A renegade soldier leads a revolution in Thailand — for craft beer

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It's not just pilsner; it's politics. An army colonel is training home brewers who are defying the kingdom's ban on artisanal beer production.

“I’m not going to compete with any of them for any position,” he said. “I’m not going to threaten their career path. So nobody in the army cares about what I do.”

The oldest of three children, Chit often watched his father come home drunk and scream at his mother. He would hide in another room when they fought, reading books through his tears. Bartenders pour pints at Chit Beer. Chit has been fined eight times for running the unlicensed brewery. He launched a successful logistics startup, built his parents a house, put his brother and sister through college — then turned back to beer.It was 2012, and artisanal beer didn’t exist in Thailand. Customs officers probably didn’t know what they were looking at when a home-brewing kit addressed to Chit arrived from the U.S. via Amazon.

stouts and pale ales infused with local ingredients: berries, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, a type of ginger called galangal.

 

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