| Saigon: Vietnamese Lager, 4.3% (Saigon Beer Company) It’s medium bodied, which is surprising for such a low abv lager. There’s a whiff of hay and lots of fragrant tea. T has some cereal notes and is slightly floral. 5.5/10 |  |
| Saigon Export Premium: Vietnamese Lager, 4.9% (Saigon Beer Company) It definitely does taste a bit heftier than the standard Saigon beer, plus a bit more heavy on the hops with some wheat in there as well. It has a honey sweetness and a deeper toasted malt than a thin lager. It’s missing some sharpness and bitterness though, which make it a bit unbalanced. 4.5/10 |  |
| Saigon Special: Vietnamese Lager, 4.9% (Saigon Beer Company) This one is cleaner and crisper, with a citrus bite. It’s a bit floral and herbal. Good bitterness, the balancing sweetness tastes almost caramelised. It is a little thin though, when it should be more robust at this strength. 4.5/10 |  |
| 333: Vietnamese Lager, 5.3% (Saigon Beer Company)It’s quite robust, with some bright tropical fruits and quite a bit of malt and mediumhops. It has some honey sweetness, with a bitter finish. It’s pronounced “ba ba ba” in Vietnamese, which is a huge bonus. 5/10 |  |
| Bia Viet: Vietnamese Lager, 4.5% (Heineken Vietnam) Shallow but refreshing, with the usual light crispness and a little fruit zing. It does the job in the heat in the usual one-dimensional way. 4.5/10 |  |
| Beer Red Ruby: Vietnamese Lager, 4.3% (Masan Master Brewer) Slightly malty, with very little hops. Not as refreshing as many of the others, and it has a coppery note and a sweet aftertaste. 4/10 |  |
| Halida: Vietnamese Lager, 5% (South East Asia Brewery) Clean and crisp with high carbonation and some citrus. It does what’s intended and what all of these similar lagers do – go well with spicy food in a hot country. It’s broadly neutral, but with a metallic aftertaste that sinks it below the others of this style. Thankfully beer is cheap in Vietnam. 4/10 |  |
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