Not all bars are created equal. Here are the best stocked ones in town.

See also: Bangkok's top bartenders reveal their most prized bottles


1. Hanakaruta

 

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Floor-to-ceiling Japanese whiskey, sake and shochu, as well as their homemade plum wine    

 

2. Black Amber Thonglor Social Club

 

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Rare single malt, whiskey and rum, as well as the green fairy

 

3. Yoichi Nikka Bar & Restaurant

Rare Nikka whiskey at B2,000 a shot, anyone?

 

4. Nori’s Bar

 

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Now open on the 3/F of The Raw Bar, Sun-Mon, 6pm onwards

 

5. Smalls

 

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Absinthe, absinthe, absinthe!

 

6. Teens of Thailand

 

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Bangkok's first gin bar!

 

7. Mad Moa

 

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Where you'll find everything rum-related

 

8. The Bar Vagabond

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This Japanese bar is hidden away on Thonglor Soi 18

 

9. Hailiang

 

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Another secret Japanese bar, this time on Sukhumvit Soi 33

 

10. Q&A

The latest speakeasy from the syrup-loving folk behind Ekkamai's Sugar Ray

 

11. Vesper

 

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All about the gin, here

 

12. Bamboo Bar

 

13. Escapade Burgers & Shakes

 

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Ever-changing rare bottles and one-off infusions to go with the surly service

 

14. Junker & Bar

 

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And its amazing collection of small-batch imports and local spirits

 

15. Revolucion

8.8 meters of pure evil