Sang Thip & Mekhong Whiskey
Created | Updated Apr 13, 2002
Mass produced Thai whiskey, illegal in virtually every other country in the world. Very few things can be compared to a serious binge on Sang Thip. Impossible to drink with anything but Coke, when it is purchased in a bar in Thailand you buy it by the quarter bottle. Needless to say that it is rumoured to contain halucinogenic chemicals. Certainly once intoxicated, the drinker can reasonably expect a long period of black out that is directly proportional to the amount of quarter bottles consumed. The drinker can also reasonably expect to be told of his or her extrodinary exploits during these periods of blackouts by other, less inebriated individuals. The recounting of such shameful tales is normally concurrent with much laughter, and/or a Thai tourist police incident form, if not a nights free accomodation at the Thai police's convienience. Reported incidents include: running around outside a hotel four stories up on a two foot wide ledge, sudden and inexplicable bar fights with Thai Lady-boys (renowned for their muy-thai or kickboxing abilities) and awakening from black out on board a premature flight home. Sang Thip is, needless to say the bane of most hard working Thai hotelier's lives and ironically the main staple of Bar owners' revenues.
Mekhong (named after the river that flows through Cambodia and Vietnam) is another brand of Thai whiskey with almost exactly the same properties as Sang Thip. It has one notable difference, however. If you upend a bottle of Mekhong in a glass of water in such a way that the pressure of the water does not allow the wiskey to escape the bottle, a clear liquid will be seen to dribble into the water. This is Glycerine, which artificially boosts the alcohol content and if consumed in large quantities can cause blindness.
Happy drinking...
Mekhong (named after the river that flows through Cambodia and Vietnam) is another brand of Thai whiskey with almost exactly the same properties as Sang Thip. It has one notable difference, however. If you upend a bottle of Mekhong in a glass of water in such a way that the pressure of the water does not allow the wiskey to escape the bottle, a clear liquid will be seen to dribble into the water. This is Glycerine, which artificially boosts the alcohol content and if consumed in large quantities can cause blindness.
Happy drinking...
