dug
Has the Government sorted out the import situation yet? If not what is the current way to go about purchasing food liquor(fine spirits) and food products??
Jimbo
In Makassar there is only local beer and sprits :( I think it is universal over Indonesia
gilbert de jong
Overhere(north Bali) still enough available.
mimpimanis
I am not sure exactly what is meant by food liquor(fine spirits[/quote] but there I see imported spirits like Smirnoff, Jack Daniels etc in my little local supermarket..
dug
Jimbo,not surprised about Makassar,But hey, beer tastes great when in south Sulewesi!!Gilbert,are you saying there is vodka(absolut,stolichnaya) available for purchase,not that Mansion house crap!! Mimpijust got your post as I was posting!Thats good news,fine spirits are the real deal ,i.e.Smirnoff ,not Mansion house which is Arak with Aroma,not the real deal.
gilbert de jong
Hi dug,Yeah, smirnoff, jim Bean, Jack Daniels(red,black,blue),Southern Comfort, Chivas Regal, Courvoisier, Hennesy, Glen Fiddich, Jose Cuervo etcetc...Beers--Heineken, and I forgot the name of that dark beer, but that's also here.And also Imported food is available, different store hahaha but available.
dug
Hi Gilbert, That's what I'm talking about!! One last question,before(8months ago) the price of say..a bottle of Smirnoff was 130,000RP how about now??
mimpimanis
Around Rp400,000 near me.
dug
OUTRAGEOUS!! Well,hope its not forever.....?
Bert Vierstra
Thought of you walking in Hardy's today.Shot some bad pictures of the abundance of booze in the North...Johnny Walker Black Label is 949.000 Rupiah, but I also saw a gift set of over 2 million.I bought (Indo) Dutch Jenever (at least, that how its called), in one of those small bottles, it was 5.500 rupiah 8)
Jimbo
BertYou must be desperate to drink that stuff. Now Bols on the other hand is a fine drink.
Tregger
Problem is that the import duties on liquor and beer is officially 350% duty (has been for years), that is why the smuggling was going on for so long (decades) and then they govt. decided to stop it late last year. Now we have the problems we do. As for food they decided to final enforce the existing regulations for importing food that all food has to pass tests and get official approval to import each and every food product, too make sure those food exporters are not trying to poison the good people of Indonesia.
JohnnyCool
The imported liquor shortage in Bali seems to be more or less over. However, the current prices are still sky-high, with no end in sight.IDR 72,000 for a small Irish coffee, (albeit a very nice one), is exorbitant. Prices for spirits here are now even more than in the countries they're exported from! Cafes and bars that don't resort to substituting local rot-gut have no choice but to pass the costs on to the consumers.Sad but true. :mrgreen: [i](Just an aside to this forum's Admin. Is there any way to get a few more smilies to choose from?)[/i]
Dasha
How bout one with and irish coffee in his mouth JC :?: Be happy then :?: :mrgreen: :!:
bolli
I'm bringing in a Grey Goose vodka with orange this trip. :lol:
MissJagger
No shortage of drinks.Just very expensive.An avatar with...an Irish coffee in his mouth JC...[/quote]I'm not sure but that [i]JC[/i] fellow would probably prefer the real thing, not an avatar.Are there people who drink [i]avatars[/i]? Is that some kind of Russian vodka? Or something to make tea in? :D
mobius
Hey - at these prices, and with my habit I may have to fly out every week (or even few days) to grab a liter of something nice to mix. Has anyone ever made sangria with Bali Rose? If so, what was it like and any recipe ideas? Coming from NZ I am sitting here typing while downing a bottle of great Marlhorough Sac Blanc for 60,000 rupiah equiv. I love Bali but it's a bit like having to go cold turkey.
mimpimanis
Prices have gone up again since then. The last bottle of Hatten I bought cost Rp97,000 in my local supermarket.
