Bluecat Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 When I drink, I drink beer. Preferably German beer in some of the Bangkok micro-breweries. They are good and do not make you sick. If no other choices, beer in bottles, whatever beer but I still prefer Kirin beer. I avoid cans, especially cans with local beers. The reason being that they add a lot of chemicals to keep the beer drinkable for a longer time in hot climates (believe me, I had quite a long discussion with the chief brewer of some local beers,...). I have to say it is probably the same for many other cans or even bottle beers but I feel it less. It is maybe just me but anyway, anything brewed on the place you drink it (micro-breweries) beats anything else in my books,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joinme2leave Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 thx tutsi! "unfortunately" having direct flight VIE-BKK. 1 bttle (0,7 ltr) JD is EUR 17,-- if bought here in austria. Do you know average price, lets say in Bkk 7/11, Tesco or similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 joinme...re: local prices for jack daniels, I couldn't say off hand but prices for premium vodkas like smirnoff and absolut are in the 600-700 baht range for 0.75 ltr at tesco, foodland, etc. JD is more of a specialty drink and is bound to be more expensive still. By the way you pass through a duty free shop area when you disembark from your flight in BKK where you can pick up a few bottles before you go through immigration. Prices are nowhere near as good as Dubai or Bahrain but cheaper than on the street in BKK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et33.com Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 try the local supermart... i think the prices are okay there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francois Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 ... alcohol is not good for your health RIGHT! I prefer a nice milk-shake, or any fruit juice and drinking beer when it's getting hot makes you forget to drink water which your body needs in quantity! alright, beer content is made out of a lot of water, but the alcohol in it almost stop the rehidratation process ... but it's up to you, it's your health read carefuly what ajan say, nothing to do with an anti alcohol campaign, just facts! francois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 From what i've seen I would say that other than beer the favorite drink here is definately Whiskey......... It's very very cheap too ! Begin at 160bt for a large bottle of master blend and then go up to the Malt at about 1500bt . In between are at my last count in tesco about 25 different whiskies I have never heard of ...... hmm Also of course are the local lao cao brews from up country. Very very cheap but likely to do the liver quite a bit of damage in the long run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 englishoak...anyone that labels Master Blend or any of the locally produced poison whiskey when they should know better blasphemes and should be burnt at the stake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecat Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 englishoak...anyone that labels Master Blend or any of the locally produced poison whiskey when they should know better blasphemes and should be burnt at the stake... Have you ever been to Singapore? Same principle, they take a normal Mercedes car, call it a Masterpiece (written on the car,...) and sell it X % higher price. People LOVE it,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 bluecat...last time I was in Singapore I didn't see any private autos on the road, only taxis...bizarre place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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