Its not just the high end booze that's fake, 7-8 yrs ago I bought a bottle of 100 Pipers from the Family Mart next to the JJ markets. That evening we were staying at a friends place in Bkk as friends of the family. My friend who was at the time 2 IC in the Tourist Police, and his brother who was the Dean of the University of Law in BKK had a drink. My friend drank only a couple of shots and went to bed, however his brother and I finished off the bottle. I was quite sick the next day trying to do some last minute shopping in the new (at the time) Siam Square Mall. So new it was they had not installed the garbage bins there yet and I was having difficulty finding places to throw up. However I survived, but my friends brother ended up in hospital for several days. Needless to say my friend was soon to ask me where I bought the whisky from and he had the place raided. Things don't seem to have changed much since.

The raid was timed to perfection.

Just before the holidays,,,,,,, saves us buying it

They have 'fake' versions in the US. They just have to use the name "Just like' with the brand. So these guys should call their stuff 'Just like Johnny Walker'.

They also have moonshine in the US, 150 us$ for a gallon of almost 4 litre.

How much does a litre of Jack Daniels cost in the US? I bet much less then moonshine so why do they like to drink that stuff? It even costs more as Jack D.

Funny thing no one is questioning, why there is apparently such a big business for smuggled orginal alcohol (83,5% were authentic alcohol).

Lower the import duties and the government would get extra revenue and people wouldn't risk their health (apart from drinking too much).

Maybe this is why alcohol in BKK always gives me headaches. I never have that in Europe.

Did you fall asleep during maths lessons?

Something like 16% fake.... On bottles averaging 1800 baht each.... Blurry expensive (fakes)

I heard several years ago that there is more Johnny Walker Black sold in Thailand than Johnny Walker produces.

It happens here in Ireland too fake vodka fake people fake government fake fake fake

Almost certain I bought fake Kahlua on the Nong Khai border, so I decided to make my own but Thailand only sells fake vanilla essence lol

Old boxes, Somchai working the labels. Bottoms up!

God, this is very old 'news'. I'd seen a program on Thai tv 15 years ago showing them actually making the stuff. And haha, the pic in the OP, is that 100 Pipers? What an earth does the 'real stuff' taste like? Can't possibly worse than the copy can it?

Funny thing no one is questioning, why there is apparently such a big business for smuggled orginal alcohol (83,5% were authentic alcohol).

Lower the import duties and the government would get extra revenue and people wouldn't risk their health (apart from drinking too much).

From the aforementioned doc. The fake liquor business here is of the multi billion baht variety and owned by ..

Almost certain I bought fake Kahlua on the Nong Khai border, so I decided to make my own but Thailand only sells fake vanilla essence lol

You can buy real vanilla pods here. I have, and used them to make my own Kahlua.

Maybe this is why alcohol in BKK always gives me headaches. I never have that in Europe.

Thai beer is crap IMO........I switched to Heinekin a while back.....but now I've just viewed a video of a fake Heinekin factory!.......

Heineken is Thai beer, made in Thailand, even though it's supposed to be brewed under supervision.

After seeing the folks filling the small bottles by hand, I'm sure Heineken in Holland will be interested,.

If they know he has been smuggling liquor for over 30 years, what took them so long? Had he failed handing over the envelope?

Maybe it's new in Thailand..

It was like that in 1990/91 in Hanoi , Vietnam;

all fake alcool coming by full trains from China ..

About me, it's not a problem, I don't drink alcool, no bier, no whisk(e)y, nothing like that;

( and I don't smoke also ) but ;

My purse and my health say everyday : thank u ATX

Well, bully for you !

Do you go out with bad women ?

so in others words, you thought you were drinking black label when in fact it was only 100 pipers... it must be a shock for the hiso wanabee.

In the last few weeks we did have the fake levis, fake orange juice, fake shampoo. Lets not forget the fake paracetamol( few years ago). Is there anything real here?

The fakes are 100% real

Damn, can't trust anything here. I can't even guess what's in the processed grilled meat products on the street...

so in others words, you thought you were drinking black label when in fact it was only 100 pipers... it must be a shock for the hiso wanabee.

In the last few weeks we did have the fake levis, fake orange juice, fake shampoo. Lets not forget the fake paracetamol( few years ago). Is there anything real here?

Yes..... corruption and stupidity.

Maybe it's new in Thailand..

It was like that in 1990/91 in Hanoi , Vietnam;

all fake alcool coming by full trains from China ..

About me, it's not a problem, I don't drink alcool, no bier, no whisk(e)y, nothing like that;

( and I don't smoke also ) but ;

My purse and my health say everyday : thank u ATX

You big on porno------------------ gotta be something???????????????

Thai beer is crap IMO........I switched to Heinekin a while back.....

Thai beer has been crap forever apart from the relatively short lived Kloster brand. I switched to Mae Khong, and now Sang Som, decades ago.

I know of some bars that pour cheap alcohol into bottles with better labels.

And if you think Thai beer is crap, their cheap "scotches" like 100 Pipers is even worse. But when I use to go out with the younger in-laws years ago and insist on Mae Khong in the club they would pour it into an empty bottle of their crap cheap imports for appearance sake.

The only thing in Thailand that I can be sure of is that my girl never fakes it . . . .

That's not what she told us.

You dont loose your girlfreind.You miss your turn.

Perhaps his 30 years in business should come to an end!

I am not an alcohol addict or brainwashed person that needs alcohol to have fun

I feel disguested with all the fakes, specially medicine

but I also learned about all the side effects of the legal drugs, you don't need those

healthy lifestyle in stead of a pill that fix nothing but stops a natural chemical process in the body

but most people do not even bother to read the side effects or the hospitals does not give you the inlay , just strips of pills in a bag