[Leica] What REAL MEN drink!

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

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=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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