Top 10 Liquors, Spirits

[kayo]

so, following on rapidly from the top ten beers thread, now it´s time to get down and dirty...

name your top 10 liquors or spirits...

mine are, from favorite to slightly less favorite...

1. Talisker (whisky) Scotland

2. Zacapa (dark rum) = "the best in the world" Guatemala

3. Flor de Cana (Dark rum) Nicaragua

4. Balvenie (whisky) Scotland

5. Kanwinsky (multi national closet drink) Kanchanaburi (trust me, you´ll get drunk just chatting with him....

6. Botran Anejo (dark rum) Guatemala

7. Bailey´s (Ireland)

8. What´s that famous Irish whisky again

9. Tequila Herradura Reposado Oro (Mexico)

10. and when all else fails... Sangsom

All of the above preferably drunk straight up.

[Merlin]

geez I don't think I can name 10, let's see how far I get...

1. Jack Daniels

2. Jim Beam

3. Wild Turkey

or in Thailand it's more often scotch is more easily available:

4. Johnnie Walker black

5. Chivas

hmmmm - half way:

oh well,

6. Mehkong

All of the above "on-da-rok"

[joinme2leave]

1) JD

2) JD

3) Saengsom (out of money for the moment)

4) JD

5) JD

6) Saen

som (out of money again...<deleted>)

7) JD

8) JD (happily my mom sent some money)

9) JD

10) Saengsom (sent money was stolen by thai postal services..<deleted> again)

[SeaVisionBurma]

Canadian Club

Ballantines

Laphroiag

Stolichnaya vodka

Bombay Sapphire Gin

Bacardi & Cointreau (if in a blender with ice and freshly slice mango, mmmmmmm)

any cheap port or sherry in a 3 litre flagon (does that count?)

Glayva

Baileys in my milkshakes or banana smoothies

(I think the Irish whisky would be Jameson's, but as I recall it is sh!te)

[carlthailand]

1/. Absinthe It certainly makes the heart grow fonder.

2/. Apple Schnapps

3/. Wild Turkey

4/. Jim Beam Black

5/. Jim Beam White Label

6/. Johnnie Black

7/. Stoli

8/. Bombay Sapphire Gin

9/. Bacardi 151

10/. Bacardi Limon

So many others.

I suppose the wine list will be up next. That will be an interesting one. LOL

Carl

[DJ Pat]

1. Turpentine

2. White spirit

3. Meths

4. Hammerite thinners

5. Spirits of salts

6. Surgical spirit

7. Isotopurol Alcohol

8. Absinthe

9. jack Daniels

10. Sang som

[smacko]

Jim Beam's my man

[kayo]

1. Turpentine

2. White spirit

3. Meths

4. Hammerite thinners

5. Spirits of salts

6. Surgical spirit

7. Isotopurol Alcohol

8. Absinthe

9. jack Daniels

10. Sang som

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Holy Sh&$!!! Have you a death wish??

[Totster]

1) Lao Kao dainrg

2) Lao Kao

3) Sangsom

4) Mehkong

5) Club 66 (I think)

6) Regency

Can't remember the others.... nothing over bt150 though...

totster

[Popeyethesailorman]

Call me sick but there's only two I like.

Jamesons 12 Y.O and Black Bush.

[Totster]

Call me sick but there's only two I like.

Jamesons 12 Y.O and Black Bush.

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Not sick... you obviously appreciate a good taste.... now me, well I'm no connoisseur, so anything will do.... as long as the job gets done...

totster

[kayo]

Canadian Club

Ballantines

Laphroiag

Stolichnaya vodka

Bombay Sapphire Gin

Bacardi & Cointreau (if in a blender with ice and freshly slice mango, mmmmmmm)

any cheap port or sherry in a 3 litre flagon (does that count?)

Glayva

Baileys in my milkshakes or banana smoothies

(I think the Irish whisky would be Jameson's, but as I recall it is sh!te)

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Yeah, it was Jameson´s.

Certainly no single malt Scottish , but in absense of the former, it´ll do.

Erm... What´s Glayva?

[Totster]

1) Lao Kao dainrg

2) Lao Kao

3) Sangsom

4) Mehkong

5) Club 66 (I think)

6) Regency

Can't remember the others.... nothing over bt150 though... 

totster   

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Forgot Crown

totster

[daleyboy]

1. Absynthe

2. Petrol

3. Papas home made rice whisky mmmm tastes like a cross between paint stripper and diesel.

4. Scrumpy cider ( i know you said spirits but the stuff i buy is the same alcohol content)

After that lot i am blind and have no taste buds so anything

[kayo]

Is there anything you want to get off your chest, mate?

[daleyboy]

Is there anything you want to get off your chest, mate?

Ahh the old scrumpy cider what can i say the most violence inducing alcohol best avoided

[Totster]

Is there anything you want to get off your chest, mate?

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Ahh the old scrumpy cider what can i say the most violence inducing alcohol best avoided

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And it'll put hairs on yer chest...

totster

[patsfangr]

so, following on rapidly from the top ten beers thread, now it´s time to get down and dirty...

name your top 10 liquors or spirits...

mine are, from favorite to slightly less favorite...

1. Talisker (whisky) Scotland

2. Zacapa (dark rum) = "the best in the world" Guatemala

3. Flor de Cana (Dark rum) Nicaragua

4. Balvenie (whisky) Scotland

5. Kanwinsky (multi national closet drink) Kanchanaburi (trust me, you´ll get drunk just chatting with him....    

6. Botran Anejo (dark rum) Guatemala

7. Bailey´s (Ireland)

8. What´s that famous Irish whisky again

9. Tequila Herradura Reposado Oro (Mexico)

10. and when all else fails... Sangsom

All of the above preferably drunk straight up.

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Yes, I know. This is an old and dying thread. But, since it's a subject near and dear to my liver ... errr ... heart, and also leads into a question I was thinking about asking you guys, here's my list:

1. The Glenlivet (whisky) Scotland

2. Jack Daniels (bourbon) Kentucky, USA

3. Absolut (vodka) Sweden

4. Glenfiddish (whisky) Scotland

5. Jim Beam (bourbon) USA

6. Chivas Regal (whisky) Scotland

7. Stolichnaya (vodka) Russia

8. Glenmorangie (whisky) Scotland

9. Balvenie (whisky) Scotland

10. Ketel One (vodka) Netherlands

OK, so I have a strong preference to bourbon, scotch, and vodka as my liquors of choice. So be it.

Now to my question. I know that liquor takes a heavy duty fee hit in Thailand. What's the average cost for a bottle of, for example, one of my top 3? And, as a follow on, what's the limit on the amount one can carry in from a duty free shop?

George

[tutsiwarrior]

any 80 proof vodka in LOS under 300 baht per 75 cl

Sang Som (in a pinch...tastes terrible) with Sprite

I endorse Flor de Cana white rum as the best available anywhere (especially when mixed with jugo de melocoton - starfish fruit juice)

Capel pisco (Chile) also good with Sprite...pisco with a soft drink mixer in Chile is called a pisscola...

Famous Grouse when in Scotland...straight up with a heavy chaser (half and half...1/4 gill)

potcheen (I forget the celtic spelling) in Ireland, otherwise Tullimore Dew

useta like JD but no longer...the world is a bigger place now...

[TokyoT]

Southern Comfort or any vodka I can get my hands on.

When I was in the States I use to make regular trips out of state to pick up some Everclear – but have not been able to find suitable alternative in Asia.

[patsfangr]

Southern Comfort or any vodka I can get my hands on. 

When I was in the States I use to make regular trips out of state to pick up some Everclear – but have not been able to find suitable alternative in Asia. 

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ARRGGHHH! Southern Comfort? Cripes, TT, that stuff is so sickly sweet it will give you diabetes before you get half a bag on!

Drink like a MAN, man!

[TokyoT]

Southern Comfort or any vodka I can get my hands on. 

When I was in the States I use to make regular trips out of state to pick up some Everclear – but have not been able to find suitable alternative in Asia.  

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ARRGGHHH! Southern Comfort? Cripes, TT, that stuff is so sickly sweet it will give you diabetes before you get half a bag on!

Drink like a MAN, man!

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I knew I would get some sh*t about SC. What can I say - I like the stuff.

And believe me you really have to like the stuff to get it in Thailand. Practically have to climb behind the bar and pour it your self. They typically just call if comfort – with the Thai accent is comes out a bit strange kind of like “cumfurt”. Half the time when I order it I get the impression they think I am asking if they can give me some special kind of “comfort” - if ya know what I mean.

[tung tsz]

Call me sick but there's only two I like.

Jamesons 12 Y.O and Black Bush.

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Not sick... you obviously appreciate a good taste.... now me, well I'm no connoisseur, so anything will do.... as long as the job gets done...

totster

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Popeyethesailorman

Can you actually get Black Bush in Thailand ?

tung tsz

[joinme2leave]

Now to my question. I know that liquor takes a heavy duty fee hit in Thailand. What's the average cost for a bottle of, for example, one of my top 3? And, as a follow on, what's the limit on the amount one can carry in from a duty free shop?

as about your #2 - Jack Daniel's (btw, not at all bourbon) - best price ever I got in Bkk was Bht 899,00 some time earlier this year.

Anytime I come back Los my handluggage is fully packed with duty free JD (so to say, at least 4 bottles/1 litre each) .... nuff said ?

[samsrex]

any recommendations on what stores in bangkok to buy these fine liquors to mix at home? thanks.

[Voo Doo]

so, following on rapidly from the top ten beers thread, now it´s time to get down and dirty...

name your top 10 liquors or spirits...

mine are, from favorite to slightly less favorite...

1. Talisker (whisky) Scotland

2. Zacapa (dark rum) = "the best in the world" Guatemala

3. Flor de Cana (Dark rum) Nicaragua

4. Balvenie (whisky) Scotland

5. Kanwinsky (multi national closet drink) Kanchanaburi (trust me, you´ll get drunk just chatting with him....    

6. Botran Anejo (dark rum) Guatemala

7. Bailey´s (Ireland)

8. What´s that famous Irish whisky again

9. Tequila Herradura Reposado Oro (Mexico)

10. and when all else fails... Sangsom

All of the above preferably drunk straight up.

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1. Zubrowka , made in Poland

2. Swing

3. Jim Beam

4 -10 whatever