
Recently I just went to Redang for my diving trip. Redang is an island situated in Malaysia under the state of Terengganu, it’s a beach paradise. But as beer lover and with this crazy hot weather, a beer in hand on this wonderful island would be good. As the beach are sandy and the water are transparent blue, this is truly an amazing place. I’ve been to Tioman 2 years back for my dive, both place give a different experience.

I’m not going to write about how beautiful Redang is because this is a beer site. So of course I will write something related to beer. As I mention I going there for my dive trip, I do avoid taking beer before my dive, as alcohol and diving is a no no situation. Only on my last day that I drank my favourite beverage.

Redang is not a duty free island, not like Langkawi or Tioman. The beer here are quite expensive. RM10 for a can of Tiger or Carlsberg. Not much variety in this island, all they have is the usual stuff like Carlsberg, Tiger, Heineken and Guinness.

Even the locals will normally bring their beer from the mainland, which is cheaper than what they are getting in the island. Many of the locals here drink their beer with ice, as the weather is super hot and beer are easily turn warm. On my thoughts, this is a bloody good place to brew your own beer, the cheapest beer you can get is always from the homebrew. Maybe they have their own todi (coconut fermented alcohol) here as coconut are easily available. But beer is still a better choice, maybe they should have something under their own wing “Redang Beer”… haha

Of course I was hoping to chill my night with some Guinness draught or Paulaner. Need those refreshing beer that give you the energy after a long day under the sun or maybe underwater. I was hoping for a lot of stuff, like the pubs serve up keropok lekor (fish cracker that are famous in Terengganu) as finger food. Malaysia are still far away to create a good beer place with local finger food.

But I guess, drinking under the full moon already consider a plus. How often can you drink under the moonlight, while listening to the wave crushing to the beach as the wind blowing through. It’s almost a perfect condition if not for the mosquito come buzzing and sucking my blood. Where the hell those mosquito come from?

I have to said, Redang is truly a paradise in it’s own standard. I love the beach, the water, the dive and the moon there. Everything is so calm and chill. If only I can stay longer there, brew my own beer and enjoy it under all the best condition… perfect. To Redang I salute. Cheers!
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