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Dougal

I saw a bottle a couple of years ago in the duty free at Heathrow for something like 30,000 pounds (2 million Baht). Obviously not your run of the mill supermarket stuff. I can't even imagine being so rich that I would spend that sort of money on a bottle of booze.

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colourful-era

Do you remember the make?


Had a look in Tops today - Johnnie Walker Blue Label - 7,000B

Gold Label (matured 18 years)- 2000B and Green Label (15 years)1600B .

Black Label (12 years) - 900B. - these aren't all single malts though.

Well , I'm on the Red label at the moment but next pay day I'll try and get some single malt.

The 100Pipers Malt (blended malt) was about 550B and matured for 8 years so it could be worth a try.

Torbek

Agreed.

Don't drink much whisky but always have a bottle of Jamesons hanging around. I think at under 600 baht it is certainly the best value. After that, Glenfiddich is still comparatively cheap here.

And for the pedants, yes I know. Jamesons is actually a whiskey.

mrsquirrel

Remember the older the whisky doesn't mean that it is better.

It is just the choice of the distillery. Some whiskys are best bottled at 12 years some at 15.

Just because its old doesn't mean it's good.

colourful-era

yey, something to do with the alcohol content or something- apparently whiskey loses 1% strength each year through the oak casks so maybe some is aged longer to get the right strength.

not sure what they do if it's too strong though - add water? , doubt it.

I guess that's where the blending comes into play.

Ken May

The new Piper's whisky is aged 8 years, so it is supposed to be mellowed from the generic swill that is younger. Why bother? For that matter why bother with the Johny Walker blends either? It is worth spending a few extra bahet a single malt with some age on it - and at leasy a hint of smokey peat flavour.

Fabian

You have to take into account that I am german. (Hehe, that's a nice excuse for a lot of defects.)

colourful-era

I agree with you Ken May - I'll hunt around for some single malt stuff.....they don't seem to do it in Tops but not too surprised there.

What's the Kloster beer like, is it better or worse than Heinekin?

Fabian

colourful-era, Kloster beer is probably is the worst I ever had in Thailand.

Dougal

I had to do a Google and came up with this. What I saw might well have been one of the same batch, I do recall that it was a run of only a few bottles.

http://www.thedalmore.com/auction/sold.htm

mrsquirrel

Cask strength is around 50% or so but when bottled they add a little water to lower it down to 40% or so

mrsquirrel

remember whisky doesn't age once bottled like wines do

colourful-era

I checked the web link Dougal -wonder what the stuff tastes like....

which do you think the buyer drinks it with, Pepsi or Coke?

colourful-era

Ok, I'll avoid it then as most of the beers here are foul.

Is Klosters drunk much in Germany?

Dougal

I personally much prefer Kloster to Singha which tastes like embalming fluid (according to my cousin who used to work for an undertaker).

What happened to Amarit?

I heard that San Miguel was opening a brewery in Thailand, is it up and running yet?

mrsquirrel

You can get Grolsh at Carre Fourre - not bad but 99 a bottle.

colourful-era

Dougal -

yes, I beleive you can get cans of San Miguel now...not tried it though but I'm told it's good. (35B for small can)

Fabian

I have never seen it here but maybe it is just a local beer. If I remember correctly Singha bought a german brewery which is brewing Singha beer for the european market.
In fact, the only time I have drunk a Kloster was in Thailand and I decided to never make this mistake again.

dirtydog

I also made the same mistake, foking awful stuff, I think it is a bit like the Aussies and Fosters, I mean no Aussies drink Fosters so they palm that shite on us lot.....

Marmite the Dog

Kloster is a Thai brand, now owned and manufactured by Singha.

San Miguel make Blue Ice and Red Horse, both of which are shite. Sadly, the Flippa San Miguel is not available here, as it is not bad.

As for whiskys - I only drink that Welsh bourbon, which is now made in the US (Jack Daniels), as I can't stand scotch. Wild Turkey is rather nice too.

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