Sangsom Thai Rum, 70 cl

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I’m Thai and I saw that we have all the best agricultural products to use in the manufacture of spirits,” says Kaustav Bagchi, one of the spirit’s founders, whose team creates Grandma’s base spirit using Thai sugarcane juice. With that, they infuse juniper, ginger root, angelica root and safflower. Fortress of Hong Thong – 35%, and this drink sold in flat small bottles and standard bottles of 0,7 liters with a label light beige color, on which is written the name in big red letters. Larger bottles are sold in gift boxes of red color. Unlike brand Mekhong, whiskey Hong Tong I occasionally buy and drink, pre-cooled in a refrigerator of hotel (this drink in a warm as it seems to me nasty). But for drink at home i still never take Hong Thong whiskey from Thailand and like souvenir too. Sang Thip Whiskey It is named after one of the largest rivers in the country, if not in SE Asia, and sold in small, flat-looking half bottles as well as the larger 70cl ones. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

It’s not a typical rum, if I had been told it was something other than rum I would have believed it. It doesn’t taste instantly like a typical rum.Hong Thong is another 35% proof Thai spirit, and is also sold in flat, small bottles and standard 70cl bottles. One of the newest Thai spirits on the market also takes on the vodka market. Finland natives Mika Tikka and Jouni Heinonen partnered with San Miguel to distill Bangkok Vodkain Kanchanaburi. “When we created Bangkok Vodka, we weren’t thinking of the tourists, but we wanted Thai people to be proud that Thailand now can also do premium spirits,” says Heinonen. “I really believe that Thai people love to drink Thai drinks. For example, Thai craft beer is really growing and why is that? Because people want something different.” The result is very strong, rough and earthy on the nose. Quite a contrast from any gin you might be familiar with, it has a distinct sweetness (likely from the cane alcohol) that reminds us of cachaca (Brazilian rum). Rural Thai communities and villages have distilled their own alcohol for decades, and the practice remains commercially legal thanks to the One Tambon One Product scheme set up in 2001 to support local industries.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The beverage is virtually unheard of outside Thailand. The manufacturers, SangSom Company, export to around 20 countries, but export sales account for barely one percent of total sales. SangSom Company is a member of Thai Beverage Public Company, which itself is a group company of International Beverage Holdings Limited. This rum is aged for around 3 years. It has a nice golden brown,rather than orange colour to it. Upon pouring and smelling the rum it smelt quite delicately spiced.

This unlevel playing field has paved the way for a new, high-end label from one of the biggest names in local alcohol: Thaibev. In 2011, the company behind Chang Beer and Sangsom launched Phraya Rum, a brown spirit whose rich, intense (and barrel-aged) characteristics have found favor with award-winning bartenders from The Bamboo Bar to Vesper. I figured I would try this Thai rum as it wasn’t too expensive and being from Thailand it definitely wasn’t going to be a Caribbean rum. Despite the fact that this is the Mekhong whiskey to taste it is closer to the classic rum than Sang Som, because it serves as a raw material for molasses from sugar cane (95%) and Thai rice (5%). The manufacturer claims that the composition is also added to a mixture of Thai herbs, spices and plant roots, the recipe of which is kept in the strictest confidence. Alcohol content in Mekhong whiskey – 35%. Compared with SangSom rum, taste of the Mekhong whiskey in my opinion worse, tighter. But this is my opinion and you may think differently, so try for yourself.

Hong Thong (translated as ‘golden phoenix’) is another very cheap and cheerful ‘whisky’ from the Thai Beverage Company that also has more ‘H’s than is necessary for the spelling.

And there are always innovative entrepreneurial types in Thailand, particularly in Bangkok, who are looking to create or add to current or existing trends. It is this spirit that is behind the growing range of craft beers that have been appearing on shelves and in bars in the last few years.