Everything else gets measured against the Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt
The first thing I put forward when a friend asks where to start with That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup is the Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt. 6.5 oz 100% organic cotton makes up the body, heavier than the thin jersey the bulk of premium hoodie graphic tees get printed on, and you feel that the second you hold one. The silhouette is relaxed rather than slim, so it drapes off the shoulder instead of clinging to the chest. The brand’s signature jumbo screen prints sit front and back, so the shirt reads from both sides when you pass somebody on the street. At the hem you get a yellow woven label, and that strip of yellow is the first thing long-time buyers of alocs clothing look for on any piece. This style fits true to size according to the brand’s own copy, and that matters more than it sounds, because not every tee here is cut the same way. At the brand’s own store it lands at about $150 as of September 2026, and since streetwear prices move constantly, treat that as a snapshot.
The graphic tees, listed by their actual names
The majority of the cough syrup shirts on offer sit at that same core price as graphic tees, and half the reason people collect them is the names. The lineup holds the A.L.O.C.S. T-Shirt, the Warning T-Shirt, King Of The Kill, Drankenstein and Juicebusters, plus Big Pharma, Cough Syrup Scream, Paralysis, Rib Cage, ALOCS Smoke and the Cough Syrup Scary Movie T-Shirt. Further down sit Po Up, Rosary, Man Down, Death Row, Land Of the Sippers, The Last Pint, Love At First Sip, the Wok Is Dead T-Shirt, the Promethazine Tour T-Shirt and the Dodger T-shirt. King Of The Kill, Drankenstein and Juicebusters run on one spec sheet: 100% cotton, jumbo screenprint hits front and back, the yellow woven label, and a fit the brand calls true to size. Also true to size is the Warning T-Shirt, a 100% organic cotton short sleeve, though the brand notes that you should consider sizing up for an oversized look. The Paralysis T-Shirt is described as handmade in Los Angeles, with a stencil-style treatment and a rough print on a relaxed body. The phrase the brand is built from, which refers to promethazine-codeine cough syrup, known as lean, is what names like Promethazine Tour and The Last Pint play on; the brand posts its own banner reading “! PLEASE DO NOT SIP DRANK AND SHOOT FIREARMS !” and then gets back to selling clothes.
The lightweight, cropped cuts are a lane of their own
A paragraph of their own goes to two tees that behave differently enough to warrant it, the Wok Is Dead T-Shirt and the Promethazine Tour T-Shirt. Lightweight cotton jersey in a wide-fit, cropped tee is the published description on both, the opposite of the heavy classic body in almost every respect. They are rinsed for a comfortable vintage feel, and the artwork is a water based screen print front and back rather than a thick plastic-feeling hit. These are also the two styles that publish flat measurements, which is rare enough here to be worth using: small is 20 inches by 17.5 inches, medium 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5, taken as width by length. Because 20 inches wide by 17.5 long is short by ordinary standards, hold those against a tee you already own. The brand states outright that this style runs small and asks you to order one to two sizes bigger than your regular size for a relaxed fit. Price-wise they sit with everything else, about $150 at the brand’s own store as of September 2026.
Women’s cuts and the lighter end of the rail
What the flagship tee costs is not what everything with the logo on it costs, which comes as a surprise to people who know the brand only from resale chatter. Roughly $48 to $100 is the band on the women’s side for the lighter pieces, which takes in crop tops, tank tops and bodysuits rather than the full heavyweight body. What the brand publishes for tanks and crop tops is 100% combed cotton, a genuinely different fabric from the 6.5 oz organic cotton on the classic. Some tanks come with the Cough Syrup measuring line side print, a nod to a dosage line and one of the quieter graphics in the lineup. There is also a Kids Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt at about $60, the cheapest route into the classic artwork. If you have been searching an awful lot of cough syrup shirt and bouncing off the $150 figure, open this part of the catalogue first, and expect these prices to shift with drops and sales.
Every tee at a glance
The table below collects what the brand actually publishes for each tee, not what forums assume. These prices come from what the brand’s own store showed as of September 2026, and they change with each drop. Only what the brand states itself goes in the material column, which is why some rows are thinner. No single global rule exists here, so the fit notes come from per-product guidance rather than from one global rule. Where the brand publishes nothing about the fabric, I have said so instead of filling the gap with a guess. Treat it as a shortlist, then read the product page, because that is where the one useful fit sentence lives.
| Shirt | Price | Material | Note on fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt | roughly $150 as listed | 6.5 oz 100% organic cotton, as published | Relaxed body; true to size |
| Warning T-Shirt | about $150 or so | 100% organic cotton, as published | True to size; size up for an oversized look |
| King Of The Kill, Drankenstein, Juicebusters | around $150 each | 100% cotton with jumbo screenprint | True to size |
| Wok Is Dead, Promethazine Tour | about $150 apiece | Lightweight cotton jersey, rinsed | Wide-fit cropped; runs small, order 1 to 2 sizes up |
| Paralysis T-Shirt | about $150 | Handmade in Los Angeles, with a stencil print | Relaxed body with a rough finish |
| A.L.O.C.S. T-Shirt | about $150 | Not published separately | Check the note on that product |
| Dodger T-shirt | roughly $150 as listed | Not separately published | True to size |
| Kids Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt | around $60 | Not separately published | Kids sizes running 2/3 to 8 |
| Women’s tanks and crop tops | about $48 up to $100 | 100% combed cotton, as published | Lighter, and a closer cut |
How these tees actually fit on a body
One rule does not cover this range, and pretending otherwise is how people end up reselling a tee they wore once. True to size is what gets published for most of the range, including the classic, the Warning tee and the King Of The Kill, Drankenstein and Juicebusters group. Because the classic body is described as relaxed, true to size already means room through the chest and a print that sits flat rather than stretched. The Warning tee adds the option of going up one if you want a lower hem and a wider sleeve, which is the look most people are after. The two lightweight cropped styles come next, and they run small and ask for one to two sizes up, so a medium in the classic might be a large or extra large in Wok Is Dead. Sizes across the apparel range go from extra small up to 3XL depending on style, though the deeper sizes are not on every product. It is worth saying plainly that the brand publishes no global size chart and no washing instructions, so per-product notes and those flat measurements are all you get.
Choosing the one that will actually get worn
Learn how the 6.5 oz body wears first: buy the classic in your normal size for a first piece, before spending on anything cut unusually. Another silhouette for the same money is what the cropped lightweight tees offer anyone who owns one already and wants something different rather than something similar, provided the sizing note is respected. Shop by name if you care about graphics more than cut, since Drankenstein, Rib Cage and Cough Syrup Scary Movie pull from the horror side while Big Pharma and Promethazine Tour lean on medical wordplay. The yellow woven label, the product name against the brand’s own catalogue and the price against real levels are all worth checking whatever you pick, because a $45 tee carrying this artwork is not coming from the label. People type the name into a search bar a dozen ways, Thats awful lot of cough syrup among them, and plenty of those searches land on stores with no connection to the brand. Between its own online store, its Los Angeles locations at 7669 Melrose Ave and 312 W 5th St and 5410 Almeda Rd in Houston, the brand sells direct, and roughly two in five size variants sit sold out at any moment. Trust the live listing on the day you buy rather than any guide, this one included, since prices, colorways and availability shift drop by drop.
