swap_horiz Makgeolli Alternatives

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Kimchi

Kimchi is a traditional Korean food consisting of salted and fermented vegetables, most commonly prepared with napa cabb...

Korean Spicy Probiotic Vegetable

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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Doenjang

Doenjang is a traditional Korean fermented soybean paste made from dried soybeans that are boiled, shaped into blocks ca...

Korean Traditional Umami Soy

8.5 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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Jeotgal

Jeotgal is a broad category of Korean salted and fermented seafood condiments made from various marine ingredients such...

Korean Traditional Condiment Fish

7.9 Good

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Meju

Meju is a traditional Korean food product consisting of dried, fermented blocks of cooked soybeans. The blocks are natur...

Korean Traditional Starter Soy

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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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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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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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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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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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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Hongeohoe

A Korean fermented skate (Raja kenojei) specialty of Jeolla Province, notable for an extreme ammonia odor developed duri...

Korean Traditional Fish Pungent

5.9 Mediocre

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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