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 ancient across mainland Southeast Asia; sato is the Thai branch of the family.
What it is
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 ancient across mainland Southeast Asia; sato is the Thai branch of the family. Made from: glutinous rice, luk pang starter (rice flour with herbs and moulds), water. How it's made: 1) Steam the rice; cool; mix with starter. 2) Ferment in earthen jars for weeks. 3) Add water; drink from the jar with straws (the u-sato ceremony). Served: communally in villages, especially in the rice-growing northeast. Flavor: sweet, tangy, lightly fizzy — young and alive. Strength: 7-10%. Culture: sato is celebration wine of Isan's farms, now bottled for the cities in modern form. See also: Mekhong, Ya Dong.
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