Start with the Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt, the piece the rest of the rail answers to
Ask me where to begin with That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup and the answer is the Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt, every time. The shirt is built from 6.5 oz 100% organic cotton, heavier than the thin jersey most graphic tees get printed on, and you feel that the second you hold one. The signature jumbo screen prints land front and back, so the shirt reads from both sides when you walk past somebody. Cut relaxed rather than slim, it hangs off the shoulder instead of clinging to the chest. A yellow woven label closes the hem, and that strip of yellow is the first thing veteran buyers of alocs clothing look for on alocs shorts any piece. Because not every tee here is cut the same way, the line in the brand’s own copy about this style fitting true to size matters more than it sounds. The brand’s own store shows 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
Graphic tees at that same core price make up most of the cough syrup shirts on offer, and the names are half the reason people collect them. The rail runs to 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. Below those 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. The spec sheet is shared across King Of The Kill, Drankenstein and Juicebusters: 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. Published as handmade in Los Angeles, the Paralysis T-Shirt has a stencil-style treatment and a rough print on a relaxed body. The brand takes its name from a phrase that refers to promethazine-codeine cough syrup, known as lean, and titles like Promethazine Tour and The Last Pint play on it; the brand carries its own banner reading “! PLEASE DO NOT SIP DRANK AND SHOOT FIREARMS !” and then goes back to selling clothes.
The lightweight, cropped cuts keep to their own lane
The Wok Is Dead T-Shirt and the Promethazine Tour T-Shirt are two tees that behave differently enough to deserve their own paragraph. A wide-fit, cropped tee in lightweight cotton jersey is how both are described, the opposite of the heavy classic body in almost every respect. Rinsed for a comfortable vintage feel, they take artwork that is a water based screen print front and back rather than a thick plastic-feeling hit. Rare enough here to be worth using, flat measurements are published on these two styles as well: small is 20 inches by 17.5 inches, medium 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5, taken as width by length. Put those numbers against a tee you already own, since 20 inches wide by 17.5 long is short by ordinary standards. This style runs small, the brand states outright, and it asks you to order one to two sizes bigger than your regular size for a relaxed fit. On price 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
Not everything with the logo on it costs what the flagship tee costs, which surprises people who know the brand only from resale chatter. On the women’s side the lighter pieces run roughly $48 to $100 and they cover crop tops, tank tops and bodysuits rather than the full heavyweight body. A genuinely different fabric from the 6.5 oz organic cotton on the classic, 100% combed cotton is what tanks and crop tops are published as. Some tanks carry the Cough Syrup measuring line side print, a nod to a dosage line and one of the quieter graphics in the lineup. The Kids Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt rounds it out at about $60, which is the cheapest route into the classic artwork. Anyone who has been searching an awful lot of cough syrup shirt and bouncing off the $150 figure should open this part of the catalogue first, and expect these prices to shift with drops and sales.
Every tee at a glance
Rather than what forums assume, the table below sets out what the brand actually publishes for each tee. Prices are what the brand’s own store showed as of September 2026, and they change with each drop. Some rows are thinner because the material column lists only what the brand states itself. Because no single global rule exists here, the fit notes are per-product guidance rather than one blanket rule. Where the brand publishes nothing about the fabric, I have said so rather than filling the gap with a guess. Use it as a shortlist and then go to the product page, since the one useful fit sentence lives there.
| Shirt | Price tag | Material | Note on fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt | about $150 or so | 6.5 oz 100% organic cotton, as published | Relaxed body, true to size |
| Warning T-Shirt | roughly $150 as listed | 100% organic cotton | True to size; go up a size for oversized |
| King Of The Kill, Drankenstein, Juicebusters | roughly $150 each as listed | 100% cotton with jumbo screenprint front and back | True to size, as published |
| Wok Is Dead, Promethazine Tour | roughly $150 each as listed | Lightweight rinsed cotton jersey | Wide-fit cropped; runs small, so order 1 to 2 sizes up |
| Paralysis T-Shirt | around $150 | Handmade in Los Angeles; stencil print | Relaxed, with a rough finish |
| A.L.O.C.S. T-Shirt | about $150 or so | Not separately published by the brand | Check the product page note |
| Dodger T-shirt | roughly $150 as listed | Not separately published | True to size per the brand |
| Kids Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt | roughly $60 | Not published separately | Kids sizes, 2/3 through 8 |
| Women’s tanks and crop tops | roughly $48 to $100 as listed | 100% combed cotton as published | Lighter, and a closer cut |
How these tees actually fit on a body
Pretending there is one rule here is how people end up reselling a tee they wore once, because there is no one rule. The classic, the Warning tee and the King Of The Kill, Drankenstein and Juicebusters group are all published as true to size, as is most of the rest of the range. True to size on the classic already means room through the chest and a print that sits flat rather than stretched, since that body is described as relaxed. Going up one is an option the Warning tee adds if you want a lower hem and a wider sleeve, and that is the look most people are after. After that come the two lightweight cropped styles, which 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. Across the apparel range, sizes go from extra small up to 3XL depending on style, though the deeper sizes are not on every product. No global size chart and no washing instructions get published by the brand, and that is worth saying plainly, so per-product notes and those flat measurements are all you get.
Choosing the one that will actually get worn
As a first piece, buy the classic in your normal size and learn how the 6.5 oz body wears before spending on anything cut unusually. If you already own one and want something different rather than something similar? The cropped lightweight tees give you another silhouette for the same money, provided you respect the sizing note. Anyone who cares about graphics more than cut should shop by name: Drankenstein, Rib Cage and Cough Syrup Scary Movie pull from the horror side while Big Pharma and Promethazine Tour lean on medical wordplay. Whatever you end up with, check the yellow woven label, check the product name against the brand’s own catalogue, and check the price against real levels, since a $45 tee carrying this artwork is not coming from the label. Thats awful lot of cough syrup is only one of a dozen spellings people type into a search bar, and plenty of those searches land on stores with no connection to the brand. The brand sells through its own online store and its Los Angeles locations at 7669 Melrose Ave and 312 W 5th St, plus 5410 Almeda Rd in Houston, and roughly two in five size variants sit sold out at any moment. Because prices, colorways and availability shift drop by drop, check the live listing on the day you buy rather than trusting any guide, including this one.