"33" Beer

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October 02, 2008 14:38

I was in a package store the other day, and was suprised to see 6-packs of "33" beer from Vietnam.

Did any of you guys drink it when you were in South Vietnam, and was it any good?

I kinda curious to try it, but I figured I ask the experts on this.

Thanks for your replies in advance.

PBJloaf

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  1USMC1

  February 24, 2010 13:16

  Tiger Piss was pretty nasty as I recall. Does anyone remember Crown beer made it Korea? That was even nastier....but then....any old port in a storm.
  
  SF
  
  4th Marines '66-'67

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  lewie48

  March 28, 2010 15:18

  Say guys, I believe 33 is Ba moui ba
  If anyone cares..
  L

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  Bergtreffer

  September 01, 2010 19:08

  Yeah, I drank that stuff. It was always warm, poured in a glass, and a junk of ice was stuffed into the glass. Never got sick from it, even though the block of ice sat on the ground and pieces were knocked off with a knife or bayo. There were always rumors about the formaldhyde in it, but I never really heard anything confirmed about that.

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  Rocky Raab

  September 02, 2010 05:36

  I'd love to leave it at 33 replies to a thread about 33 bear, but had to add this.
  
  The "33" beer (ba moui ba) made and served in-country did have trace amounts of formaldehyde in it. That was common practice in SEA back then, and it was in Thai beer and whiskey, also.
  
  Today's 33 -- at least the export version -- does not contain formaldehyde, as it is listed as a cancer-causing chemical in many countries.
  
  Back then, living to an age when you might get cancer from the beer would have been viewed as a remote possibility at best.

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  krawiech

  September 02, 2010 08:21

  i and a lot of other crew chiefs and gunners stationed at camp holloway in 65-66 drank a lot of 33 beer we did not like the beir larue many a night we got fallen down drunk between 33 beer whiskey from the px and whatever beer we could get from the px if you want to call it that i would buy a six pack and try it again after all these years hank k

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  psychologist

  September 09, 2010 18:34

  33 wasn't so bad, neither was 45( bope muoi lam) the liqueur in square bottles

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