Where to buy alcohol 'Miniatures' in Chiang Mai?

[FolkGuitar]

I need two tablespoons of Vodka for a cooking recipe. I don't drink Vodka so I don't want to buy a large bottle, and I doubt that many bars sell shots 'to go.'  Miniatures seems to be the way to move forward.

Have you seen them for sale around Chiang Mai?

Thanks

 

[Pilotman]

Vodka is relatively cheap here.  Of course, it doesn't  go off over time, so I  suggest getting a half bottle and just use it over time. I do that with brandy that I use for cooking, but don't drink.  Malt Whisky on the other hand, I drink, but don't cook with. 

[Lacessit]

Some brands have a 200 mL bottle, can't say I've seen miniatures.

Try Thai Airways, I think they'll have a surplus of them.

[richard_smith237]

Just now, Lacessit said:

Some brands have a 200 mL bottle, can't say I've seen miniatures.

Try Thai Airways, I think they'll have a surplus of them.

 

7-11’s... Smaller bottles, but not miniatures... Keep the rest in the freezer and give visiting friends a vodka tonic. 

 

Thai Airways didn’t use miniatures, a wink and smile would get you are larger pour of the ‘unknown Whisky’ they’d downgraded to, full on flirting would get you a large ‘Jonnie Walker Black from Business class’ !!! 

[dabhand]

This older thread might give some pointers.

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1021304-best-stocked-liquor-store-in-chiang-mai/page/2/#comments

[Dagfinnur Traustason]

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

I  suggest getting a half bottle and just use it over time.

How? Where can you bay a half bottle? Which part in gone? The top or bottom?

[Trujillo]

I think....maybe....the liquor store on the west side of the Maejo Road, about 300m north of the Superhighway, has mini-bottles. 

I could be wrong; I have not been in there for ages, but I have a vague impression I have seen such a thing there. 

[dingdongrb]

I rarely drink vodka but I buy a bottle occasionally as I make my own extracts (vanilla, strawberry, banana, orange, lemon, etc.) to use for baking.

[ChakaKhan]

Go to a bar and order a shot of it and pour it in a tiny bottle.....or the small bottles at 7-11 as noted..

 

As someone who has cooked all my life vodka has literally no taste and usually burns off...cant see it affecting a recipe if you skip it altogether......

 

Wine on the other hand...a nice Cabernet in a beef stew...... ????

[FolkGuitar]

2 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

As someone who has cooked all my life vodka has literally no taste and usually burns off...cant see it affecting a recipe if you skip it altogether......

 

 

Normally, I'd agree with you on this point. But in this case, I want to use it to lower the freezing point of a frozen dessert so that it doesn't crystalize. Leaving it out in the past has resulted in a block of ice rather than a creamy dessert!

[ramrod711]

23 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

Go to a bar and order a shot of it and pour it in a tiny bottle.....or the small bottles at 7-11 as noted..

 

As someone who has cooked all my life vodka has literally no taste and usually burns off...cant see it affecting a recipe if you skip it altogether......

 

Wine on the other hand...a nice Cabernet in a beef stew...... ????

Go to a bar and order a shot of it and pour it in a tiny bottle.....Very practical solution, take a small container to a bar. Simple and easy as that.

[onebir]

21 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

Normally, I'd agree with you on this point. But in this case, I want to use it to lower the freezing point of a frozen dessert so that it doesn't crystalize. Leaving it out in the past has resulted in a block of ice rather than a creamy dessert!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifreeze#Propylene_glycol

seems to be used commercially...

[FolkGuitar]

5 hours ago, onebir said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifreeze#Propylene_glycol

seems to be used commercially...

 

Hey! That's great!  Where can I get a miniature of Propylene glycol?