swap_horiz Chicha Alternatives

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Geuze

Geuze is a traditional Belgian beer created by blending young and old spontaneously fermented lambic ales. The mixture u...

Traditional Sour Beer Belgian Effervescent

9.2 Excellent

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Sake

Sake is a Japanese rice wine fermented using Aspergillus oryzae mold in a process called multiple parallel fermentation,...

Traditional Japanese Rice Wine Beverage

9.1 Excellent

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Makgeolli

Makgeolli is a traditional Korean alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice, water, and nuruk, a Korean fermentation s...

Korean Traditional Rice Wine Beverage

8.2 Great

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Tepache

Tepache is a lightly fermented Mexican drink made from pineapple rinds, water, and piloncillo sugar, with pre-Columbian...

Traditional Beverage Mexican Mildly Alcoholic

7.9 Good

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Amazake

Amazake is a sweet, low- or non-alcoholic Japanese beverage made from fermented rice using Aspergillus oryzae, historica...

Japanese Beverage Sweet Koji

7.9 Good

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Boza

Boza is a mildly fermented grain beverage with a thick consistency and low alcohol content, popular across Turkey and th...

Traditional Beverage Balkan Fermented Grain

7.5 Good

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Tejuino

Tejuino is a traditional Mexican cold beverage originating from the state of Jalisco. It is made from fermented corn dou...

Cold Drink Beverage Mexican Fermented Corn

7.5 Good

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Chicha de jora

Chicha de jora is an Andean fermented corn beer with origins in the Inca Empire, where it held sacred status and was cen...

Traditional Indigenous Andean Beverage

7.3 Good

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Tapuy

Tapuy is a traditional Filipino rice wine produced through the fermentation of cooked glutinous rice using indigenous ye...

Traditional Beverage Filipino Alcoholic

7.2 Good

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Ogi

Ogi, also known as akamu or pap, is a traditional West African fermented cereal pudding. It is produced by soaking maize...

Traditional Porridge Grain Nigerian

7.1 Good

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Dolo

Dolo is a traditional sorghum- or millet-based beer brewed in parts of West Africa, including Burkina Faso. It is common...

Traditional Beverage West African Mildly Alcoholic

7.0 Good

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Tuak

Tuak is a traditional alcoholic beverage produced in parts of Southeast Asia, particularly in Borneo and surrounding isl...

Traditional Beverage Indonesian Palm Wine

7.0 Good

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Togwa

Togwa is a fermented cereal food and drink consumed in Tanzania and elsewhere in East Africa. It is commonly prepared fr...

Traditional Beverage Probiotic Tanzanian

6.9 Fair

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Tuba

Tuba is a traditional alcoholic beverage created by fermenting the freshly collected sap of various palm trees, most not...

Traditional Beverage Philippine Fermented Sap

6.9 Fair

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Tesguino

Tesgüino is a fermented alcoholic beverage traditionally made by the Rarámuri, also called Tarahumara, of northern Mexic...

Traditional Mexican Low Alcohol Fermented Corn Beer

6.8 Fair

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Pombe

Pombe is a Swahili term used for traditional fermented alcoholic drinks in parts of eastern and sub-Saharan Africa. Reci...

Traditional Beverage East African Fermented Grain

6.7 Fair

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Umqombothi

Umqombothi is a traditional South African beer made by fermenting maize, maize malt, and sorghum, usually with water and...

Traditional Zulu Beverage South African

6.7 Fair

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Kunu

Kunu is a traditional non-alcoholic cereal beverage associated with Northern Nigeria and consumed more widely across the...

Traditional Beverage Nigerian Fermented Grain Drink

6.7 Fair

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Tchoukoutou

Tchoukoutou is a traditional fermented beer made primarily from sorghum and consumed in Benin and other parts of West Af...

Traditional Beverage West African Benin

6.3 Fair

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Burukutu

Burukutu is a traditional alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grains, especially sorghum and millet, in parts of West...

Traditional Beverage Alcoholic Nigerian

5.9 Mediocre