Wednesday’s ad is for the Brasserie de Hanoi, from 1899. From the late 1800s until the 1980s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. I’ve been posting vintage European posters all last year and will continue to do so in 2020. This poster was created for the Brasserie de Hanoi, which although is not in Europe, but Vietnam, the brewery was founded by Frenchman Alfred Hommel in 1892, when Vietnam was a French colony. He located his brewery in Tonkin and it operated until 1927. I’m not sure who created the poster, but the text at the bottom: “La Meilleure des Bieres, Sans Addition D’Alcool” means “The Best of Beers Without Addition of Alcohol.” I assume that means they didn’t add any additional alcohol, not that they were making non-alcoholic beer, but it seems like a strange selling point.
Vietnam Beer
Today in 1945, Vietnam gained their Independence from France and Japan.
Vietnam
Vietnam Breweries
- Bia Tuoi Tiep
- Cientos Beer
- Da Nang Brewery (Asia Pacific Breweries-Heineken)
- Habeco (Hanoi Alcohol Beer and Beverage Company)
- Hoa Vien Brauhaus
- Louisiane Brewhouse
- Nguyen Du Brauhof
- Pragold Beer
- Sabeco
- San Miguel Vietnam
- South-East Asia Brewery Ltd.
- Tan Hiep Phat Co., Ldt.
- Viet Ha Brewery
- Vietnam Brewery (Asia Pacific Breweries-Heineken)
Vietnam Brewery Guides
Other Guides
- CIA World Factbook
- Official Website
- U.S. Embassy
- Wikipedia
Guild: None Known
National Regulatory Agency: None
Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known
Drunk Driving Laws: BAC No Limit
- Full Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, as well as China, Laos, and Cambodia
- Government Type: Communist state
- Language: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
- Religion(s): Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8%
- Capital: Hanoi
- Population: 91,519,289; 13th
- Area: 331,210 sq km, 66th
- Comparative Area: Slightly larger than New Mexico
- National Food: Phở
- National Symbol: Water Buffalo, Dragon; Lotus; Bamboo, Rice; Vietnamese waterbird (Lac bird), Dong Son drums; Vietnamese waterbird (chim lạc), Vietnamese golden turtle (kim quy)
- Affiliations: UN, ASEAN
- Independence: From France, September 2, 1945
- Alcohol Legal: Yes
- Minimum Drinking Age: None (to drink); 18 (to buy)
- BAC: No Limit
- Number of Breweries: 17
- How to Say “Beer”: bia / rượu
- How to Order a Beer: một bia,
- How to Say “Cheers”: Can chén [North V.] / Can ly [South V.] / Chia / Cung ly (gumm lee)
- Toasting Etiquette: A typical toast would be “To your health!” It is always best to allow the Vietnamese host to make the toast. It is most appropriate to suggest that the highest-ranking Vietnamese at the table make the toast, even if the foreign visitor is the host of the evening.
Alcohol Consumption By Type:
- Beer: 97%
- Wine: <1%
- Spirits: 2%
- Other: 1%
Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (in litres):
- Recorded: 1.07
- Unrecorded: 2.70
- Total: 3.77
- Beer: 1.13
WHO Alcohol Data:
- Per Capita Consumption: 1.1 litres
- Alcohol Consumption Trend: Increase
- Excise Taxes: N/A
- Minimum Age: 18
- Sales Restrictions: Places
- Advertising Restrictions: Yes
- Sponsorship/Promotional Restrictions: Sales promotions
Patterns of Drinking Score: 3
Prohibition: None