6 hours ago, webfact said:

people should be free to do so, though they must be restricted from selling the liquor. 

Oh really!!

During my time living among the mountains of Lanna in the North, most local villages had illicit stills and the resulting Lao Khao was sold to the locals, especially at festivals. If my memory is correct, it cost 20 baht per litre!!

Stock photo of "local" distillery:-

 

Moonshine ?

 

I'll stick to CBD now thanks.

Find a good brand and its like a couple of drinks with no hangover.

The law hasn't been changed yet has it? Until it's changed it remains illegal to make your own alcohol in Thailand.  Surely he isn't telling people it's ok to break the law?

3 minutes ago, fvw53 said:

Not many people may know why Islam follows the food rules of Judaism except for alcohol :  the Jews were drinking mostly wine but the Arab were also drinking badly distilled moonshine (methyl alcohol) which is poisonous and can cause death or blindness.

Quran 2:219 “They ask you concerning alcoholic drinks and games of chance. Say: in them are harm and goods for men, but their harms exceeds their good effects.”
Quran 4:43 “Do not approach prayers while you are drunk.”
Quran 5:90 “O you who believe! Intoxications and gambling, (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handwork: so avoid it that you may prosper.”

You just can't beat following a set of rules from 1500 years ago.

2 hours ago, wombat said:

or goes blind from the ethanol not being taken off like happens in Bali with Arak made from the fermented sap of coconut flowers or sugarcane

Do you mean methanol?

I think you do.

Middle of the sticks then fine, in a housing estate its a time bomb waiting to happen

5 minutes ago, freedomnow said:

Moonshine ?

 

I'll stick to CBD now thanks.

Find a good brand and its like a couple of drinks with no hangover.

CBD? Really?

You're the first person I've ever heard say they catch a buzz from it.

More power to you.

6 hours ago, khunjeff said:

Let's see how long it takes before the first person is arrested after believing his words.

Its like..

Would you buy a used car from this man!!

6 hours ago, mania said:

White Lightning has been around for years in the villages.

Made from rice

 

When the locals drink it they sweat a lot & get thoroughly smashed

And almost always of better quality then what passes for the commercial <deleted>. 

Been produced locally for ages - illegal or not. 

Within most circles it's the preferred elixir. The perfect conduit for Ya Dong.

5 hours ago, mick220675 said:

I have been making fruit wines for years, 2 years ago I made the jump to beer. Every thing required is available on lazada, including a good choice of hops. It's a very enjoyable hobby.

my old man used to brew his own. my earliest memories are of me sitting and watching him brew up the hops and so forth. Even now, i remember the smell of fermenting beer. think i may give it a go myself.

5 hours ago, mick220675 said:

I have been making fruit wines for years, 2 years ago I made the jump to beer. Every thing required is available on lazada, including a good choice of hops. It's a very enjoyable hobby.

im still on the fruit wines ..beers to cheap here for all the hassles..but if its a hobby different thing   Bottoms up .Whoops sounds a bit like soi 7 eh

1 minute ago, Harveyboy said:

   Bottoms up .Whoops sounds a bit like soi 7 eh

Missing it.....????

7 hours ago, webfact said:

people should be free to do so, though they must be restricted from selling the liquor

This is another no-sense

4 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

Lets see how long it takes before someone goes blind or dies from drinking bad home made alcohol!?

Fermenting to make wine or beer, you cant really go wrong, its only when you start distilling alcohol that things can go wrong if you dont know what your doing!

The "fine print" being that there is no "fine print" therefore expect to be tossed into jail unless you supply brown envelopes.

Heck, all I want is a decent brew with taste (a nice red) that isn't monopoly concocted panther-pee.

7 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Beer fine...... but if they start to distill there'll be dead bodies all over the place.

Will B Bad

Everybody is focussing on the home brewing aspect but unless I have this wrong I thought the main point of this bill was to allow small "craft beer" or similar producers to legally produce their product commercially in relevant quantities and not be restricted by the current regulations? 

 

Unfortunately, as expected, that possibility has been well and truly kicked into touch........

8 hours ago, mania said:

Yeah but making stills/moonshine is as old a profession as prostitution.....They have had centuries of practice but yes...undistilled or more like swipe/fermentation style brews can be a recipe for problems

Methanol in only fermentated alcohol (wine/beer) will never be a problem because it's not high enough for cause health problems. But if someone destillate the fermentated alcohol and don't take away the first glas it will be dangerous for the health.

3 hours ago, RocketDog said:

CBD? Really?

You're the first person I've ever heard say they catch a buzz from it.

More power to you.

I definitely do with right brand....like feeling of a couple of beers

for about 2 hours.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

important that standards in the production of alcohol must be met. 

so basically you need a commercial setup
but cannot sell any.......

sounds like they are about to clamp down on all the small operations that do not meet the standard.

9 hours ago, mania said:

White Lightning has been around for years in the villages.

Made from rice

 

When the locals drink it they sweat a lot & get thoroughly smashed

Not the White Lightning I used to know then?    Same effect though!

3 hours ago, Harveyboy said:

   Bottoms up .Whoops sounds a bit like soi 7 eh

Missing it.....????

10 hours ago, webfact said:

And it was not to be a free for all. It was important that standards in the production of alcohol must be met. 

Is step 1 getting a license that's only available to selected families?

Friend of my father filled a cherry liqueur bottle with anti-freeze (no idea why) and left it in the boot of his car.

 

Some weeks later he took his car in for a service and four of the mechanics shared out the 'cherry liqueur' between them................two of them died.

10 hours ago, mania said:

White Lightning has been around for years in the villages.

Made from rice

 

When the locals drink it they sweat a lot & get thoroughly smashed

Lao Khao you could buy on the streets most anywhere usually from a trolley bar. It was served in shot glasses for 5 baht a pop. Not seen any for a while though, last time was under the bridge at the Petchaburi end of Thong Law and another in a similar position at the Sukhumvit end of Ekamai in 2015.

Mekhong or Sang Thip were the brands, one I think is where Thai Bev made its money.

 

 

How is this even news worthy? There are already laws in place for the non-commercial production of alcohol. I think the issue was the COMMERCIAL production of alcohol for small craft breweries. They cannot meet the huge minimum costs for production.

Prayuth Chan-ocha, the prime minister, said people should be free to do so, though they must be restricted from selling the liquor. 

 

This is about the dumbest and the most tone deaf thing this man has ever said and done. The entire issue was about craft beer and micro brewing. All he did here was both gloss over the issue, and decide to continue to protect his cronies, to the detriment of the nation, and the dynamic young folks who want to start micro breweries and help kick start an economy that Prayuth personally decimated. 

 

Dumb and dumber. When will the stupidity end? 

 

10 hours ago, mania said:

When the locals drink it they sweat a lot & get thoroughly smashed

Good times with the sweaty locals.