in May, 2016, Pasteur Street was the first beer to win a trophy. Gold at the World Beer Cup - held in Philadelphia (USA) with heavy chocolate brown beer and called Cyclops, Peter Barrett wrote.

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About "Beer House"

Artisan beverages were first brewed in caves, then at home, pubs and monasteries. Beer craft is a beer that shows the personality and style of the brewing beer, so very rare duplication. Features of craft beer are that at least 50% of the material is barley or rice and the ingredients are used only to enhance the flavor.

Unlike bottled beer or commercially available cans, hand-craft beer is often poured directly from a container or gas pressure vessel. Because it is not through the process of pasteurization, which loses many flavors of raw materials, hand craft beer has the advantage of keeping virtually the true flavor of beer material. Hand crafting requires careful and detailed production processes, because of the high cost of production due to the need to import raw materials into a new market, while the life of the craft usually lasts only a few months if stored at room temperature. standard.

According to the American Brewers Association, craft beer is the product of small, independent production facilities. That means at least 75% belong to an individual and the output is no more than 6 million barrels a year. The Brewers Association identifies four types of craft beer markets. The first is microbreweries with annual output below 15,000 barrels (1.8 million liters). The second is brewpub, which is the beer produced by each pub, over 25% sold on the spot. Third is the local craft brewers who produce between 15,000 and 6 million barrels. Wednesday is the brewing contract manufacturers for a large label.

American craft beer has been associated with the development of hops (French name Houblon), a byproduct used in the fermentation and brewing process, to create a special bitterness and aroma of beer. Other by-products are malt: germination of cereal grains, dried or malted (through malting the starch into sugar). If brewed malt will have a taste of black beer.

Beer drinkers always appreciate the variety, creativity, unique. And because everyone has different tastes, the test of beer production is unlimited. "That's why craft beer was born. It is a continuous revolution, people drink and comment, improve and change the formula, "says a craft brewer.