Oldschoolpaulie

The wife and I are leaving for Taiwan this weekend. I plan to sample some of the local and regional beers. I like smooth, golden lagers... my favorite beer is Dos Equis. I can tolerate domestic beers like Bud Lite, Coors Lite if my Dos Equis isn't available, and rather like the taste of MGD, though I've boycotted them for years for political reasons. I hate dark beers and ales.
Is anyone familiar enough with the regional and local beers to know what I should ask for in a smooth golden lager? I have drank Tsing Tao, a Chinese beer, and it's not bad. I like Sapporo, too, but that's a Japanese brew.
My wife speaks the language, but she isn't a drinker, so she has no idea what I"m after.

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Aquaman

Taiwan Beer (TTL) make several styles of lagers. I have tried the Gold medal & it's actually not too bad. I never had the opportunity to try the others.

skeezerpleezer

I haven't been to Taiwan yet, but in general Asia is full of PYB and Guiness. The only place I have really found over there that had any decent craft brewpubs was in Singapore, but my preferences are opposite of yours. I like an IPA or flavorful ale.

That said, some of the bigger lagers/pilsners over there that you may not be able to find here are Tiger, San Miguel, Chang, Kingfisher, Kirin, etc. Hitachino Nest beers can be found some places. If I have no ale decent ale option, I usually default to Tiger.

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Oldschoolpaulie

I spent a lot of time in the Philippines and discovered that the men there have a horrible pastime... sitting on the patio together drinking beer in the evenings!
So... I had plenty of opportunity to drink San Miguel.

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Oldschoolpaulie

I found the Gold Medal Taiwan Beer ("Taiwan Pijiu"- closest English translation) to be the best Taiwan had to offer. Smooth, citrusy golden lager, it was pretty tasty, and plenty strong.

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Oldschoolpaulie

The Gold Medal Taiwan Beer seems even better by the tap, and stronger:

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Oldschoolpaulie

The Gold Medal is also available in cans, but, while not bad, doesn't seem to be as good.
The Classic Taiwan Beer in blue cans or with blue markings like this aren't as good, though they aren't terrible. If you have to settle for cans, I recommend the Gold Medal with the green markings.

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Oldschoolpaulie

Something I've never seen before outside of Taiwan is this popular Pineapple beer:
The taste is sweet and pleasant, (Sort of reminds me more of wine coolers) but really isn't my cup of tea when I want a beer.

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Oldschoolpaulie

Mango beer comes from the same brewer; again, tasty, but not really "beer" to me.

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Oldschoolpaulie

There was this generic-looking "Fruit Beer" that I didn't taste (Pretty much not interested in this sort of "fruity" beer by that time)

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