This is our family post for the #BeerSaturday #150 Challenge. Both @Sreypov and I are non-drinkers, so we decided to review a malt beverage we often buy here in Paramaribo, Suriname.
๐ป#BeerSaturday Challenge #150๐ป
๐ด๐ด๐ด 3 Horses Malta ๐ด๐ด๐ด
ย ย ย ย ย I know @Sreypov and I non-drinkers, but I love this challenge so much I previously asked @Detlev if we could do a malt beverage entry some day. With prior approval, we throw our ๐ into the ring.
ย ย ย ย ย Many moons ago I actually worked at a microbrewery in Colorado, and once was highly in tune with the world of beer. That is the distant past now, but I occasionally miss the taste of a dark beer, and a malt beverage sort of fills that void.
ย ย ย ย ย Cambodia, the place I called home for 10 years until 2019, didn't really have malt drinks. @Sreypov had never tried one before, and had only ever drank a beer once in her life.
ย ย ย ย ย So, when I discovered that the local cornershop here in Paramaribo, Suriname, sold two varieties of malt drinks, I decided to buy one for the family to try.
ย ย ย ย ย 3 HORSES MALTA is what I selected, mostly because it is Dutch and we are in Suriname, so it seemed a colonial fit. The logo says 3 Horses was established in 1628, but I wonder if they put this much sugar in the recipe way back in those days.
ย ย ย ย ย It's a 330ml bottle, so at 6.2g of sugar per 100ml, that's 20.5g of sugar in this bottle. It is super duper sweet, and definitely too sweet for my palette.
ย ย ย ย ย Most daily added sugar recommendation maximums are generally 40g to 50g per day, so this bottle is half your daily intake. I hope you're not diabetic, because you might be after you finish the bottle in one sitting.
ย ย ย ย ย At 10 Suriname Dollars, it's roughly $1.25 USD, not terribly expensive by local standards. The flavor was actually pleasant and very caramel-y, like most malt drinks. I was pleased to drink it and immediately discover I had no cavities.
ย ย ย ย ย Next in line for tasting was Monkey B from the @KidSisters. She gladly took the bottle but hesitated to drink it. She sensed it was illegal somehow due to its similarity to a beer bottle.
ย ย ย ย ย In the end, she wouldn't give it a taste because she thought it would get her drunk. She has reason to be careful though. When she was only 2 years old, before I met her mother @Sreypov, she managed to accidentally ingest two huge swigs of rice wine in the Cambodian countryside.
ย ย ย ย ย They were at her Aunt's house where she was unattended for a few minutes and felt thirsty. She saw a large glass with a clear liquid in it, and decided to take a gulp. The first gulp burned and the second gulp let her know it wasn't water. Hearing her retell the story is priceless, as it's one of her first clear memories.
ย ย ย ย ย Since this tasting, @Sreypov has become quite fond of malt drinks, and now enjoys one a week. There is only one other brand available here, VITA MALT, and I'll be sure to do a post on it eventually too. Unfortunately it's even sweeter.
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I have not seen this kind of malt drink here in South Africa (used to be Dutch as well)!!
Perhaps I must just look and I might find one!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Yeah, I donโt know how common it is internationally speaking. In the Caribbean malt drinks are pretty common, but unfortunately only two varieties in tiny Suriname.
Do you have a lot of Dutch imported food and drink products in S. Africa?
Hello dear friend @justinparke I loved your publication, it would have been very good to have worked in the brewery. The malt is not to my liking, I prefer a blond beer.
Thank you very much for sharing this experience.
I wish you a great day
Your comment makes me wonder what if there is such thing as a pale malt drink? I personally have not seen one, although Iโve seen pale non-alcoholic beers.
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Hey @justinparke thanks to the great post. Love the see more none alc beer style drinks. There are many more and even I need to post a few.
Have a great day and stay safe
Thanks for stopping by @Detlev, and thanks for hosting the #BeerSaturday challenge.Better late than never with a submission. I've just been so preoccupied with other things lately, but I'm glad I finally got a chance to participate in this one. I'll be back soon. Until the !BEER command is all set up on HIVE, have a !BRO for now.
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Sweet beer sounds very different to what I would enjoy, tasting different beers is fun so a dark syrup beer would be ideal during the winter months. Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Thanks for stopping by @JoanStewart. Yeah, I would agree these types of flavors suit cooler weather. Unfortunately here, it's constantly oppressively hot.
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