The average Thai middle aged man (means the people with "power") have a strong culture of drinking whisky and other high percent alcohols - even with meals. Wine drinking culture is emerging in Thailand but I doubt that the by now "fashionable" (military) dictators are so refined.....

The drinking problem is so big that the actual dictators even consider banning alcohol sales to people under the age of 25.

So let's have a beer or some excellent Champagne in the BKK F lounge !