Full Moon Brewery

Patong is also the home of Phuket's only microbrewery - 'Full Moon Brewhouse'. This is tucked away in the corner of a shopping centre, 'behind the ship'

They offer three beers (a lager, a darker summer ale and a wheatbeer) brewed on the premises using a combination of local and imported ingredients

(note the Cyrillic on the menu - Patong is also a mecca for Russian tourists so that's not unusual)

This is the wheat beer - light, very drinkable, a little fruity

and that seemed to be the case across all three beers. Refreshing but  a little bland and expensive at 200 Baht per pint - around $7 AUD, which would get you two tallies of the local lager at most of the Tonsai bars. The beer nuts were 'Thai-ified' as well with the addition of lemongrass and slices of fried garlic - unfortunately this meant that they dominated the taste of even the strongest of the beers. I would have loved to have tried their take on an IPA or a porter - something with a bit more balls to it to differentiate it. But the place was empty every time I visited (admittedly always mid-afternoon) so I guess the market isn't there for that kind of beer - yet.

If you're in Patong it's definitely worth dropping in to sample a drop.