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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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Kombucha

Kombucha is a sweetened black or green tea fermented by a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY), with document...

Beverage Probiotic Effervescent Scoby

7.9 Good

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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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Perry

Perry is an alcoholic drink made by fermenting the juice of perry pears (distinct cultivars from culinary pears), histor...

British Beverage Alcoholic Fermented Fruit

7.7 Good

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Kvass

Kvass is a traditional Eastern European fermented beverage commonly made from rye bread. The production process involves...

Russian Beverage Grain Mildly Alcoholic

7.7 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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Pulque

Pulque is a traditional Mexican alcoholic beverage produced by fermenting the fresh sap, known as aguamiel, of certain m...

Beverage Mexican Pre Columbian Mildly Alcoholic

7.4 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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Airag

Airag is a fermented mare's milk beverage central to Mongolian nomadic culture, containing 1–3% alcohol produced by lact...

Beverage Nomadic Mongolian Mildly Alcoholic

7.3 Good

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Chicha

Chicha is a traditional fermented beverage indigenous to the Andes region of South America. It is historically prepared...

Traditional Andean Beverage Fermented Corn

7.3 Good

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Water kefir

Water kefir is a probiotic beverage fermented by water kefir grains—a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast—originally...

Beverage Probiotic Dairy Free Effervescent

7.2 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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Chhaang

Chhaang is a mildly alcoholic fermented grain beverage, typically made from barley, millet, or rice, traditional to Tibe...

Himalayan Beverage Tibetan Mildly Alcoholic

7.1 Good

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Shubat

Shubat is a Central Asian fermented camel milk drink, especially popular in Kazakhstan, with higher fat and slightly str...

Beverage Nomadic Kazakh Mildly Alcoholic

7.0 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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Pombe

A broad Swahili term for traditional fermented beverages made from sorghum, millet, or bananas across sub-Saharan Africa...

Traditional Beverage East African Fermented Grain

6.7 Fair

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Chal

Chal is a traditional, sharply sour fermented camel's milk beverage originating from Turkmenistan, notable for its uniqu...

Beverage Nomadic Central Asian Turkmen

6.4 Fair