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Herr Pickenpack, the first Dutch consul in Bangkok and the creation of Singha beer
Posted in Background, History
Tags: Bean Rawd Brewery, Consul, Dutchman, Paul Pickenpack, Siam, Singha
After Siam had opened itself up to economic development with the British in 1855 by concluding the Bowring Treaty and far-reaching contacts with the West, it was not long before the Dutch also took an interest in Siam again.