Thailand
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Mekhong
Mekhong: Thailand's 'whisky' that is really a spiced rum-spirit — distilled from molasses and rice, blended with Thai herbs, and named for the great river. Origins: produced since 1941 by the Bangyikhan distillery (its r…
Sato
Sato: Thailand's village rice wine — a sweet, cloudy brew of glutinous rice fermented with a local starter cake, sipped through bamboo straws from shared earthen jars in Isan. Origins: jar-fermented rice wines are ancien…
Ya Dong
Ya Dong: Thailand's herbal moonshine — rice spirit infused with medicinal herbs, roots and bark, sold by roadside stalls in jars where snakes and scorpions sometimes float. Origins: herbal infusions are centuries old in…
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