I'm off to the UK in the next couple of weeks and was thinking of buying a few presents. Bit stuck for ideas, but sure the brother in law would appreciate a few bottles of Thai beer. Sure it would have the knock-on effect of keeping my sister happy too. So, how much (if any) am I able to take to the UK without customs problems?

Cheers

I'm off to the UK in the next couple of weeks and was thinking of buying a few presents. Bit stuck for ideas, but sure the brother in law would appreciate a few bottles of Thai beer. Sure it would have the knock-on effect of keeping my sister happy too. So, how much (if any) am I able to take to the UK without customs problems?

Cheers 

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When travelling from outside the EU to the UK you are allowed to bring in the following, provided you travel with the items and do not intend to sell them.

200 cigarettes; or 100 cigarillos; or 50 cigars; or 250 gms of tobacco

2 litres of still table wine

1 litre of spirits or strong liqueurs over 22% volume; or 2 litres of fortified wine, sparkling wine or other liqueurs

60cc/ml of perfume

250cc/ml of toilet water

£145 worth of all other goods including gifts and souvenirs

I'm off to the UK in the next couple of weeks and was thinking of buying a few presents. Bit stuck for ideas, but sure the brother in law would appreciate a few bottles of Thai beer.

Ha Ha, you can't like him much then !

take him some Lao Kao and fried bugs...

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I'm off to the UK in the next couple of weeks and was thinking of buying a few presents. Bit stuck for ideas, but sure the brother in law would appreciate a few bottles of Thai beer. Sure it would have the knock-on effect of keeping my sister happy too. So, how much (if any) am I able to take to the UK without customs problems?

Cheers 

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When travelling from outside the EU to the UK you are allowed to bring in the following, provided you travel with the items and do not intend to sell them.

200 cigarettes; or 100 cigarillos; or 50 cigars; or 250 gms of tobacco

2 litres of still table wine

1 litre of spirits or strong liqueurs over 22% volume; or 2 litres of fortified wine, sparkling wine or other liqueurs

60cc/ml of perfume

250cc/ml of toilet water

£145 worth of all other goods including gifts and souvenirs

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Sorry, I forgot to add that Beer is included in the £145 worth of other goods,

So you can bring as much as you'd like to carry, I think.

You are allowed 110 Litres if arriving from EU.

Hmm can buy most thai lager in UK - seen chang/singha/leo. Get him a bottle of mekong!!!

Hmm can buy most thai lager in UK - seen chang/singha/leo. Get him a bottle of mekong!!! 

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Oh... i havne't seen Leo yet... i'll have to have a scout around..

totster

Ah, you can buy Chang in the UK but it's the watered-down export version - rawang!

Ah, you can buy Chang in the UK but it's the watered-down export version - rawang!

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I used to sell Chang,Singha and Bangkok Beer ( Amarin), and beleive me it is not watered down. I think all three ran out at 6.5%, not exactly sure of the figures but I know it was a tad stronger than over here. Chang might have been 6.8. To buy it in the big Supermarkets ie Win Yip,See Woo etc, its about 90p a bottle. Waitrose sell Singha for around 1.40/1.50. The only UK dealer for Chang is Rumrang of Reading( or that area) You can always call Secrets Farm in Reading where the Thai festival is cause they're the same crowd.

its all about the sangsom in the bathroom stall at the airport

It doesn't really matter what brand of beer you buy for your UK brother in law, as it will taste bloody awful if you serve it at the usual UK beer temperature...which is luke warm.

When will you people learn to lower the temperature of your refrigeration?

When beer tastes so good as most English beer DOES, you don't have to freeze it. It's only the cr@p from everywhere else that has to be chilled to hide the lousy taste!!

I would recommend cans rather than bottles.

I don´t know what happened to my luggage, but after 18 months my suitcase stills smells like "Gaultier Male".

In the Netherlands you can buy every brand from almost every country.

Why do difficult with bottles when you can buy them for a little more money.

Okay guys, many thanks for the advice. I hadn't realised that most Thai beers are (probably) so readily available in the UK. In reply to the poster who suggested "Ha Ha, you can't like him much then!" well all I can say is that you have never tried my brother-in-law's home brew. Anything has to be an improvement on that stuff!

When travelling from outside the EU to the UK you are allowed to bring in the following, provided you travel with the items and do not intend to sell them.

200 cigarettes; or 100 cigarillos; or 50 cigars; or 250 gms of tobacco

2 litres of still table wine

1 litre of spirits or strong liqueurs over 22% volume; or 2 litres of fortified wine, sparkling wine or other liqueurs

60cc/ml of perfume

250cc/ml of toilet water

£145 worth of all other goods including gifts and souvenirs

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Thank you for the informative post.

I hadn't realised that most Thai beers are (probably) so readily available in the UK.

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You'd still probably have to go out of your way to find it. I never saw any Thai beer in the local offy in London. But you'll probably find it in an Asian supermarket. Depends where you are. I heard Chang's on tap in some Liverpool pubs.

I hadn't realised that most Thai beers are (probably) so readily available in the UK.

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You'd still probably have to go out of your way to find it. I never saw any Thai beer in the local offy in London. But you'll probably find it in an Asian supermarket. Depends where you are. I heard Chang's on tap in some Liverpool pubs.

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if yu say the same crowd that does the thai festival do beer chang then why did they not have any at the festival. it was all singha: i hate the stuff!