Eat at a street stall in Bangkok, and if you order a beer to accompany your meal it will invariably be a near-freezing Leo, hauled from ice and popped open with a bottle opener attached to the ice box in a single well-practised movement. It’s a great beer. A kind of old school lager, strong in flavour with a bite at the back of the throat. Perfect for Thai conditions, and with Thai food. There are plenty of Asian beers with big cats on the label – Tiger, Singha – but Leo is the best. These days the beer section of the fridge at home contains nothing else.
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