Indonesia
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Tuak
The palm wine of the islands: tuak — fermented sap of the sugar palm (aren) or coconut, drunk across Sumatra (Batak tuak with raru bark), North Sulawesi and Kalimantan — plus its rice-wine cousins (tape, brem Bali). Orig…
Arak Bali and Brem
Bali's distillates: arak — Bali's rice or palm spirit (legally revived and celebrated since 2023's Arak Day), distilled by farmers in Karangasem and Buleleng; and brem, the sweet, low-alcohol rice wine of Bali and Java,…
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