Archipelago Craft Beer – Islands of taste in every glass

A glass of beer. A thirst quencher on a hot day; a refreshing drop after a long office stint. But for most of us, that’s probably as far as it goes. Most of the time we don’t think about it much, we just drink it.

Archipelago Craft Beer has a new proposal – our beer is the main event. And that just drinking a glass of their beer could take you on a sensory journey you may never have imagined.

Archipelago craft beers are made the traditional way – by hand, one at a time.

Archipelago beers are spiced with Asian ingredients to complement the spiciness and nuances of Asian cuisines – in short carrying in their DNA, an inbuilt match with spicy Asian food. Come explore their full, complex, multi-layered tastes, each mouthful telling its own story of nuances flavours.

Discover the exhilaration of matching food with beer, the different flavours enhancing or contrasting with the other – enter a whole new world of taste combinations where your palate will be delighted, surprised and tantalised.

Straits Pale
A zesty tropical thirst quencher that’s crisp and clean, smooth and round bodied. Best enjoyed with all kinds of curry; breads; white meats; laksa and tempura.

Traveller’s Wheat
East meets West in this unique wheat beer with Asian flavours – assam and ginger, lemon grass and Chinese orange.
Perfect with food that’s sour and spicy – Thai food, Assam Fish, salads, rice paper rolls, dishes with lemon grass or ginger.

Trader’s Brown Ale
Creamy and smooth. Rich with malts, hops, herbs and a even touch of gula melaka.
Delicious with roasted meats or foods in sweet brown sauces, and with coconut dishes, Hokkien Mee, Char Kway Teow, pork ribs and desserts.

Explorer
Exclusively brewed and retailed in bottles at DFS Changi Airport, the Archipelago Explorer is handcrafted in traditional Belgian brewing style with coriander & Chinese Ba Jiao (Star Anise).
Smooth, round and flavourful yet refreshingly dry and thirst quenching. Recommended to pair with mussels, clams and all other shellfish.

Samui
a light, wheat ale with a tangy, festive citrus taste and a hint of sweetness. Brewed with calamansi lime and pandan leaves.

Our Brewmaster
an integral part in craft beer is a top-notch Brewmaster and Archipelago has Fal Allen.
We found him in Hawaii and lured him to Singapore with an offer no brewmaster could refuse – to use his over 20 years of experience with different beer styles and interpret them with the unique Archipelago twist.
Fal has literally bitten into the job, eating local food, sniffing and sampling local spices and flavours, unearthing their traditional uses and qualities, and brewing no less than 10 beers in the year since the launch of Archipelago – truly creating a unique range of beers found no where else in the world.

Visit www.archipelagobrewery.com for more information.

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