Hello, for my upcoming Thai vacation which bottles should I get for the accommodation (not in the bar). Could you recommend

• local Thai dark rum (not white rum) – relatively not sweet, but with character and flavours

• local Thai whiskey – not smokey, not firy, rather smooth but with character and flavours

• shops to get them:  first choice Jomtien, 2nd Pattaya, 3rd Bkk Sukhumvit/Asok or even online from within TH (aware Google Maps points out liquor stores)?

0,7 liters of rum/whiskey are enough, and I will consume the drinks inside Thailand, no plan to bring out. 1000 THB are ok for a good local 0,7l bottle. I want to sip those drinks pure, slowly, at room temperature without ice, not in mixed drinks

About rums: Again, not a "sweet cloud", some internat. rums i like include Copalli Barrel Rested, HSE Black Sheriff Rhum Vieux Agricole, Dictador 20 anos Solera Colombian ????, Don Pancho Origines Reserva 8 years, Havana Club Anejo 7 years. The famous Brugal is way too sweet for me, also some other Havana Clubs. Some Thai rums I saw online:

• Phraya Deep Matured Gold Rum – "the rum smells like Coconut, Vanilla and Woody, and on the palate there is Caramel, Vanilla and Fruity"; 7-12 yo – bad reviews here – here good Forbes.com review

• Phraya Elements Rum – (Malays. shop site)

• Sangsom Special Rum – from rice? "not recomm. to drink pure"
• Mekhong – "with traces of rice"

• Cane Island Thailand 5 years (from Pathum Thani province) (in web shop)

About whiskey: not smokey, not firey, rather smooth but with character and flavours. Could pay THB 1000 for a good local bottle. Some internat. whiskeys i enjoy in the west include Auchentoshan 12yo, Kilkerran Glengyle 12yo, Highland Park 12yo. Not looking for Jack Daniels, Johnny Walker etc.

Your recommendations for liquors + sources? Thanks!

PS. If you happened to know that a certain Thai shop stocks one of the internat. brands mentioned above, it'd be nice to know also. If there is a chance to taste the Thai liquors in stores or bars or to buy tiny tasting bottles, that'd be interesting as well.

Lotus's Supermarket. 

They are all not even close to any Western or even the excellent Japanese brands.

 

But they are cheap enough to try your own taste-tests on arrival, although there is no inbound duty-free shops in Thailand. Give the opened unwanted bottles as gifts to your residence security, garden, cleaners, and demimondaines, they will be gratefully accepted in every instance. 

Chok Dee Krub!

Thanks Chalawaan, good advice!