Outlaw in name, outlaw by nature — this once illegal brewery operating out of Thailand’s northern Loei province is now sharing space on 7-Eleven shelves in the capital.
“It’s been a dream of mine to see this in 7-Eleven,” said Mike Roberts, Outlaw’s Canadian founder. “If this goes well, I can’t see why 7-Eleven wouldn’t open the door to more craft beer — not just from us, but from anyone.”
The Mosaic brew — an unfiltered, unpasteurized, dry-hopped IPA — is now available in approximately 1,000 Bangkok 7-Eleven branches. This announcement came after a hard-fought journey that started out behind an ice cream shop.
“In 2015 in Loei, my wife and I had an idea to start up a craft beer bar, but we knew it would have to be underground. So, we opened an ice cream shop. I brewed the beer in the back and we sold beer without advertising or…
