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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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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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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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Koumiss

Koumiss, also spelled kumis, is a traditional fermented dairy beverage originating from the nomadic pastoral cultures of...

Beverage Nomadic Central Asian Mildly Alcoholic

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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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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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