38 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

All I can say is ..........

Red Cock Vodka, 150bht for a 700ml bottle in any Tesco Lotus.

Tastes exactly the same as every other unflavoured Vodka.

what do you have it with?

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

what do you have it with?

Usually lime juice and ice (Vodka Gimlet) ........ sometimes Soda, lime juice and ice, occasionally Pepsi and ice.

Dewers was best value until they raised the price. Pipers has tasted nasty for years. Best value is Bell's. I just source Chivas, Jim Beam elsewhere now.

22 hours ago, Mister Fixit said:

And what's Blend 285 Signature like, drunk with a ton of ice and a load of soda?

 

If you add things to whisky it doesn't really matter what brand you drink. Which is why I find it funny seeing self-styled hi-sos buying Black instead of Red, for the image.

would you rather they kept the price the same and reduced the number of Pipers to 82?

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

All I can say is ..........

Red Cock Vodka, 150bht for a 700ml bottle in any Tesco Lotus.

Tastes exactly the same as every other unflavoured Vodka.

Is the name what it's made from, or what it does to you?

Thai logic is the answer !!! The price has risen because Piper consumption has fallen dramatically due to the Covid crisis. So many Thai people have lost their jobs and incomes.

 

The simple solution is: "If you still have money for Piper, you can pay more for it. It doesn't hurt you !!!" ???? ???? ????

On 5/6/2021 at 2:01 PM, Mister Fixit said:

Does anyone have any idea why Seagrams should suddenly hike the price by almost 20%?

Mekong (a Thai rhum) also went way up in price, the explanation was that it would make the product more hi-so. Now I never see anyone drinking Mekong anymore, everybody used to drink it, but everybody changed to Sang som; I presume that I might mingle in the wrong social levels...????

1 hour ago, Grusa said:

Is the name what it's made from, or what it does to you?

The name is a real ice breaker with the ladies ........ "Hi, would you like a Red Cock?"

And it's as good an alcoholic drink as any at a bargain price..

Yes....

 

"Capitalism" 

100 Pipers?! That was one of the cheapest, worst whisky's you could buy in Aussie years back (maybe it's changed??).

Anyone not happy about the price of alcohol should leave Thailand immediately.

On 5/6/2021 at 8:49 PM, connda said:

Suck when you have to pay the Piper, 'eh?

Worse when paying all 100 of them!

12 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said:

100 Pipers?! That was one of the cheapest, worst whisky's you could buy in Aussie years back (maybe it's changed??).

Yeah, it got worse! 

4 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

in the K.S.A.

In the what? 

4 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

DUH, cause they know many drinkers are addicts and they will pay. That's cheap to what I saw Brits pay for liquor (when they didn't want to drink still swill) in the K.S.A.

No different to going over to Bahrain and paying £8 a pint. 

10 minutes ago, PGSan said:

In the what? 

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

On 5/6/2021 at 7:01 PM, Mister Fixit said:

Does anyone have any idea why Seagrams should suddenly hike the price by almost 20%?

 

Because they can.  

On 5/7/2021 at 7:14 AM, Oxx said:

 

About 15 years ago 100 Pipers was 300, then went up to 330.  Bells, when it first came to Thailand was quite a bit cheaper than 100 Pipers/395, presumably to build market share.

That's right. I use to buy 100 p's for 343 thb in 2008 and 2009. 

On 5/6/2021 at 9:19 PM, GrandPapillon said:

 

 

yeah, covid ????

But why no other brands then?

 

On 5/7/2021 at 2:22 AM, Don Chance said:

This guy is already self medicating with far more dangerous drug every day,  from the corner store.

 

Baclofen is proven cure for alcoholism. You can check here www.baclofentreatment.com

It is just a matter of taking the meds every day.

How did you jump to the entirely fatuous conclusion that I am an alcoholic??  

 

You may have been, and good for you for recovering if that's what you did, but not everyone is the same.

On 5/7/2021 at 2:40 AM, Don Chance said:

It doesn't sound like an innocent thread to me; it sounds like a cry for help.

 

But much more likely to be an obvious inability in reading comprehension!  ????

23 hours ago, madmen said:

 Similar happened to me so went to the 7/11 down the Rd and got the correct price. 

It was at 7/11 where the price had been raised.

So I went to Tesco and it had also been raised to the 7/11 price.

19 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Usually lime juice and ice (Vodka Gimlet) ........ sometimes Soda, lime juice and ice, occasionally Pepsi and ice.

 

I was never a vodka drinker until I tried the first two - loved it, but forget the disgusting Pepsi version.  

4 minutes ago, Mister Fixit said:

How did you jump to the entirely fatuous conclusion that I am an alcoholic??

Alcoholics want to give up drinking and can't.

I'm a drunk, and I like being a drunk.

14 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

Because they can.  

 

Yes, and I can also stop buying it.  

 

As to other's opinions between Bells and 100 Piper's, Bell's takes the skin off the roof of your mouth.  

 

100 Piper's just numbs your tongue, but it's OK with lots of ice and soda.  

3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Alcoholics want to give up drinking and can't.

I'm a drunk, and I like being a drunk.

 

Whatever floats your boat.   But I managed to give up drinking 3 or 4 pints of beer a night for over 25 years in only two weeks 4 years ago - today, May 8th 2017 as it happens.  

 

OK, I subbed it with Bells at first, but never more than 2 a night.  I have an apothecaries glass and measure 45 mls into it, put that in a 250 ml glass, add ice to the top and then top it up with soda.

 

Hardly being an alcoholic.  I've always been a light sleeper and it helps me get off to sleep.

2 hours ago, Mister Fixit said:

I've always been a light sleeper and it helps me get off to sleep.

Cannabis works much better .... and a bonus for us old folk, when you wake up your joints don't ache .........  so a friend tells me.

Just now, BritManToo said:

Cannabis works much better .... so a friend tells me.

 

i'm an online undercover narcotics special agent ....  

 

friend, huh????   OK, so you say you have a friend.

 

very suspicious.   

 

3 hours ago, Mister Fixit said:

Yes, and I can also stop buying it.  

 

That's exactly what everyone should do.