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_Lizard23_ said:I didn't find any particular ill-effects from drinking Chang, SangSom or any of the miriad Red Bull-alikes in Thailand. Nor from eating fried bugs, if it comes to that.
I actually quite liked Chang beer, much nicer than the lagers in India.
The 'Bangkok-tail' we invented (one part vodka, one part 'Brown Mixture' - main ingredient 'opium tincture' - three parts some evil looking Red Bull type product), however, always led to me waking up at strange hours of the night with a thirst unlike any I have ever known.
A friend and I invented a similar cocktail in Taiwan. We called it the 'Bangkok Catheter'. It could be turned into a 'Phlegmball' with the addition of a peeled lychee. I beleive the evil red bull component over there was called Wisbe, or something similar; a frighteningly syrupy concoction sold in 75cl bottles for less than a quid with a list of 'health giving' ingredients as long as your arm and coveted by betel nut chewing labourers. The opium tincture was bought in a pharmacy.
I think the whole changover thing is still rife among 'travellers'. If you ask me, it's more to do with having the opportunity to drink more than you've ever done in your life than sinister additives.