It's 2019, Does Taiwan Still Produce the Worst Beer in Asia?

[TimesThree]

@Quentin

Japan, Vietnam, mainland China, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea, all produce decent brews. What’s wrong with Taiwan? You used to be able to buy a nice Tsingtao on this island - back when it was imported from Shandong. But noooo, they had to start locally producing the stuff, and now it tastes like every other Taiwanese beer - piss. What is it, the chabuduo philosophy that turns out every product half-assed? Why can’t Taiwan produce one, just one decent beer? Why does everything of good quality have to be imported?

I’m fine with Taiwan Beer. Longchuan and its derivative Go Beer not so much. Why would you think Tsingtao is so much better?

How is locally produced beer a NEW thing? For years TTL enjoyed a monopoly. This monopoly was only broken up in recent years.

There are good microbrews, but not so easy to find outside Taipei. It’s going to take time for that kind of beer culture to find its way over here. It’s not like it was always around in the States either. When I was a kid in Seattle my parents also had about five beers to choose from. It took time for the microbrew market to grow.