Thailand could allow alcohol sales for two days before new ban is enforced

[Ventenio]

Will we get in trouble if we walk in with one MILLION baht and buy out the entire store?

 

luckily i found some mushrooms deep in the jungle, 100 clicks from where the birds are afraid to fly......if you follow the moss south to the third river flowing towards the moon, tap 3 times on the hollow log and ask for the king of snakes.  

 

if you do this, trust me, you don't need alcohol. you are already crazy. 

[dinsdale]

2 hours ago, vogie said:

What we have to do is to turn a negative situation into positive one and if Mohamid cannot go to the mountain the mountain must come to Mohamid. I have just ordered 16lbs of malt extract, what I do with it when I get it is anyones guess, but I'm sure I'll think of something.

Home brewing is illegal in Thaailand.

[newcomer71]

Ok, they wanted do prove they are utter idiot$ and they succeeded! A round of applause!

[Nielsen]

4 hours ago, johng said:

This whole WuFlu Covid19  seems to be  an exercise in how much control  authorities can impose before the people say enough is enough !

Sadly, I think you could well be right.

[dinsdale]

My not exactly local mum and pop just gave me a ring .... they've got more beer in. On my way.................

[KaputtAlreadyNa]

That is madness. 

Warmest

[skorp13]

Being as there is no quote option in the OP i will just call out the OP as being one of the dumbest and least informative useless articles i have seen in a very long time. It was however good for a quick chuckle

[ThailandRyan]

58 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

There is NO ban on consumption. Simply a ban on purchasing. 

 

This is the same for "normal" days when no alcohol can be purchased. Mother's Day etc..

Monks are not suppose to drink Alcohol at all...They can not drink alcohol according to Theravada Buddhism. Not only monks, even Buddhists can't drink alcohol. Drinking alcohol is violation one of the five precepts. 5.I undertake the training rule to abstain from fermented drink that causes heedlessness.

 

So in Thailand since the people also drink then therefore they must also not be Buddhist's

 

Maybe these were Catholic Monks instead....

Edited April 29, 2020 by ThailandRyan

[carabaothai]

Just a big gift to Mr Chang, Mr Singha, Mr Leo, Mr Heineken....!

Nothing about people

Nothing about health

Business only 

[rott]

Mr webfact is this theory a fact yet or still only a theory. 

 

Somebody did announce that there would be an announcement on 28th April, any chance of somebody asking them? 

[vogie]

51 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Home brewing is illegal in Thaailand.

Why do you say this, nobody mentioned homebrew, only you. It has been established that making Horlicks is not illegal and indeed a very nice drink to take to bed and dream of better things to come.

If you are thinking of homebrewing I would reconsider as you could end up with the maximum fine of 200 baht.

Edited April 29, 2020 by vogie

[Susco]

7 minutes ago, vogie said:

If you are thinking of homebrewing I would reconsider as you could end up with the maximum fine of 200 baht.

The maximum penalty for home brewing under the 1950 Liquor Act used to be 200 baht for making it and 5,000 baht for selling it. But a new law passed under the National Legislative Assembly last month raised the maximum penalty for illegal production to 100,000 baht or a prison sentence of six months, or both. The maximum fine for selling illegal beer was raised to 50,000 baht.

 

And that law is in place since early 2017

Edited April 29, 2020 by Susco

[OnTheRun]

5 hours ago, 2long said:

There IS some sense in it. Read on...

Common sense would suggest that the reason for banning the booze is to prevent Somchais from sitting in groups and drinking, then after killing some brain cells going off to do other inappropriate things which would spread the virus, such as returning to hug and kiss family members.

Without 'generalising' I think it's fair to say that the government mainly target low-income Thai males as the target group to control in this case. From experience, these guys are completely incapable of buying in advance and rationing the booze for even a few days, never mind a month. This is partly because they don't have the money, and mainly because they can't control themselves or trust their buddies not to cheat. They drink all they have until it's gone.

In this sense, the 2-day window and a new ban makes sense, allowing expats and more wealthy to stock up and ration.

You are asuming that no booze is available to purchase during the ban. I've been able to buy what I like when I like throughout the last month. If I can do this any Thai person regardless of status will be able to do the same. It was understandable during Songkrand, outwith that it just appears to be the actions of someone with a grudge who was bullied during their schooldays. 

[vogie]

9 minutes ago, Susco said:

The maximum penalty for home brewing under the 1950 Liquor Act used to be 200 baht for making it and 5,000 baht for selling it. But a new law passed under the National Legislative Assembly last month raised the maximum penalty for illegal production to 100,000 baht or a prison sentence of six months, or both. The maximum fine for selling illegal beer was raised to 50,000 baht.

Have you got a link for that please?

[stubby52]

My TGF can buy anything for me but beer only by the bottle no cases this has never changed during any past bans all they are doing is missing out on excise,crazy logic.

[Raymonddiaz]

If it’s confirmed, please avoid the shops on those 2 days if you don’t wanna catch the wuhan virus. Not a very smart idea though.

[Susco]

10 minutes ago, vogie said:

Have you got a link for that please?

It's in the news paper that can't be quoted

 

Search for home brewing law Thailand and it is the first result

Or you can just copy and paste the text in Google

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Thailand

 

 

Craft beer

Two types of licenses are available in Thailand for would-be beer producers. Thailand's 1950 Liquor Act states that beer can only be made in a factory making more than 1,000,000 litres per year or in a brewpub producing at least 100,000 litres per year for sale on-site with no bottling permitted. Brewpub beers cannot be sold off-premises.^[7] The finance ministry in 2000 ruled that, for either type of producer to be legal, they must be a limited company with capital of at least 10 million baht.^[5][8] The maximum penalty for "home brewing" under the 1950 Liquor Act used to be 200 baht for making it and 5,000 baht for selling it. A new law passed by the National Legislative Assembly in December 2016 raised the maximum penalty for illegal production to 100,000 baht or a prison sentence of six months, or both. The maximum fine for selling illegal beer was raised to 50,000 baht.^[9] To sell craft beers off-premises, one small brewer explained, "We have two choices: Either hire an overseas factory to make it or build a factory abroad on our own,..." and import it.^[5]

Edited April 29, 2020 by Susco

[Hoppyone]

5 hours ago, LeamchabangLarry said:

this is completely idiotic, sending masses to go fight and hoard 

Now this will be encouraging panic buying at its worse,dumb dumb & dumber if this is passed

[Bluetongue]

Wonder what the trouble is, why they just can't announce it already. They've announced everything else. Must be a point of contention. Dont tell me the Governors are arguing. Plenty of posters here alluding to new supplies on the way, I saw boxes of Chang and Leo walking past a box store this morning. Most Thais where I am seem to think its pretty much over, or should I say they dont think the local cops are at all interested in busting anyone.

[bodga]

6 hours ago, sungod said:

I've sent the wife up

Good  man????

[Admiral Hornblower]

Of all the stupid ideas........this one takes the biscuit!

[rott]

4 hours ago, jimmjam said:

2 days?? I can see the chaos now. 

Yes, 4 or even 3 would make more sense. Less of a feeling of must get there now. 

[OneeyedJohn]

9 minutes ago, Bluetongue said:

Most Thais where I am seem to think its pretty much over

Hilarious, how would you even have a clue as to what most Thais are thinking. Are you down the community centre nattering away with them in your fluent Thai.

[spermwhale]

6 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Chaos on Fri and Sat if that comes into effect.

Social distancing shoulder to shoulder.

Exactly. They want to avoid large crowds and lack of social distancing. This will create a stampede at stores selling. I'm just astounded at the lack of foresight. Clowns

[Kwasaki]

Putting air in the truck tyres tomorrow ready for loading. ????

[Spellforce]

Alarm clock allready set for 5AM friday morning ????

[Kaopad999]

Great decision. I'm glad they have been listening to people like me. makes perfect sense.   

[dinsdale]

1 hour ago, vogie said:

Why do you say this, nobody mentioned homebrew, only you. It has been established that making Horlicks is not illegal and indeed a very nice drink to take to bed and dream of better things to come.

If you are thinking of homebrewing I would reconsider as you could end up with the maximum fine of 200 baht.

Ginger, sugar, limes and yeast.

[EVENKEEL]

Just got back from 7-11, had a sign at cashier alcohol sales start 02 May. We'll see, I'm in Rayong area. 

[Wuvu2]

Not so surprising - this gives a chance for wealthy drinkers to stock up, while masses of poor alcoholics won't have the money to buy very much stash. We can expect gold sales to spike again so people can turn their gold savings into booze. Lovely