Buying the bottle in Pattaya

[billy2bs]

Buying the bottle to bring to the bar I understand is acceptable. So i will ask the following. What liquor would be appreciated by the boys/staff..rum, scotch.whiskey? Im not to be drinking it so it makes no difference to me. If the whole bottle were to be used up what would it cost me about for mixers etc. i know there is a cost to open the bottle itself too.
I am trying to determine what it would cost vs having a few drinks. Would seem that enjoyment for a whole bunch would be more entertaining and engaging than juts the regular chit chat that a single would have.
Oh yes..and how about the tipping not so much for the "boys" but for the staff for their part.

Thanks guys...Oh ya how much does the bottle of xxxx cost these days in Pattaya at the liquor store?

[frequentflier]

Buying the bottle to bring to the bar I understand is acceptable.
I have never seen anyone bring a bottle into a bar...

Look at it this way.
You buy a bottle of 100 Pipers in a bar that is reasonable. 1400 - upwards.
You buy a bottle at 7 - 11 100 Pipers and it is 500 baht. Bring it to the bar and open it. 400 - 500 corkage fee. Now we have 900 baht - 1,000. Mixers. Coca cola, ice, soda water etc 500 - 800 baht. Now we are at 1,500 - 1800.
Bottle with mixers in a bar from the bar was 1,400 to 1,900
Do the math. Same same.

[jinks]

So i will ask the following. What liquor would be appreciated by the boys/staff..rum, scotch.whiskey?

Easy answer, they will drink almost everything.

2 utterly pedantic points:

1. There is no such product as Scotch Whiskey.

2. "Adding up" is not MATH, it's not even MATHS, not even MATHEMATICS - it is ARITHMETIC.

So there!!

:tongue3:

[jinks]

Now now, keep your wig on.

There is a "stop" between scotch and wiskey it shold have been a comma.

Therefore scotch from Scotland and The whiskey from Ireland, we all knew that.

Well SG, where I come from which is the place you say destroyed your loverly English language, we say all the time...."so you go do the math" or something very similar.

I have a question for ya. Did you understand the sentence? Obviously you did so stick the bottle of scotch whiskey up where the sun don't shine. :bootyshake:

[kjun12]

Well SG, where I come from which is the place you say destroyed your loverly English language, we say all the time...."so you go do the math" or something very similar.

I have a question for ya. Did you understand the sentence? Obviously you did so stick the bottle of scotch whiskey up where the sun don't shine. :bootyshake:

Good point. This creature thinks he is so wise and brilliant but, after all, he is nothing but a self proclaimed Scot. Not much in that. All Scots are overly proud without any reason to be so.

@ Jinks - "Therefore scotch from Scotland and The whiskey from Ireland, we all knew that".

Actually the Scottish lower class of stuff ( distilled only 2 times) is called Whisky whereas the good stuff ( the Irish which is distilled 3 times) is called Whiskey - which is why then of course that a wonderful bottle of Bushmills is just SO much better than that second rate poor relation Scottish stuff that's pimped out around the world to unsuspecting drinkers who know no better - until they taste the real stuff of course and then they never look back !! :-))))

[newalaan]

Buying the bottle to bring to the bar I understand is acceptable. I am trying to determine what it would cost vs having a few drinksWhile you won't be refused bringing in and opening your own bottle, i would say taking a bottle into a regular bar, agogo or beerbar is tolerated rather than acceptable in my opinion nowadays, and as you can see from Justme's reply the bar tends to make up any profit loss with 'corkage' anyway. It's not really the 'done thing' with regards to these kind of bars. What you should do is compare the cost of opening a bottle with free mixers at Bt1200-Bt1400 from the bar versus buying individual drinks at Bt150 in that bar, so if you plan to stay for a while and buy say, 8 or more drinks then a bottle is the way to go. Others with more experience than I may contradict me, but I think gone are the days where it was the 'norm' to take a bottle into bars and even Hollywood and the clubs, while it is still done i think most customers just get the 'house' bottle. Years ago the first thing you did before hitting the clubs was to go to the specialist 'whisky shop' beside Hollywood or whatever club you were going and buy the bottle to take in. However it is still a popular and acceptable thing to do after 2am when going round karaokes where you take an unfinished bottle from the last karaoke onto the next one.


Oh yes..and how about the tipping not so much for the "boys" but for the staff for their part.Well,in most bars the waiter who opens the bottle and serves you the first couple of drinks tends to oversee your bottle until finished or you go, I normally tip this main server Bt100 as well as offering drinks from the bottle. (If you invite boys to sit with you for fun/drink then obviously tips for them would be required too)
I have never seen anyone bring a bottle into a bar...Me neither, while i have seen many bottles bought from the bar being opened there, or even re-opened on a second or subsequent night, i can't remember seeing a customer take one in to a regular bar or agogo
What liquor would be appreciated by the boys/staff..rum, scotch.whiskey?Whisky would be the most popular by miles, 100 pipers is more than ok, or just pick the cheapest bottle-set on the menu, I wouldn't bother paying for JWalker Red or better as you are just wasting your money, nobody especially Thai boys can tell what brand of whisky they are drinking if drowned in soda, water or coke or mixture of the three.

[latintopxxx]

scottish-guy...bet you can hardly wait for scottish independance and have to move north of the border....would most definitely raise the IQ level on BOTH sides...

scottish-guy...bet you can hardly wait for scottish independance and have to move north of the border....would most definitely raise the IQ level on BOTH sides...

Tell you what, Poxy, if you could spell independence properly I'd be more inclined to pay attention to whatever inane point your trying to make!

If I moved "north of the border" I'd be in Norway.

:pottytrain2:

All Scots are overly proud without any reason to be so.

Oh dear, kunt12, I guess you got out of bed the wrong side this morning - I see you have Father O'Leary's slippers on.



Wha's Like Us - Damn Few And They're A' Deid

The average Englishman, in the home he calls his castle, slips into his national costume, a shabby raincoat, patented by chemist Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland.

En route to his office he strides along the English lane, surfaced by John Macadam of Ayr, Scotland.

He drives an English car fitted with tyres invented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn, Scotland, arrives at the station and boards a train, the forerunner of which was a steam engine, invented by James Watt of Greenock, Scotland.

He then pours himself a cup of coffee from a thermos flask, the latter invented by Dewar, a Scotsman from Kincardine-on-Forth.

At the office he receives the mail bearing adhesive stamps invented by James Chalmers of Dundee, Scotland.

During the day he uses the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, blacksmith of Dumfries, Scotland.

He watches the news on his television, an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland, and hears an item about the U.S. Navy, founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.

He has by now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation he picks up the Bible only to find that the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot, King James VI, who authorised its translation.

Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots.

He could take to drink, but the Scots make the best in the world.

He could take a rifle and end it all but the breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick of Pitfours, Scotland.

If he escapes death, he might then find himself on an operating table injected with penicillin, which was discovered by Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland, and given an anaesthetic, which was discovered by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate, Scotland.

Out of the anaesthetic, he would find no comfort in learning he was as safe as the Bank of England founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland.

Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask "WhaтАЩs Like Us".


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[christianpfc]

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Well SG, where I come from which is the place you say destroyed your loverly English language, we say all the time...."so you go do the math" or something very similar.

I have a question for ya. Did you understand the sentence? Obviously you did so stick the bottle of scotch whiskey up where the sun don't shine. :bootyshake:

prey do tell us daboss ... if this was undertaken how much would you charge for corkage.
o and scotty ... just think of what more you lot could/would have invented had anyone managed to stay sober... :alc:

[jinks]

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HEY we are not on Facebook you know :alc:

...HEY we are not on Facebook you know...

Just as well - if half the people in here showed their faces they'd be arrested for indecent exposure.

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Brithai, I have no clue! Why are you planning on stopping at 7 - 11 to pick up a bottle? Tee hee! All the boys will be quick to realize that they have a big spender on their hands when you walk in sporting that bottle. :sign5:

[billy2bs]

Ahhh, I just love how any opportunity to throw a barb out is taken by some of the posters. As was pointed out there was a punctuation between Scotch and whiskey.Unfortunately I do not pay a lot of attention to my typo errors.havig run a liquor operation I do know the differences. Usquebaugh,whiskey, as it is derived from the Scottish, simply means to me those various blends we tend to think of as house brands, Pipers for sure. And since math is my best subject I was able to compute as well as understand.
Thanks for the input, guys. I think I know how I will deal this hand. dwfinitely not anything Scotch or Scottish either.
:sign5:

Bill

[francois]

Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask "WhaтАЩs Like Us".


scottish-guy; In addition to your list, there is also the scientist and inventor, Lord Kelvin, and the great mathematician and physicist, James Clerk Maxwell.
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[frequentflier]

Look at it this way.
You buy a bottle of 100 Pipers in a bar that is reasonable. 1400 - upwards.
You buy a bottle at 7 - 11 100 Pipers and it is 500 baht. Bring it to the bar and open it. 400 - 500 corkage fee. Now we have 900 baht - 1,000. Mixers. Coca cola, ice, soda water etc 500 - 800 baht. Now we are at 1,500 - 1800.
Bottle with mixers in a bar from the bar was 1,400 to 1,900
Do the math. Same same.
Totally agree..

Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask "WhaтАЩs Like Us".


scottish-guy; In addition to your list, there is also the scientist and inventor, Lord Kelvin, and the great mathematician and physicist, James Clerk Maxwell.
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Francois - I cannot claim authorship of the list I posted - I first saw it years ago on a tea-towel!

But you're right of course, there's lots more - such as Joseph Lister (Antisepsis), John Napier (Logarithms), George Cleghorn (Quinine V Malaria) - the list goes on and on - we punch well above our weight.

Unlike the Americans we invented Golf and we like the French - the "Auld Alliance"

All of which exposes Kunt12's comment as extremely petty and ill-informed.

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[neoncrusade]

It was Irish whiskey (Paddy) that introduced me to the delights of whiskey drinking. However, I only have Irish such as Bushmills now if I want to add coke. I moved a long time ago, onwards and upwards to the myriad single malts of Scotland, still the worlds finest IMHO (although Japan makes some fine stuff, like Nikka).

"However, I only have Irish such as Bushmills now if I want to add coke"

Philistine !!

Lol ( just kidding, just whatever floats your boat I guess :-) .....but seriously.......Bushmills and Coke ....Really !! ?? Why a man could get shot in Ireland for doing less !! lol

[jcowle]

justme

I agree, same same, better to buy in bar rather having to carry around with you

JC

[jinks]

And have it waiting for your next visit :alc:

[latintopxxx]

...I dunno...this business of buying a bottle and sharing it with gogo boys and waiters...and tipping everyone in sight to thank them for drinking your whisky ...and keeping you company...and pretending to understand your jokes.... all sounds like a rent a crowd operation....something old fellas do when even the blue pill fails....just shoot me when i get to that stage..

... shoot me when i get to that stage..


Must we wait?

:occasion9:

Scottish you are a bitch! You beat me to that one! Exactly my view also but I am sure one of his boys that he uses and abuses will beat both of us to it.

[Beachlover]

@ Billy2bs... I've found whiskey is the most popular with working class Thai guys when I've gone out with a bunch of them.

Contrary to what Newalaan says, if I buy a bottle, I get Johnnie Black because I want to drink it! And I tend to have it neat or on the rocks. But I'll happily put up with Red or whatever if someone else is buying.

Anyway, can someone tell me if 2,000 baht for a 1-litre bottle of Black Label at NAB is right? Last time I bought a bottle was at NAB in Pattaya... I got a bottle of black for 2,000 baht. I recall it was only a few hundred baht more than the bottle of red so no point skimping. But what confused me was when it came out it was a big 1 litre or 1.125 litre bottle. All the bottles of red that had been served to the table prior were 700ml bottles so I assumed they would bring out a 700ml black too... maybe I got a bonus.

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@ Scottish... don't worry, this isn't the first time Khun12 has done this. He's got a knack for making sweeping and absolute assertions about a race, nationality or religion based on the stereotype he sees in the most blunt and untactful manner possible. He's done it for African-Americans, Russians (I think) and now Scottish people. Just a charmer!

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@ Latintopxxx... buying a bottle is just what you do in Thailand. I've found that either one person buys a bottle, then another person buys the next bottle and so on (like buying rounds of drinks) or everyone chips in equally for each bottle. Only difference is if there's an old guy with the group, sometimes he will be expected to buy all the bottles. Having said that, I noticed my BF and his friends who are more middle class will tend to buy individual drinks when they go out.

I get your point about the "rent a crowd" but maybe that's what these guys want?... Humans have social needs as well as sexual.

[kittyboy]

I have a couple of bars that i like in sunee plaza. Generally, once a visit I will buy a large bottle of the local wiskey and drop it off at one of the bars for the boys to drink. I enjoy the excitement and fun of watching them opening a bottle and pouring rounds. I do not stay for drinks and they do not seem to mind that it is a local wiskey (Maybe I am patting myself on the back for being such a wonderful and considerate human being..yada yada yada)

Being a cheap fuck I don't spend money for good wiskey for the boys..I take the good wiskey back to my hotel room and drink it.

[Beachlover]

I don't spend money for good wiskey for the boys..I take the good wiskey back to my hotel room and drink it.
Alone? :occasion9:

[latintopxxx]

...my boys love me...I'm sure of it...
All this talk about treating boys nice, dinner, drinks....have you maybe..just maybe...realised that the boy doesn't want to be seen in public with a farang...his owner for the night...the whole world knowing what he is...it's humiliating enough that he has to parade around on a stage trying to sell himself...on display like a piece of merchandise...but them have to endure the excruciating humiliation of being paraded around town like a new hand bag...the whole world knowing he's been bought...a consumeable!!
At least what I do is in the privacy of my room...he saves face...

[neoncrusade]

...my boys love me...I'm sure of it...
...it's humiliating enough that he has to parade around on a stage trying to sell himself....but them have to endure the excruciating humiliation of being paraded around town like a new hand bag...he saves face...

You're new found concern for Thai boys is a revelation Latinpoxx. We'll make a romantic out of you yet. Stick with it and we'll have you crying your eyes out watching Bette Davis movies in no time...

[Beachlover]

All this talk about treating boys nice, dinner, drinks....have you maybe..just maybe...realised that the boy doesn't want to be seen in public with a farang...his owner for the night...the whole world knowing what he is..... have to endure the excruciating humiliation of being paraded around town like a new hand bag...the whole world knowing he's been bought...a consumeable!!
Christ... You actually sound like you're getting off on that there. You keep going on about "humiliation" and "the whole world knowing" the boy's been "bought". One messed up mind! :kap:

As for your point about gogo boys not wanting to be paraded around town accompanying their customers to nightclubs etc... That might be the case in Bangkok but I doubt it would be a problem in Pattaya. In Pattaya, the moneyboy thing has become a lifestyle and a way of life. It's the norm rather than the exception there. The chances are, the gogo boy doesn't care about people knowing what he is because the next five tables are in the same situation!

daboss i was actually refering to you using scottys ass as a stopper .. now i think i wouldnt be the only one who sure as hell wouldnt want to drink out of that bottle again :violent1:
bty i cant stand any shorts ... (not with my legs oh er mrs) im a lager drinker only .. maybe thats why the boys dont crowd round me for a drink .. either that or its all the locks on my wallet that puts em off :dontknow:


Brithai, I have no clue! Why are you planning on stopping at 7 - 11 to pick up a bottle? Tee hee! All the boys will be quick to realize that they have a big spender on their hands when you walk in sporting that bottle. :sign5:

I am sure the boys will realize what a big spender you are when you come in sporting your own bottle from 7 - 11 !!
Ya know they miss nothing! :glasses7:

so a big bottle of chang should do the trick then ?? 4 straws of which 3 (theirs) will have knots in ...

[Neal]

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[kittyboy]

I don't spend money for good wiskey for the boys..I take the good wiskey back to my hotel room and drink it.
Alone? :occasion9:

Oh...BL. I usually travel with friends. After a night out we go to the hotel and have a small nightcap.
Not more than 5 or 6 ounces.

Am I an alcoholic because I have a small drink before bed? Oh..BL..I think not.

[colmx]

1000B for a bottle of 100 Pipers in Micmy, 1100 in Jestet & Cupidol, (all 700Mls), 1400 in X-boys (boy 1Litre)

One important question to ask everytime before opening a bottle for the 1st time in a gogo bar is if the boys can drink free

Some bars insist on the boy having at least 1 boy drink@130-180B before being allowed to join you to drink for free (as a friend or as customer+tip)

Others (such as those above) allow the boy to join and use the whiskey without the cost of a boy drink

Boy drinks can very quickly drive up the cost of a bill if you see 3-4 boys that you like to share with(and want to drink with a few old friends)

Also i find that the 1000B whiskeys is a good way to weed out those that you don't want to come to the night club with you!

[witchhunt]

I don't spend money for good wiskey for the boys..I take the good wiskey back to my hotel room and drink it.
Alone? :occasion9:

Oh...BL. I usually travel with friends. After a night out we go to the hotel and have a small nightcap.
Not more than 5 or 6 ounces.

Am I an alcoholic because I have a small drink before bed? Oh..BL..I think not.

It depends on how big the glass is. If you start drinking by yourself at home, then it is only a matter of time to staying home and drinking by yourself.

You sound like a publican friend of mine who starts off the day with a half whisky , but freshens it up evey now and again, ending the day legless.
He tries to justify his drinking as only a small drink, actually it is closer to a full bottle, over the day.

[Beachlover]

Oh...BL. I usually travel with friends. After a night out we go to the hotel and have a small nightcap.
Not more than 5 or 6 ounces.

Am I an alcoholic because I have a small drink before bed? Oh..BL..I think not.
To clarify, I didn't say or imply you were an alcoholic. No reason to suspect so... but funny you ask that question! I only asked because you made it sound like you go out do bars in Pattaya and then go home and drink in your room alone, which is a bit strange hahaha.