Crafty Kampot brewery coming to capital
Roth Sochieata | Publication date 10 November 2021 | 20:33 ICT


If you were to ask an average Cambodian to name three Cambodian beers it’s quite likely that they’d say Anchor, Angkor and Cambodia – though perhaps not in that order – with an outside chance that they might throw you for a loop and name ABC Stout or Ganzberg instead.

For many years those brands and other similar offerings from their respective breweries were just about the only made-in-Cambodia beers available.

That’s no longer the case – though the introduction of local craft beers to the Kingdom has been such a gradual process over the years that these new micro-breweries and their mini-brands may have slipped right past your beverage radar.

To wit: Flowers Nanobrewery based out of Kampot province is brewing its own original craft beers – only available in Cambodia – under the watchful eye of Japanese founder and brewmaster Yuki Aotani.

Flowers Nanobrewery’s beers each have a distinct style and taste derived from the brewery’s unique use of local ingredients and they specialise in small-batch made to order custom beers tailored to each customer’s request.

Aotani was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan – but he studied and then worked in the US – living there for seven years before coming to Cambodia in 2015.

Flowers Nanobrewery’s custom beers can run the gamut of beer styles from American and British ales, porters and stouts to French Saison or Trappistesque Belgian ales to India pale ales and even wheat beers. Custom means custom and Aotani says he will try to give you whatever you request if he can manage it.
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Don’t understand it , I drank alot of them and never have got drunk on them .. kinda strange brew

Doc67 wrote: Does it come with a goatee and a man bun?

That's a prerequisite for living in Kampot these days.

The beer isn't bad, but for a long time they were very hit or miss. Same for quality control (lack of foam, etc). Haven't had one in ages though, I'm sure he's upped his game by now. More options are always welcome, though the market is already pretty saturated with imports and local brewers.

The flower on the bottle is enough to make me give it a miss

atst wrote:The flower on the bottle is enough to make me give it a miss

Jeez. I'm guessing you're a real "man's man"?