Bootleg Booze

[superal]

 On the BBC news today concerning fake alcohol . Could this happen in Thailand ? 

 

                   http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43715969

[thedemon]

If you mean spirits containing Methanol instead of Ethanol, I don't recall any cases of that happening in Thailand. 

 

But fake branded alcohol e.g. Johnny Walker Black Label whisky, Penfolds Bin XX wine is definitely an issue. It's hard to say what the prevalence really is but there are shops in Thailand right now openly selling brand name spirits that simply can't be genuine because they are too cheap.

[chrisinth]

7 minutes ago, thedemon said:

If you mean spirits containing Methanol instead of Ethanol, I don't recall any cases of that happening in Thailand. 

 

But fake branded alcohol e.g. Johnny Walker Black Label whisky, Penfolds Bin XX wine is definitely an issue. It's hard to say what the prevalence really is but there are shops in Thailand right now openly selling brand name spirits that simply can't be genuine because they are too cheap.

To be fair, some of them do give a couple of clues..................

 

 

[superal]

37 minutes ago, thedemon said:

If you mean spirits containing Methanol instead of Ethanol, I don't recall any cases of that happening in Thailand. 

 

But fake branded alcohol e.g. Johnny Walker Black Label whisky, Penfolds Bin XX wine is definitely an issue. It's hard to say what the prevalence really is but there are shops in Thailand right now openly selling brand name spirits that simply can't be genuine because they are too cheap.

Scary .

Maybe a sensible thing to do would be to buy from a super store and not the mama-papa shops that I know sell fake cigarettes and who knows what else .