Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another thing worth trying is 'Chang', which is Tibetan Rice Beer - when we were young, and in University, scores of Tibetan refugees flooded North India and set up eateries. This is all we could afford, and a modest outlay was enough to get everyone high. Like most of these concoctions, if you can get past the smell, the taste is quite good. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:22 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>wrote: > I never had any Nepalese rakshi that came in a 'commercial' bottle. The > best was a glass bottle with a handwritten label. More often, in an old > plastic water bottle. Alcohol between 15 to 80%. You pays your money... > > > > > > At 10:17 PM +0100 1/6/11, Douglas Sharp wrote: > >> I think I'll have to try some. >> >> I always thought that it was the same as Arabian Arak and Turkish Raki - >> with a strong flavour of aniseed, which I don't particularly like. >> >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> On 06.01.2011 20:36, Henning Wulff wrote: >> >>> 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 <lug-bounces%2Bjoelct>=singnet.com.sg@ >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >> -- > > Henning J. Wulff > Wulff Photography & Design > mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >