I recently got back from a trip to Southeast Asia and being the beer enthusiast that I am, of course I had to try all the local brews. However, throughout the whole trip, the one beer that was everywhere was Tiger Beer (the English translation of “Tiger Beer” is “Budweiser”). Tiger Beer is available for three prices: Stupid Foreigner/Tourist Trap Ripoff, “Happy Hour” Special Cheap or Thank-God-the-U.S.-Dollar-still -has-some-value-in-SE-Asia Cheap. Bottom line, if you were paying more than $1.25 for Tiger Beer, you were getting ripped off. With the exchange rate, we found it for as cheap as $0.18 in a bar on the coast of Vietnam.

Now, who am I to really complain about the taste of beer when it’s costing me less than a quarter? Plus the fact that it’s usually served ice cold and the only beer that’s regularly on tap. These little things matter when you’ve been sweating since you woke up and the humidity is taking away your will to live. So, yeah, I fucking love Tiger Beer!

Honestly, Tiger Beer is a very generic lager, and although the Web site likes to proclaim a “strict brewing process…taste testing over 10 different water samples…more than 200 quality checks…a brewing process which takes over 500 hours,” it’s going to remind you a lot of the mass produced beers of the States (read: Bud, Miller, Coors). They do have a trophy case of over 40 international awards and accolades, so you know it’s at least a quality product.

Tiger Beer has an extensive distribution across the world, so give it a try if you see it around. And if you venture into Southeast Asia, I highly recommend it…and the cheaper the better! They even have some funny/clever commercials.

Today marks the 10-year anniversary of Chris Farley’s death. We appreciate the friendly reminder from 100 Percent Injury Rate.

Just want to make sure everyone takes some time to recognize the accomplishments of his great career that was cut short. I know that SNL has never been the same since he left, and it’ll probably never be as good. Sure, they can pull off a clever skit now and again, but Farley brought the funny every week, no matter how dull/boring the host was.

Farley also put together a decent film resume and I personally like to think that if he plays the gay firefighter in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry instead of Kevin James, that movie would have been awesome.

Everyone has their favorite Chris Farley SNL skit (Da Bears, Matt Foley, Lunch Lady, etc.), but this one is mine. Hilarious!

100PercentInjuryRate has a bunch of their favs here.

I am sick of seeing these auto-generated ads for GSM cell phones and tracking down exgirlfriends. Here is what I am willing to do. The first 5 people or companies that email tastybooze [at] gmail.com I will pay for a one week ad on our site like the sample below. No strings. No catches. Pretty simple.

If you like yourself a little drip coffee from Starbucks and you like free shit then I have got some good news for you.

In celebration of my birthday on this Thursday, March 15th, Starbucks will be giving a free tall drip coffee to any customer who would like one between the hours of 10 am and 12 pm.

That’s a little bit of what I like to call the Jackpot!