[Leica] What REAL MEN drink!

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

I've had Malaysian arrack, Indonesian arrack (from date palm 
flowers). As is mostly the case with these things, quality was, to 
put it mildly, variable. Also alcohol content. Some Balinese arrack 
was outstanding.

Similarly in Nepal I've had rakshi (millet) of various qualities, 
with some being again quite good.



>Jayanand
>
>Thanks - the name arak or arrack is actually from the Malay language  - and
>is used by the Malays of Ceylon - they
>were sent by the Dutch colonial masters from Indonesia and are similar to
>those in Cape Town or Cape Malays
>
>The Ceylonese arak are more refined
>
>Cheers / Joseph
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg at leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Jayanand Govindaraj
>Sent: Thursday, 6 January, 2011 11:27
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] What REAL MEN drink!
>
>Joseph,
>Yes it is - and there are many flavours here made from palm nut,
>coconut and cashewnut to name a few, and like all booze, you get from
>the undrinkable garbage to the triple distilled stuff that smells OK.
>My favourite is one made from the Mahua flower in Central India, it
>has a very delicate taste, and never gives you a hangover. When the
>flowers fall off the tree, they ferment, and deer, bears and other
>forest animals eat it up and get high. I have also seen elephants
>drunk on rice beer in Assam creating havoc, so this is probably not
>just a human thing!
>
>A month ago I was in Sri Lanka and I picked up a bottle of aged (5
>years) coconut arrack, called VSOA (Very Special Aged Arrack) - and it
>is superb, with a taste to rival a decent single malt, and it cost
>only US$8 a bottle!
>
>Cheers
>Jayanand
>
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